Papapolitis & Papapolitis

Banking, Finance, Capital Markets, Corporate and M&A, Funds

Senior Associate

Maria-Roxani regularly advises on Capital Markets, Finance and Banking matters. Her core practice areas are debt and equity issuances and public offerings, structured finance and securitizations, secured finance (loans/collateral packages over all types of assets), public and private M&A (including takeover regulations) and securities regulatory (including the rules on listing, investment, trading, prospectus, transparency and market abuse). In Luxembourg and Frankfurt, Maria-Roxani gained understanding of funds (UCITS, AIFs), central securities depositories and banking regulation.

Maria-Roxani supports issuers, underwriters, lenders and agents in bond offerings and bond restructurings (including high yield), securitizations, secured financings and re-financings, as well as distressed and leveraged finance deals (including term loans and PIK loans). She assisted some of the world’s leading credit institutions (including a leading Spanish consumer bank), investment firms, funds and asset managers, as well as corporates (including one of the largest providers of ground and cargo services in the aviation industry) in closing a number of high-profile, cross-border deals.

Drawing on her international experience, Maria-Roxani ensures seamless coordination, getting deals through in complex, multijurisdictional settings. She speaks Greek, English, French and German. Early on in her career, Maria-Roxani carried out her training at an Athens-based law firm and the European Court of Justice. Before joining the firm, Maria-Roxani was an Associate (International Debt Capital Markets) at the Luxembourg office of the leading US law firm, Hogan Lovells.

Maria - Roxani has been ranked as a Rising Star Lawyer by the IFLR1000 2025 Guide.

Experience

Papapolitis & Papapolitis

4 yrs 7 mos

Athens, Attiki, Greece

Senior Associate | Capital Markets, Banking & Finance

Jun 2025 - Present · 10 mos

Associate Lawyer | Capital Markets, Banking & Finance

Sep 2021 - Jun 2025 · 3 yrs 10 mos

Associate Lawyer | International Debt Capital Markets

Hogan Lovells · Full-time

Jul 2018 - Nov 2020 · 2 yrs 5 mos

Luxembourg

International Debt Capital Markets Dept. ABS/Securitizations; Structured Finance; SPV set-up; Fund Financings; PIK & Hybrid Financings; Bond Issuances & Offerings (incl. High Yield); Corporate Finance; Secured Financings; ICAs & Subordination Agreements; Guarantee Arrangements; Pledge Agreements; Facility Agreements; Legal Opinions; Securities and Capital Markets Regulatory (incl. MiFID, Prospectus, Transparency, MAR); Cash pooling… more

Avocat Stagiaire | Cabinet de Juge

Court of Justice of the European Union · Full-time

Apr 2018 - Jun 2018 · 3 mos

Luxembourg

Competition; Public Procurement; Trademarks… more

Trainee Lawyer | Banking, Finance & Capital Markets

KLC Law Firm · Full-time

Jul 2017 - Mar 2018 · 9 mos

Athens

Banking Finance & Capital Markets Dept. Investment Firm Authorization; Public Take-Over; Listing matters; MiFID Gap Analysis; Prospectus|MAR|Transparency; PSD; Secured Financings; Capital Controls… more

Trainee Lawyer | Competition & Corporate

Law Firm · Part-time

Sep 2015 - Aug 2016 · 1 yr

Athens

Competition Law; General Commercial Law

PUBLICATIONS

Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation and the Hybrid Crypto-Assets Conundrum: A Critical Overview, Journal of International Banking Law and Regulation, 2024, Vol. 39 Issue 5 (Sweet & Maxwell).

Hogan Lovells Covid-19 Summary of National Payment Deferral Measures in Europe, Hogan Lovells Engage/JD Supra, June 2020 (co-authored the Luxembourg section)

Luxembourg Stock Exchange Professional Segments – the real impact, Hogan Lovells, Debt Capital Markets Global Insights, Spring 2019 (co-authorship)

Greek, English, French, German

Athens Bar

LL.M. Finance, Institute for Law and Finance, Goethe University Frankfurt

LL.M. in European Banking and Financial Law, University of Luxembourg (bilingual, FR-EN)

LL.M. in European Union Law, National Kapodistrian University of Athens

LL.B., National Kapodistrian University of Athens