Prokopis Dimitriadis

Practice Areas

Banking & Finance

Capital Markets

M&A

Real Estate

Litigation & Dispute Resolution

Career

Prokopis Dimitriadis heads our Banking & Finance and Capital Markets practices and is also a leading member of our M&A, Litigation & Dispute Resolution, and Real Estate practices where he has established a reputation for developing practical solutions that get the deal done.

He has wide-ranging experience in advising on and executing major transactions involving funds, institutional investors and large corporates – from both the buy and sell side – and in structuring complex financing arrangements for domestic and international clients. Prokopis has first-class drafting skills in English and is accustomed to working on projects where finance documentation is written under Greek and English law.

Prokopis is listed in Chambers Europe for Banking Finance, Dispute Resolution and Insolvency/Restructuring.

In addition to his transactional and financial work, Prokopis is skilled in international commercial arbitration under the ICC rules. He has also extensive knowledge of domestic arbitration rules under the Greek Code of Civil Procedure. He is currently the legal counsel of ICC Hellas, the Greek chapter of the ICC.

Professional Memberships

Athens Bar Association

Industry Sector Expertise

Prokopis is the head of our Banking & Finance practice, which itself is one of Athens’s leaders in advising domestic and international clients in all aspects of financing in Greece. He is well-known and widely respected within the Greek financial sector as a technical expert and a pragmatic solution-driven adviser. He has been listed by Chambers and Partners for Banking-Finance for many years.

Prokopis has played a leading role in many major acquisition finance transactions as well as advising on complicated secured transactions, securitizations, structured finance, credit facilities, revolving loans, derivatives, project finance, issuance of subordinated debt, high-yield and other forms of bonds and debt restructuring. The firm has carved out a reputation for strength in NPLs and Prokopis has been central to this drive, advising clients on both the buy and sell side. He has also played a key role in the firm’s activity in renewable energy, including wind and photovoltaic parks.

He has also advised both corporates and credit institutions on matters relating to debt and finance, such as issuance of convertible bonds, MIFID and capital adequacy requirements.