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Georgia Asimakopoulos
Georgia Asimakopoulos
Georgia has twenty years of experience representing European, Asian, and U.S. banks and other financial institutions in the financing of newbuilding and second-hand vessels through syndicated, bilateral loan, and mezzanine facilities. Georgia’s extensive background includes advising banks on the restructuring of maritime finance deals and facilitating bank portfolio transfers, showcasing her adeptness in navigating complex financial landscapes. In addition to her work with financial institutions, Georgia represents shipowners in ship finance transactions, ship sale and purchase deals, and shipbuilding contracts. Her expertise extends to advising shipowners, charterers, and back-financiers in sale and leaseback transactions, highlighting her comprehensive understanding of the maritime industry. As a Greek-American lawyer, qualified in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Greece, and England & Wales, Georgia brings a unique international perspective to her practice. Her ability to operate across multiple jurisdictions and her deep knowledge of maritime law makes her a valuable asset in cross-border transactions and international negotiations. Georgia's career is marked by her strategic approach to complex financing structures and her commitment to delivering tailored solutions that meet the diverse needs of her clients in the global shipping sector.
Andreas Papachristodoulou
Andreas Papachristodoulou
Andreas Papachristodoulou is a banking and finance lawyer and an English-qualified solicitor based in Athens, having previously trained and practised in London. He advises banks, financial institutions, finance lessors, shipowners and corporates on a wide range of finance transactions, with a particular focus on shipping and yacht financing. Andreas has significant experience advising on a broad range of finance transactions, including bilateral and syndicated facilities (secured, structured and unsecured), international and cross-border transactions, ECA-backed financings, sale and leasebacks, loan portfolio sales, intercreditor and subordination arrangements, accession deeds, restructurings, work-out arrangements, securitisations and structured and complex banking products. He regularly acts on financings for both newbuilding and second-hand vessels and yachts, advising on a range of finance documentation from plain vanilla term loan facilities to more complex and structured arrangements, including bonds and finance leases, across all types of commercial vessels and yachts. Andreas' expertise also includes representing shipowners in a variety of matters such as the sale and purchase of vessels and yachts, review of delivery documentation, charterparty contracts, escrow agreements, conditional payments, shipbuilding contracts and refund guarantees, preparation of corporate documentation and negotiation of finance documentation. He advises clients across multiple sectors and industries, including shipping, offshore and asset finance, asset-based lending, property finance, energy finance, hospitality, general corporate lending and infrastructure. Andreas has a deep understanding of the global shipping market, having been involved in the construction, acquisition, chartering and financing of numerous newbuilding and second-hand vessels.