Practice Areas
Banking & Finance, Capital Markets
"The firm aligns its legal advice with commercial objectives, and the team ensures that solutions are not only legally sound but also practical and strategically valuable."
Chambers & Partners Europe, 2025
KG Law Firm has long been in the forefront of the most important banking, finance and capital markets transactions in Greece and in many instances has been engaged to provide legal services for original and innovative projects.
Banking and finance
In the banking and finance sector, KG covers the complete spectrum of deals and transactions specializing in:
- Secured and unsecured financing;
- Syndicated loans;
- Debt trading;
- Corporate finance;
- Acquisition finance;
- Real estate finance;
- Regulatory issues;
- Securitizations;
- Derivative products and securities lending EMTN programs;
- Convertible and exchangeable bonds;
- Other equity-linked products.
Investment banking
We advise investment bankers and Greek industrial leaders in transactions involving new products.
Capital markets
KG supports clients, such as:
- Underwriters;
- Investors;
- Trustees;
- Financial institutions and specialized lenders;
- Rating agencies;
- Swap counter parties.
Having experience covering:
- Securities’ regulation;
- International and domestic equity offerings (IPOs and secondary listings, re-listings and exchangeables).
Featured
KG advised BlackRock on the Greek expansion of the iShares Physical Metals ETC Programme
BY Konstantinos Vouterakos, Apostolos Georgantas, Athanasios Misirlis, Panagiotis Pothos, Evangelos Gesios | June 25, 2026
KG Advised CVC on cornerstone investment in PPC’s €4.25 billion capital raising, one of the largest equity offerings in Europe in recent years
BY Konstantinos Vouterakos, Apostolos Georgantas, Athanasios Misirlis, Gus J. Papamichalopoulos, Antonis Koumpias, Iakovos Koulouris | June 16, 2026
KG’s contribution to the Chambers Banking & Finance Overview Greece 2026
BY Konstantinos Vouterakos, Apostolos Georgantas, Vasileios P. Douzenis, Athanasios Misirlis | April 9, 2026
KG Acted as Greek Counsel on Medtronic Diabetes Business Carve-Out and MiniMed IPO
BY Konstantinos Vouterakos, Vasileios P. Douzenis, Kelly Papadaki, Ioanna Chanoumi, Irene Kyriakides, Aithra Valentina Antoniadou, Dr. Victoria Mertikopoulou, Ifigeneia Argyri | March 19, 2026
KG advised Alpha Bank and Alpha Real Estate in the acquisition of a property in the centre of Athens
BY Kimon Tsakiris, Christina Chini, Lydia Tsapara | March 11, 2026
KG Law Firm Welcomes Efthalia Sarri as Partner in Banking, Finance & Capital Markets Practice
BY Efthalia Sarri | March 5, 2026
KG Recognised in the 2026 Chambers Global Rankings
BY John Kyriakides, Konstantinos Vouterakos, Elisabeth Eleftheriades, Theodore Rakintzis, Vasiliki (Vicky) Kriketou | February 16, 2026
KG at Capital Market 2.0: The Stock Market Reform in Practice organised SAEE
BY Konstantinos Vouterakos, Theodore Rakintzis | December 23, 2025
KG at “Capital Market 2.0” – Rethinking Funding & Investor Protection in Greece
BY Konstantinos Vouterakos, Theodore Rakintzis | December 15, 2025
Bank of Greece publishes revised internal governance rules for financial institutions
BY Konstantinos Vouterakos | September 11, 2025
New Greek law for the strengthening of the Greek Capital Market framework
BY Konstantinos Vouterakos, Apostolos Georgantas | August 4, 2025
KG advised Bally’s on €2.7 Billion Cross-Border Gaming Transaction with Intralot
BY Konstantinos Vouterakos, Theodore Rakintzis, Apostolos Georgantas, Meletios Andrianos, Zaphirenia Theodoraki, Athanasios Misirlis | July 3, 2025
KG advised Piraeus Bank on the Share Capital Increase of the ATHEX listed EUROPE HOLDINGS S.A.
BY Theodore Rakintzis, Penny Oikonomopoulou, Meletios Andrianos, Ioannis Nakis | June 18, 2025
30th Anniversary Gala of the Hellenic Bankers Association UK: An Evening of Excellence and Connection
June 12, 2025
New European Anti-Money Laundering Regulation
BY Konstantinos Vouterakos, Apostolos Georgantas | December 31, 2024
DORA in Action: Insurance and Finance Enhancing Digital Resilience
BY Konstantinos Issaias, Zaphirenia Theodoraki | November 28, 2024
One law to rule them all: The new legal framework for the establishment and enforcement of pledges in Greece
BY Ioanna Antonopoulou, Christina Chini, Angeliki Chalikia, Zaphirenia Theodoraki, Maria Papavasileiou | November 18, 2024
Successful completion of the privatization project of Heraklion Port Authority
BY Konstantinos Vouterakos, Vasileios P. Douzenis, Constantinos Kavadellas, Georgia Panagopoulou, Anastasia Dritsa, Konstantinos Sidiropoulos | October 9, 2024
New European Regulation on Instant Payments
BY Konstantinos Vouterakos | October 7, 2024
Implementing AI in the Banking Sector
BY Konstantinos Vouterakos | June 14, 2024
16th National Conference of Corporate Counsels
BY Christina Chini | June 7, 2024
KG advised General Atlantic for the acquisition of the free-float in the Greek issuer “Epsilon Net S.A.
