PPT Legal provides 'business-oriented' advice to a fairly balanced mix of borrowers and lenders across a range of new money and refinancing transactions. The maritime sector continues to inform much of the deal flow, with local and international shipping companies (including Canfornav) and banks (Aegean Baltic Bank) regularly instructing the firm across a myriad domestic and cross-border transactions. Team head John Papapetros heads up the team that also includes Dimitris Manolopoulos who succeeded Papapetros as firmwide managing partner in March 2024.
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- 'They are not only lawyers but they also have a good sense of our sector and provide business-oriented advice.'
Key clients
- Aegean Baltic Bank S.A.
- Piraeus Bank S.A.
- Canfornav Limited
- Navios South American Logistics Inc.
- Kouros Maritime Enterprises Inc.
Work highlights
Represented Piraeus Bank acting as lender in a $38m financing to three ship-owning companies.
Advised Navios South American Logistics Inc. on collateral substitution with mortgages over Argentinian flag vessels.
Represented Aegean Baltic Bank acting as lender, agent, arranger and security trustee in a $20.5m financing to two ship-owning companies.
Lawyers
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Practice head
John Papapetros
Other key lawyers
Dimitris Manolopoulos; Vicky Katsouli; Sonia Horvathova