Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP

Energy and Infrastructure, Project Finance

Partner

Dimitri Papaefstratiou is a senior project finance lawyer with an exceptional track record advising major clients on complex, high-value energy and infrastructure projects across EMEA, the Mediterranean and Africa. He is trusted by sponsors, lenders and tendering authorities for his deep commercial insight and hands-on approach to structuring, developing and financing greenfield projects, as well as investing in and restructuring existing assets.

Dimitri’s experience spans the full energy spectrum, from renewables, battery storage, hydrogen and gas-fired thermal power to oil & gas, and he is frequently called upon to advise on distressed project restructurings and the resolution of related disputes.

Over the past few years, Dimitri has been consistently recognised by The Legal 500 as a Leading Partner in the London market in both the Power and Oil & Gas categories. He is praised for his “technical expertise and extensive legal knowledge”, combined with a “highly commercial approach”. Clients describe him as a “first-rate project finance lawyer” with “outstanding knowledge of the sector” who “just gets it”, steering even the most challenging cross-border transactions to successful completion.

English, Greek

England and Wales (Solicitor)

BA Law, First Class Honours, Oxford University, 1997 MJur in European and Comparative Law, Oxford University, 1998