BY Konstantinos Vouterakos, Apostolos Georgantas, Athanasios Misirlis | May 13, 2024
KG Law Firm has been recognized in the 2023 Deal of the Year in Greece
BY Konstantinos Vouterakos, Anastasia Dritsa, Constantinos Kavadellas, Vasileios P. Douzenis | May 1, 2024
KG advised CBE Capital on 95m EUR Financing for Six Senses Hotel in Porto Heli
BY Christina Chini, Kimon Tsakiris, Penny Oikonomopoulou, Konstantinos-Antonios (Andy) Grivas, Marianna Tsatsanifou | April 17, 2024
KG supported Grimaldi Group in the second successful privatization project for major regional ports
BY Konstantinos Vouterakos, Anastasia Dritsa, Constantinos Kavadellas, Vasileios P. Douzenis | January 22, 2024
Is the implementation of the Recovery and Resilience Facility Loans well underway? Legal parameters of the RRF loans
BY Ioanna Antonopoulou, Christina Chini, Maria Papavasileiou | November 29, 2023
KG acted as Greek legal counsel to the HFSF in the disposal of its c.9% stake in the issuer ‘Alpha Services and Holdings S.A.’ to pan-European banking group UniCredit
BY Konstantinos Vouterakos, Ioanna Antonopoulou, Apostolos Georgantas, Athanasios Misirlis | November 20, 2023
KG contributed to the Legal 500: Capital Markets Guide
BY Konstantinos Vouterakos, Apostolos Georgantas, Athanasios Misirlis | July 31, 2023
The International Banking Review 2023/24
BY Konstantinos Vouterakos, Theodore Rakintzis, Athanasios Misirlis | April 19, 2023
KG advised Optima bank S.A. for the acquisition of receivables of performing corporate exposures in the secondary market
BY Konstantinos Vouterakos, Vasileios P. Douzenis, Athanasios Misirlis | January 20, 2023
Frigoglass new funding transaction towards wider debt & capital restructuring
BY Theodore Rakintzis, Konstantinos Issaias, Panagiotis Pothos, Meletios Andrianos, Maria Karampotsiou | December 6, 2022
KG advised CC Beverages Holdings II B.V. in the acquisition of Three Cents
BY Konstantinos Vouterakos, Apostolos Georgantas, Ioanna Kyriazi | September 1, 2022
KG acted for Mantis Informatics S.A., in the merger with Ecovium Holding GmbH (formerly: MHP Holding GmbH)
BY Konstantinos Vouterakos, Apostolos Georgantas, Panagiotis Pothos, Ioanna Kyriazi, Ioanna Barmpa, Angeliki Miliakou | January 21, 2022
Digital Finance Package: EU’s innovative approach to a single regulatory framework on crypto-assets
BY Konstantinos Vouterakos | June 17, 2021
Greek Registers of Providers of Exchange Services between Virtual Currencies and Fiat Currencies & of the Custodian Wallet Providers in Operation
BY Konstantinos Vouterakos | June 17, 2021
Greek Law 4706/2020: On Corporate Governance and Capital Market Modernisation
BY Theodore Rakintzis, Meletios Andrianos | July 28, 2020
Legal advisor to the ATHEX listed construction of AVAX GROUP
BY Theodore Rakintzis, Penny Oikonomopoulou | June 1, 2020
Lifting of short sales ban by the HCMC
BY Konstantinos Vouterakos | May 20, 2020
KG Banking, Finance & Capital Markets team advised the Banks on Forthnet deal
BY Konstantinos Vouterakos, Konstantinos Issaias | May 6, 2020
ECB announces package of collateral easing measures as a response to the coronavirus emergency
BY Konstantinos Vouterakos | April 14, 2020
The novelties of the new BoG Act on payment and e-money institutions Bank of Greece – Executive Committee Act no.164/13.12.2019
BY Konstantinos Vouterakos | March 20, 2020
Measures implemented at national & EU level in regulated markets due to the COVID-19 pandemic
BY Konstantinos Vouterakos, Apostolos Georgantas | March 19, 2020
Asset Protection Scheme in Greece: Hercules is coming to town!
