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Summary
Virginia graduated from Cambridge in 1989
and practised as a barrister for five years in London
before moving to Athens and qualifying as a lawyer there
in 1998. She joined WFW in 2007 after ten years at a major Greek
commercial firm and specialises in acquisitions and financing in Greece's
fast-developing wind energy sector, as well as other corporate M &
A and finance deals in Greece for Greek and foreign investors and banks.
Recent Experience
- Englefield Renewable Energy Fund: represents
Englefield in its completed or planned acquisitions and funding of a total
of two operating wind farms and over ten Greek wind farm developments from
four unrelated vendors (2006-2007)
- Rokas Group: first project finance of wind
farms in Greece (1999), refinanced in 2001 and 2005, further wind farm
financing in 2003 (first bond loan) and first lease-finance funding
(2004)
- EEN Hellas SA: acted for Ktistor ATE in
development and financing of wind farms and subsequent sale of wind farm
portfolio to subsidiary of EDF Energies Nouvelles SA; continues to be instructed
for financing of new wind farms (2003 - )
- Euronet: took over and closed a €13 million
acquisition by the American credit card management company, of the credit
card management subsidiary of Piraeus Bank, including due diligence, finalising
transaction documents and negotiating the re-financing of the target company
within just over a month (2005)
- Government of Montenegro: acted as key
international legal expert in a consortium led by BNP Paribas which advised
the GoM on the privatisation of the aluminium factory Kombinat Aluminujima
Podgorica, one of Montenegro’s largest companies, as well as the bauxite
works company. The deal closed successfully in November 2005, after
over ten months’ negotiation with the Russian buyers, with a total deal
value of around €200 million
Education and Qualifications
| 1989
| BA in Law, Peterhouse, Cambridge: 2.1
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| 1991
| Inns of Court School of Law (Merit)
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| 1992
| MA |
Languages
Published Materials
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“Project Finance – How can Greece prepare
itself?”, American-Hellenic Chamber of Commerce, 2000
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| “Hellenic Insurance Contract Law”, author
of English translation, published by Sakkoulas, 2003.
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"Prospects for the Insurance Market
in the Black Sea States", Private Insurance (Idiotiki Asfalisi),
October 1998 (with E. Gika) (in Greek)
"Wilful Misconduct and the CMR",
European Transport Law, Vol. XXXIV, No. 1, 1999 and the Journal of Business
Law, Sweet & Maxwell, March 1999 |
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