Ioannis Kaptanis

Practice Areas

Dr. Ioannis Kaptanis focuses on concession projects, project finance transactions, and privatisations. He regularly advises and represents clients in arbitration and litigation, as well as contract negotiation.

Moreover, he advises banks and corporations on financing transactions, particularly asset backed lending transactions, derivatives and repo agreements.

Ioannis is ranked as a Leading Individual in the practice areas of Projects and Privatisation, of Banking, Finance & Capital Markets and of Dispute Resolution in Greece by The Legal 500 EMEA. In addition, IFLR1000 ranks him as Highly Regarded. He is also ranked by Chambers Global and Europe.

Publications

• Co-contributor to the 2023 Legal 500: Project Finance Comparative Guide

• Co-contributor to the Chambers Global Practice Guide 2023, Litigation in Greece, Trends and Developments,

• Co-contributor to the Chambers Global Practice Guide 2022, Enforcement of Judgments in Greece, Law and Practice,

• Co-contributor to the Chambers Global Practice Guide 2022, International Arbitration in Greece, Law and Practice,

• Co-contributor to the Chambers Global Practice Guide 2022, International Arbitration in Greece, Trends and Developments,

• Co-contributor to the Legal 500 overviews of Litigation laws and regulations applicable in Greece, 2022,

• Co-contributor to the Chambers Global Practice Guide 2022, Litigation in Greece, Trends and Developments,

• Co-contributor to the Chambers Global Practice Guide 2021, International Arbitration in Greece, Law and Practice,

• Co-contributor to the Chambers Global Practice Guide 2021, International Arbitration in Greece, Trends and Developments,

• Co-contributor to the Chambers Global Practice Guide 2021, Enforcement of Judgments in Greece, Law and Practice,

• Co-contributor to the Chambers Global Practice Guide 2020, International Arbitration in Greece, Law and Practice & Trends and Developments,

• Co-contributor to the Chambers Global Practice Guide 2020, Enforcement of Judgments in Greece,

• Co-contributor to the Chambers Global Practice Guide 2020, Litigation in Greece, Trends and Developments,

• Co-contributor to the project of the World Bank “Benchmarking Infrastructure 2020 in Greece”,

• Co-contributor of the chapter on Restructuring & Insolvency: The position of Creditors in Greece in the Greek Law Digest (2019),

• Co-contributor to the project of the World Bank “Procuring Infrastructure PPPs 2018”,

• Co-contributor to the project of the World Bank “Enabling the Business of Agriculture 2017”,

• Co-contributor of the chapter on Greek Port Regulations in the Greek Law Digest (2016),

• Contributor of the analysis of articles 402-409 of the Greek Civil Code on earnest and penalty clause in the commentary of Professor Ioannis Karakostas, Civil Code, Law of Obligations, General Part, Athens 2006 (in Greek).

Personal

• IFLR1000 - Project Development (Greece), Highly Regarded

• Legal 500 EMEA - Projects and Privatisation (Greece), Leading Individual

• Legal 500 EMEA – Banking, Finance and Capital Markets (Greece), Leading Individual

• Legal 500 EMEA - Dispute Resolution (Greece), Leading Individual

• Chambers Global and Europe Legal Guides, ranked in Banking & Finance (Greece)