Ms Evi Tsilou > Papapolitis & Papapolitis > Athens, Greece > Lawyer Profile

Papapolitis & Papapolitis
16 VASILISSIS SOFIAS AVENUE
10674 ATHENS
Greece

Work Department

Corporate, Mergers and Acquisitions, Banking, Finance and Capital Markets

Position

Partner – Head of Corporate and M&A

Evi’s expertise lies in advising on the structuring, negotiation, documentation and implementation of complex cross-border and local corporate, capital markets, banking and finance transactions. She has extensive experience in advising on IPOs and SPOs by companies listed on the Athens Exchange, as well as on combined offerings and private placements.

Her substantial equity and debt finance practice encompasses all types of acquisitions, shareholders and related agreements, as well as capital raisings and securities transactions. Evi has led numerous due diligence reviews on a corporate and group level and acted, mainly on the buy-side, in a significant number of M&As, group restructurings and joint ventures, with a focus on the hospitality sector.

Languages

Greek, English, German

Memberships

Supreme Court of Greece

Court of Appeals

Athens Bar

Association of Greek Commercial Lawyers

Education

LLM in Commercial Law, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens

LLM in Business Law, University of London, King’s College London

LLB, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Graduate Programme in Tax Law, Athens University of Economic and Business (ASOE)

Lawyer Rankings

Greece > Real estate and construction

Advising on the development, construction and financing of high-profile real estate projects, Papapolitis & Papapolitis is highly regarded for supporting international corporations and global investment firms. Demonstrating broad expertise across the commercial, residential and hospitality sectors, the Athens-based practice is co-headed by John Papapolitis, Nicholas Papapolitis and Evi Tsilou. All three specialise in the infrastructure and gaming spaces, with a specific focus on privatisation transactions and due diligence reviews. Panayiotis Papageorgiou is knowledgeable on development projects, while Konstantina Tsourouni concentrates on commercial law matters.

Greece > Commercial, corporate and M&A

Consistently undertaking legal restructurings, leveraged buyouts, and multi-jurisdictional M&A transactions, the members of Papapolitis & Papapolitis’ team are highly praised as ‘effective communicators and collaborators’. The practice has extensive experience of advising clients on strategic cooperation agreements, acquisition financing issues, and corporate transformations, while Athens-based co-head Nicholas Papapolitis supports funds and investors in major international transactions. Co-head Evi Tsilou focuses on joint ventures, whilst Elmina Chadio brings expertise in group restructurings to the department. Anna Pavlaki concentrates on insolvency law issues, Erna Kritikou is knowledgeable in relation to private acquisitions, and Antonia Rountou is also noted.