Matina Kanellopoulou
Counsel Athens
Matina is counsel in the project & structured Finance Group.
She specialises in corporate, banking, project and structured finance law.
Matina has extensive experience in the financings of large projects of the renewables energy sector as well as in asset financings and acquisitions in the hotel and energy sectors.
She has been involved in multijurisdictional transactions as well as in corporate finance matters for international banks operating in Greece.
Matina has obtained a law degree from the National & Kapodistrian University of Athens and an LL.M. with distinction from Queen Mary University of London. She joined the firm in 2010.
- Advising GMC on Acquisition of majority stake in Zouros.
- Advising CUBICO on the Acquisition and Refinancing of Greek wind portfolio.
- Advising EBRD on a senior unsecured loan facility of up to €160 million to Public Power Corporation S.A..
- Advising Cero Generation on 100 MW Greek solar PV project financing.
- Advising Valorem on 27MW Magoula wind farm financing.
- Advising GEK TERNA and MOH on €325M 877MW Greek CCGT power plant financing.
- Advising Attica Bank on €63M 41MW Greek wind farm project financing.
- Advised Joh. Berenberg, Gossler & Co. KG as lead counsel on a $135 million Fund Level Facility for the purpose of re-financing sale-and-lease-back ship transactions concluded by a subsidiary of fund managed by Meerbaum Capital Solutions. This deal won Structured Finance Deal of the Year 2020, Marine Money.
- Advising NBG on landmark €357m facility for DEFSA privatisation
- Advising Alpha Bank on US$250m shipping securitisation transaction
Education
2009-2010 · LL.M., Banking & Finance Law, Queen Mary University of London School of Law,
2003-2008 · LL.B., Law, National & Kapodistrian University of Athens
memberships & associations
2011- Present · Athens Bar Association
- PressWFW advises the VALOREM Group on €550m finance deal
- PressWFW advises Attica Bank on €63M 41 MW Greek wind farm project financing
- PressWFW advises GEK TERNA and MOH on €325m 877 MW Greek CCGT power plant financing
- PressWFW promotes five to Counsel
- ArticleRecent changes to Greek Code of Private Maritime Law