BY Meletios Andrianos, Maria Karampotsiou, Theodore Rakintzis, Konstantinos Vouterakos | December 19, 2019
Advising HFSF in a milestone transaction for the Greek NPL market
BY Konstantinos Vouterakos, Elisabeth Eleftheriades, Ioanna Antonopoulou, Zaphirenia Theodoraki | November 1, 2019
Kyriakides Georgopoulos Law Firm ranked as a top-Tier firm by IFLR 1000 2020
BY Gus J. Papamichalopoulos, Theodore Rakintzis, Konstantinos Vouterakos, Ioanna Antonopoulou, Elisabeth Eleftheriades | September 30, 2019
Capital Controls: The Last Act
BY Konstantinos Vouterakos | September 19, 2019
A Comparative Review of the Split up Process under Greek Law 2190/1920 and New Greek Law 4601/2019
BY Athanasios Misirlis, Konstantinos Vouterakos | June 19, 2019
Banking & Finance: Framework of Credit Servicing Firms
BY Konstantinos Vouterakos | March 13, 2019
Advising Snam, Enagás & Fluxys on a >10-year Non-recourse Acquisition Financing
BY Gus J. Papamichalopoulos, Panagiotis Pothos, Theodore Rakintzis | January 22, 2019
Panorama of Shareholders’ Rights under the New Greek Company Law
BY Konstantinos Vouterakos | December 18, 2018
Capital Controls: A New Era
BY Konstantinos Vouterakos | October 1, 2018
NPL EUROPE 2018
BY Theodore Rakintzis | September 21, 2018
Financing of Wind Farms in Greece backed by the European Investment Bank (EIB)
BY Zaphirenia Theodoraki, Angeliki Chalikia, Christina Chini | July 23, 2018
Financing of Acquisition of Sbokos Hotel Group
BY Christina Chini, Maria Karampotsiou | July 19, 2018
Paving the Way Towards the Greek Development Bank
BY Elisabeth Eleftheriades, Ioanna Antonopoulou | March 20, 2018
Introducing MiFID II in the Greek Market
BY Konstantinos Vouterakos, Theodore Rakintzis | March 20, 2018
NPL Europe 2018 Spring Conference
BY Theodore Rakintzis | March 16, 2018
Capital Connection Forum, London December 6, 2017
BY Theodore Rakintzis | December 18, 2017
Shareholders Loans
BY Ioanna Antonopoulou, Elisabeth Eleftheriades | December 5, 2017
Greek Law Counsel to the McArthurGlen Designer Outlet Refinancing
BY Ioanna Antonopoulou, Angeliki Chalikia, Apostolos Kourtis | November 30, 2017
Further Loosening of the Capital Controls Regime
BY Konstantinos Vouterakos | November 16, 2017
Acquisition of MINOAN LINES stake in Hellenic Seaways by ATTICA HOLDINGS S.A.
BY Konstantinos Vouterakos, Anastasia Dritsa | November 15, 2017
Greek Law Counsel to the European Bank For Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)
BY Konstantinos Vouterakos | November 15, 2017
Frigoglass – Debt and Capital restructuring
BY Meletios Andrianos, Panagiotis Pothos, Penny Oikonomopoulou, Theodore Rakintzis | November 1, 2017
Advising KYKLAMINO SA in its 35 million Euro issuance of bond notes covered by Alpha Bank
BY Theodore Rakintzis, Penny Oikonomopoulou | October 20, 2017
Issues for Trades of NPLs – Key Country Analysis
BY Konstantinos Vouterakos | October 6, 2017
Serres Solid Waste Management Public Private Partnership Project
BY Angeliki Chalikia, Elisabeth Eleftheriades, Ioanna Antonopoulou, Kimon Tsakiris | June 20, 2017
Streamlining the NPLs Legal Framework
BY Konstantinos Issaias, Konstantinos Vouterakos, Theodore Rakintzis | June 15, 2017
The Securing of Bank Claims
BY Ioanna Antonopoulou | May 15, 2017
NPL Europe 2017 – Spring Conference
BY Konstantinos Issaias, Konstantinos Vouterakos, Theodore Rakintzis | April 11, 2017
NPL European Summit 2017 | Sponsorship
BY Konstantinos Issaias, Konstantinos Vouterakos | March 1, 2017
CEE Legal Matters, The Buzz in Greece
BY Elisabeth Eleftheriades | February 16, 2017
KG in the NPL Europe 2016 – Autumn Conference in London
BY Konstantinos Vouterakos | September 30, 2016
The New EU Market Abuse Regulation
BY Konstantinos Vouterakos, Theodore Rakintzis | September 13, 2016
Amendment of Code of Conduct on handling Non Performing Loans
BY Konstantinos Vouterakos, Konstantinos Issaias, Theodore Rakintzis | September 9, 2016
Changing the NPL Regime and Releasing the Market
