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Zepos & Yannopoulos is delighted to announce the successful completion of Project Light, Alpha Bank’s sale of a portfolio of retail unsecured non-performing loans of a total outstanding balance of Euro 238 million and of a total gross book value of Euro 0.4 billion. We acted for Alpha Bank through all stages of Project Light, from the submission of binding offers, to the negotiation and execution of the Greek law governed sale and purchase agreement and closing. The transaction team was led by partner Christina Papanikolopoulou, senior associate Mary Nigritinou and of counsel Kitty Fragalexi and assisted by associates Magda Tsatsi, Dimitra Androulakaki and Pinelopi Klara. ...

Zepos & Yannopoulos advised GREEN, the energy branch of V-Group (Vasileiadis group of companies) in connection with the conclusion of one of the first non-vertical long-term power purchase agreements (PPA) in the Greek market. The PPA was entered into with Heron Energy S.A., a leading energy supplier belonging to GEK TERNA group, for the sale of the energy generated from a 9MW solar plant during a term of 12 years. We have supported GREEN throughout the negotiations with Heron Energy and Piraeus Bank, as lender, advising on the broad range of regulatory, contractual and financing aspects of the PPA transaction, including adjustments to the commercial terms further to the recently enacted producers’ revenue caps for transactions in the Greek day-ahead market. Our cross-practice team was...

Zepos & Yannopoulos announced today that Dimitris Babiniotis has joined the firm as a partner and head of its 10 member strong Dispute Resolution practice. Dimitris Babiniotis brings 20 years of experience to the firm focusing on state court litigation and commercial arbitration, both domestic and international. He has represented multinational and major Greek clients on highly sophisticated procedural matters involved in the proceedings before the Courts of Appeal and the Supreme Court and has advised, over the years, in particularly complex business transactions, such as M&A transactions, financing transactions and distribution and agency agreements. Dimitris has acted as counsel in a great number of complex international and domestic commercial arbitrations. His practice encompass...

Zepos & Yannopoulos advised Westfort Capital Limited in connection with the sale and financing restructuring of two hotels located in Rhodes and Crete, respectively. Amid a tight closing timeframe, we advised WFC in all corporate, commercial, structuring, and financing aspects of the transaction, ranging from the negotiations on the SPA to the overall structuring and implementation of intragroup and external cross-collateralised financing arrangements. Our team was led on the transactional financing side by partner Paris Tzoumas, assisted by associates, Niki Ignatidi and Pinelopi Klara, while our corporate team was led by senior associate Sofia Tzianoumi assisted by associate Gina Dimitropoulou. ...