Karamanolis & Associates Law Firm

Mergers & Acquisitions
The law firm has just advised Alpha Bank on its merger with EFG Eurobank Ergasias, due to be   consummated by 2011 end, which is the largest ever (merger or other) transaction in Greece.
The law firm has also advised on eight (8) out of twenty-seven (27) hitherto announced public tender offers, two (2) largest ever bank mergers, the second largest (in terms of value) private stock sale transaction, the largest spin-off by a listed company, etc.

Banking & Finance
The law firm has advised on the first ever floatation of a paperless corporate bond, the second ever incorporation of a shipping finance bank (whose principal shareholder is General Electric Finance), the financing of the largest B.O.T. project, etc.

Company Law
The law firm has recently advised on a number of bond loans to finance renewable energy projects.

Taxation
Information available on request

The law firm is particularly active on behalf of foreign clients in the

areas of M&A’s, B.O.T’s, banking and taxation law.

The law firm is outside (corporate and/or tax) counsel to most leading Greek banks and financial institu-