Full Bio

Vasileios is Partner of the Banking & Finance team of our firm.

He has worked in complex M&A transactions and public offerings, conducting several due diligence exercises, participating in relevant negotiations and drafting all transaction documents. Vasileios has advised Greek and foreign credit institutions and insurance companies on regulatory issues, contracts and AML issues and several listed companies on capital markets and regulatory issues. Vasileios has advised on several structured transactions and undertaken the contractual arrangements to support them.

His area of practice also includes corporate, contracts corporate governance and real estate law.

Important Highlights

  • Headed the legal due diligence, drafted and negotiated the transaction documents for the acquisition by Allianz SE of the Greek listed insurance undertaking European Reliance and advised its merger with absorption by Allianz Hellas.

  • Headed the legal due diligence, drafted and negotiated the transaction documents for the acquisition of a Axa Greece insurance undertaking by a Assicurazioni Generali SpA.

  • Headed the legal due diligence, negotiated the transaction documents and prepared the submission folders for Grimaldi Group’s acquisition of the port companies operating the ports of Heraklion and Igoumenitsa through the successful bidding in respective tenders of HRADF.

  • Headed the legal due diligence and advised on the acquisition of a Greek payment services company by a multinational company.

  • Headed the legal due diligence, drafted and negotiated the transaction documents for the acquisition of several portfolios of NPEs directly from Greek systemic banks or in the secondary market.

  • Headed the legal due diligence exercise, drafted and negotiated the transaction documents for the acquisition of a minority stake in a Greek manufacturing company by a multinational entity through a share capital increase combined with asset sale;

  • His previous experience also involves several major M&As and public offerings and advisory on the entire spectrum of banking, corporate and commercial.

EDUCATION

LLB in the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
LLM in Civil Law in the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens

LANGUAGES

English, French

MEMBERSHIPS & ASSOCIATIONS

Member of Athens Bar Association

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