George Kalpakidis
Associate Athens
George is an Associate in the Assets & Structured Finance Group.
George is qualified in England and Wales, Greece and the Marshall Islands. He specialises in ship finance transactions and acts for Greek and international banks, financial institutions and ship-owning groups in cross-border asset finance transactions.
He advises on a wide range of transactions, including, without limitation, sale and purchase and financing of newbuilding and second-hand vessels, syndicated, bilateral and revolving facilities, as well as sale and leaseback transactions. He has also been involved in the refinancing and restructuring of existing facilities and loan portfolio transfers.
In addition, George advises on Marshall Islands and Liberian maritime and corporate law matters.
- Advising Capital Maritime Finance Corp. on its €300m IPO and admission to trading on the Main Market of Euronext Athens, marking the first standalone listing of a shipping company on the exchange and a landmark capital markets transaction supporting its fleet expansion of 23 new vessels.
- Advising Star Bulk Carriers Corp. on its €107.8m share offering in Greece and the parallel listing of all its shares on Euronext Athens, one of the most significant recent capital markets transactions in the Greek shipping sector.
Education
- 2018 · LL.M., Maritime Law, University of Southampton
- 2017 · LL.M., Transnational and European Commercial Law, Arbitration, Mediation and Energy Law, International Hellenic University
- 2016 · LL.B., European University of Cyprus
- 2013 · B.A., Political Sciences, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
memberships and associations
Thessaloniki Bar Association
Law Society of England and Wales
Marshall Islands
