Nicholas Papapolitis is the Managing Partner of Papapolitis & Papapolitis.
Prior to joining the firm, Nicholas was an associate at the New York office of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP.
He is widely recognized as an expert in foreign direct investments in Greece.
He has vast experience in advising global investment managers and institutional investors on large-scale, complex credit and equity transactions and has acted in many of the landmark deals to have taken place in the Greek market.
Nicholas currently serves on the Board of Directors of the American-Hellenic Chamber of Commerce and also chairs the Investment and Finance Committee of the Chamber.
He has also sat on the Board of Directors of large corporations such as the Intralot Group and NBG Pangaea REIC.
He also chairs the "Corporate Ambassador Program" of The Hellenic Initiative (THI), a global non-profit organization and is a member of the New Leaders Steering Committee of THI.
Nicholas is consistently recognized as a "Leading Individual" by international legal directories such the Legal 500 EMEA 2018 and as a "Leader in his field" by Chambers Europe 2018.
2010 Partner, Papapolitis & Papapolitis
2006 Skadden Arps LLP, New York
Athens Bar
Solicitors Regulation Authority – Registered European Lawyer
International Bar Association
LLM (Merit) in Corporate and Commercial Law, Queen Mary College, Centre for Commercial Legal Studies, University of London
LLB (Hons), University College London
Chairman of the Investment and Finance Committee of the American Hellenic Chamber of Commerce
Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, London, UK, Accredited Arbitrator (MCIArb)
2018: 28th Annual Greek Economy Conference of the American Hellenic Chamber of Commerce – Gree
2017: 28th Annual Greek Economy Conference of the American Hellenic Chamber of Commerce – Investing in Greece Opportunities and Impediments
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June 2020
United Group Investment into Forthnet S.A.
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March 2020
York and Elements Capital acquisition of Famar Group
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November 2019
Mytilineos €500 Million International Bond Offering
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June 2019
Invel acquisition of NBG Pangaea REIC
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May 2019
SOHO HOUSE ACQUISITION OF SCORPIOS BEACH CLUB AND SAN GIORGIO HOTEL
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December 2018
Pillarstone Famar Restructuring
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September 2018
ACQUISITION OF 200MW WIND PARK PORTFOLIO BY INTERNATIONAL PRIVATE EQUITY FUND
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August 2018
ACQUISITION OF €1.5BN NPL PORTFOLIO BY INTERNATIONAL PRIVATE EQUITY FUND
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May 2018
ANCHORAGE AND CVC ACQUISITION OF IDEAL STANDARD S.A.
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May 2018
MULTIMILLION INVESTMENT IN GREEK REIC BY INTERNATIONAL PRIVATE EQUITY FUND
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March 2018
Energean Oil & GAS $460Million IPO on the London Stock Exchange
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March 2018
Avis Europe and Otokoc multi-million acquisition of Avis Hellas from Piraeus Bank
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December 2017
Pimco investment in Grivalia REIC
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July 2017
Cetracore Energy multi-million investment in Jetoil through Article 106 pre-bankruptcy process
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January 2017
Sale of €150 Million Corporate Portfolio from Eurobank Ergasias S.A.
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August 2016
Ticketmaster Acquisition of Tickethour
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December 2015
Invel Real Estate Partners LP in the €1Billion Reverse Merger and Listing on the Athens Stock Exchange of NBG Pangaea REIC
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December 2015
National Bank of Greece €1.16 Billion Liability Management Exercise and Equity Offering
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April 2015
GSO/Blackstone Group in Investment in Listed Real Estate Developer Lamda Development Acquiring c20% of the Company
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August 2014
Intracom Holdings €330 Million Sale of HOL to Vodafone Greece
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June 2014
Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley Underwriters in NBG's €2.5 Billion Equity Offering
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June 2014
Morgan Stanley as Advisor to the HFSF for €2.86 Billion Eurobank Share Capital Increase
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May 2014
Paulson & Co. in Investment in EYDAP
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April 2014
Intracom Holdings in its €47 Million Sale of Intracom Telecom
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March 2014
BlackRock Solutions in its Diagnostic Assessment of the Greek Banking System
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November 2013
Third Point in its €40 Million Participation in Hellenic Bank's Share Capital Increase