Category Archives: TRANSACTIONS

PHILIPS GREECE ON ONGOING CORPORATE GOVERNANCE MATTERS

Papapolitis & Papapolitis continues to advise Philips Hellas on their ongoing corporate governance and compliance requirements, on a variety of legal matters arising in the course of their business activities and their entry into commercial agreements and public tenders.

INTRACOM / TELEDOME DISPUTE

P&P successfully represented Intracom Holdings SA (Intracom) in the appeal of the decision of the Court of First Instance in their multi-million €89.5 Million dispute with Teledome SA and Teledome’s shareholders, made up of 3 lawsuits.

NATIONAL BANK OF GREECE €1.16 BILLION LIABILITY MANAGEMENT EXERCISE AND EQUITY OFFERING

Papapolitis & Papapolitis acted as local counsel to Goldman Sachs International, Morgan Stanley & Co International Plc, Nomura International plc, Commerzbank, NBG Securities, Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, BNP Paribas, HSBC Bank Plc as joint global coordinators and joint book runners in the context of the €1.16 Billion liability management exercise and equity offering by National

GSO/BLACKSTONE GROUP IN INVESTMENT IN LISTED REAL ESTATE DEVELOPER LAMDA DEVELOPMENT ACQUIRING C20% OF THE COMPANY

Papapolitis & Papapolitis acted for the GSO/Blackstone Group in respect of its investment in the Greek listed real-estate development company Lamda Development SA. With this investment the GSO/Blackstone Group increased its shareholding participation in Lamda to circa 20%.

THIRD POINT INVESTMENT IN AUTO INSURER HELLAS DIRECT

Papapolitis & Papapolitis advised Third Point Hellenic Recovery Fund in their investment in the auto insurer Hellas Direct, in what is currently the only investment initiated in 2015 by an international fund in Greece.

HELLAS ONLINE IN A MAJOR TRADEMARK DISPUTE WITH DEUTSCHE TELEKOM

Papapolitis & Papapolitis acted for Hellas Online, a leading Greek listed telecom provider, in relation to its trademark and intellectual property dispute with Deutsche Telekom, which led to a groundbreaking decision by the Athens Court of first instance in relation to whether a colour can be considered a corporate trademark.

INTRACOM HOLDINGS €330 MILLION SALE OF HOL TO VODAFONE GREECE

Papapolitis & Papapolitis acted for Intracom Holdings in the €330 Million sale of Hellas Online, a leading provider of broadband and fixed telephony services listed on the Athens Stock Exchange, to Vodafone – Panafon Greece in the largest transaction in the telecom industry to take pace in Greece in 2014.

MORGAN STANLEY AS ADVISOR TO THE HFSF FOR €2.86 BILLION EUROBANK SHARE CAPITAL INCREASE

Papapolitis & Papapolitis acted on behalf of Morgan Stanley & Co International in its role as a financial advisor to the Hellenic Financial Stability Fund in the €2.86 Billion share capital increase of Eurobank Ergasias.

GOLDMAN SACHS AND MORGAN STANLEY UNDERWRITERS IN NBG’S €2.5 BILLION EQUITY OFFERING

Papapolitis & Papapolitis advised the joint global coordinators and joint book runners, Goldman Sachs International and Morgan Stanley & Co International, Citigroup Global Markets, HSBC Bank, Mediobanca–Banca di Credito Finanziario, Merrill Lynch International and UBS Limited in connection with an offering by National Bank of Greece of 1,136,363,637 new ordinary shares at €2.20 per share.

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