Banking, Finance & Market Operations

PI Partners is a recognised market leader in the provision of legal advice to all participants in the area of Banking, Finance & Market Operations. A substantial amount of new legislation has been enacted in Greece in recent years, facilitating entry into transactions in this sector and our practice has grown with the market.

We have acted in many of the foremost Banking & Finance transactions to have taken place, such as the acquisition of Jubanka by Alpha Bank in Serbia and the listing of the Bank of Cyprus on the Athens Exchange, the only foreign company listed in Greece. We have also developed a significant market presence advising on all types of market operations, including privatisations, with a particular focus on the energy industry. Our team works closely with our lawyers from the Company & Commercial practice area to provide due diligence and corporate governance services to our clients in this sector.

We act on behalf of all types of participants, including leading local and international banks such as Sanpaolo IMI, the Alpha Bank group, one of Greece’s foremost private sector banks, Omega Bank and Moldova Agroind Bank, a leading private sector bank in Moldova. We also represent listed and privately owned companies such as the Sarantis group, a market leader in Greece and Eastern Europe in the production and distribution of mass market cosmetics and pharmaceutical and household products and the Delta group, one of the largest food producers in Greece.