BY Konstantinos Issaias, Konstantinos Vouterakos | June 30, 2016
Handling Non-Performing Loans
BY Konstantinos Vouterakos, Konstantinos Issaias | May 6, 2016
The International Comparative Legal Guide to: Project Finance 2016
BY Elisabeth Eleftheriades, Ioanna Antonopoulou | April 7, 2016
Amendment to the Restrictions on Cash Withdrawals and Transfers of Capital Towards Their Relaxation
BY Konstantinos Vouterakos, Ioanna Antonopoulou, Konstantinos Issaias | March 18, 2016
3rd International Summit NPL Europe 2016
BY Konstantinos Vouterakos | March 11, 2016
Removal of the Restrictions Imposed on Transactions in Financial Instruments on Greek Regulated Markets
BY Ioanna Antonopoulou, Konstantinos Issaias, Konstantinos Vouterakos | December 9, 2015
3rd Memorandum with Creditors of Greece
BY Elisabeth Eleftheriades, Ioanna Antonopoulou | October 21, 2015
Capital Control Exceptional Measures – No 13
BY Konstantinos Issaias, Konstantinos Vouterakos, Ioanna Antonopoulou | September 28, 2015
Financing of the Development of a Waste Treatment Plant in the Region of Serres
BY Elisabeth Eleftheriades, Ioanna Antonopoulou, Kimon Tsakiris, Angeliki Chalikia | September 4, 2015
Privatization of the Port of Thessaloniki Authority
BY Elisabeth Eleftheriades, Katerina Tzamalouka, Angeliki Chalikia | September 4, 2015
Privatization of TRAINOSE S.A.
BY Angeliki Chalikia, Elisabeth Eleftheriades, Katerina Tzamalouka | September 2, 2015
Capital Control Exceptional Measures – No 12
BY Konstantinos Vouterakos, Konstantinos Issaias, Ioanna Antonopoulou | August 19, 2015
Capital Control Exceptional Measures – No 11
BY Konstantinos Vouterakos, Konstantinos Issaias, Ioanna Antonopoulou | August 3, 2015
Capital Control Exceptional Measures – No 10
BY Konstantinos Issaias, Konstantinos Vouterakos, Ioanna Antonopoulou | July 27, 2015
Following the Imposition of Restrictions on Cash Withdrawals and Transfers of Capital – No. 9.2
BY Ioanna Antonopoulou, Konstantinos Vouterakos, Konstantinos Issaias | July 21, 2015
Capital Control Exceptional Measures – No 9
BY Konstantinos Issaias, Ioanna Antonopoulou, Konstantinos Vouterakos | July 20, 2015
Capital Control Exceptional Measures – No 8
BY Konstantinos Vouterakos, Konstantinos Issaias, Ioanna Antonopoulou | July 17, 2015
Capital Control Exceptional Measures – No 7
BY Ioanna Antonopoulou, Konstantinos Issaias, Konstantinos Vouterakos | July 15, 2015
Capital Control Exceptional Measures – No 6
BY Konstantinos Vouterakos, Konstantinos Issaias, Ioanna Antonopoulou | July 14, 2015
Tax Issues during the Bank Holiday
BY Panagiotis Pothos | July 10, 2015
Capital Control Exceptional Measures – No 5
BY Ioanna Antonopoulou, Konstantinos Issaias, Konstantinos Vouterakos | July 9, 2015
Updated Explanatory Q&A on the Capital Control Measures
BY Konstantinos Vouterakos, Ioanna Antonopoulou, Konstantinos Issaias | July 9, 2015
Capital Control Measures of 28.06.2015
BY Konstantinos Vouterakos | June 29, 2015
The International Comparative Legal Guide to: Project Finance 2015
BY Ioanna Antonopoulou, Elisabeth Eleftheriades | April 9, 2015
Refinancing of a Wind Farm Developed by ENERGEIAKI XIROVOUNIOU S.A.
BY Ioanna Antonopoulou | March 15, 2015
The Warrants Scenarios in the Greek Banking Saga
BY Konstantinos Vouterakos | February 26, 2015
Termination of Cooperation
BY Konstantinos Vouterakos, Theodore Rakintzis | May 14, 2014
Construction of Public Schools through the use of PPPs
BY Ioanna Antonopoulou | May 12, 2014
The International Comparative Legal Guide to: Project Finance 2014 – 3rd Edition
BY Ioanna Antonopoulou | April 10, 2014
Advising Frigoglass in its 250m Euro high yield bond offering
BY Theodore Rakintzis | July 28, 2013
The Latest Developments in the Athens Stock Exchange
BY Konstantinos Vouterakos | May 16, 2012
Defining a ‘Consumer’ under the Consumer Protection Law
BY Anthony Hadjioannou | September 30, 2011
Privatisation of Greek Assets
September 16, 2011
Greek Pharma Bond
February 20, 2011
