Kyriakides Georgopoulos has advised Frigoglass on an up to EUR 55 million interim financing from the holders of the existing senior secured notes due 2025, with the funding to be used for debt and capital restructuring.

Zepos & Yannopoulos, working with Gide Loyrette Nouel, has advised France's Le Collectionist on its acquisition of local luxury accommodation operator The Greek Villas.

Kyriakides Georgopoulos has advised a Korkia-funded partnership – including local developers GH Energy and AA Sunshine – on the acquisition and development of a photovoltaic project pipeline in mainland Greece and Crete with a targeted total capacity of 1 gigawatt.

The Lambadarios Law Firm, working with Bracewell, has advised Fotowatio Renewable Ventures on its acquisition of the majority stake in a 600-megawatt battery storage platform in Greece.

The KLC Law Firm has advised Taiped on its sale of a property in Nea Iraklitsa Kavala to Iraklitsa A.E. for EUR 91 million.

Bernitsas Law, working with Allen & Overy, has advised Piraeus Bank on its EUR 350 million issuance of senior preferred bonds and on their listing on the Luxembourg Stock Exchange’s Euro MTF market.

Zepos & Yannopoulos, working with White & Case, has advised Intrum and Intrum Hellas on the securitization transaction involving Piraeus Bank's Sunrise III non-performing loan portfolio with a total gross book value of EUR 500 million.

On November 18, 2022, Zepos & Yannopoulos announced that Hoist Finance’s acquisition of a portfolio of unsecured non-performing loans with a total outstanding balance of approximately EUR 400 million from Alpha Bank (as reported by CEE Legal Matters on July 28, 2022) has closed.

Zepos & Yannopoulos has advised V-Group’s energy branch, Green, on the execution of a non-vertical long-term power purchase agreement with Heron Energy for the sale of energy generated from a 9-megawatt solar plant over a 12-year term.

Koutalidis, working alongside White & Case’s London office, has advised Wren House Infrastructure on its USD 88 million acquisition of equity stakes in Turkish EV charging station company Zorlu Enerji and its Dutch subsidiary, ZES NV. 

Former Calavros & Partners Partner Dimitris Babiniotis has joined Zepos & Yannopoulos as a Partner and Head of Dispute Resolution.

Bernitsas Law has advised Helleniq Energy Holdings on the EUR 33.5 million joint financing of its subsidiary Hellenic Petroleum Digital by Alpha Bank and the Recovery and Resilience Fund.

Zepos & Yannopoulos has advised Westfort Capital Limited on the sale and financing restructuring of two hotels located in Rhodes and Crete.

Contributed by Drakopoulos.

Drakopoulos has advised the European Commission's Directorate-General for Energy on reviewing the transposition process of Directive 2018/2001 (RED II) on the promotion of the use of energy from renewable sources into the Greek legal framework. Dimitrov Petrov & Co, Kirm Perpar, Wardynski & Partners, and Kinstellar Croatian affiliate Zuric i Partneri advised on the transposition review in Bulgaria, Slovenia, Poland, and Croatia, respectively. CLM Bitai & Partners and Vojcik & Partners also reportedly advised the European Commission.

Zepos & Yannopoulos has advised Piraeus Bank on entering into a strategic partnership with Resolute Asset Management Group subsidiary Resolute Hellas for the management of the bank's real estate portfolio.

Zepos & Yannopoulos has advised the Schur Flexibles Group on its successful financial restructuring.

Kyriakides Georgopoulos has advised LDA Capital on its EUR 20 million investment in Proodeftiki ATE.