Theodore Rakintzis

Career

Theodore Rakintzis is a partner of the firm with significant expertise on banking and finance, capital markets, M&A and real estate law.

Theodore has led KG’s practice during the last decade in breakthrough transactions with transnational elements including the relisting of Coca-Cola Hellenic to the LSE and the relocation of its seat from Athens to Switzerland, the relisting of Titan Group to Euronext Brussels and Paris and its secondary listing in ATHEX and the acquisition of various foreign companies in Turkey, the US, UAE and Europe by the Frigoglass Group. He has also advised international and domestic groups in high profile restructurings as well as IPOs, rights issues and take over bids. His banking and finance expertise includes representing banks and financial institutions as well as corporate borrowers in complex financing structures as well as NPL portfolio acquisitions.

Theodore is also a member of KG’s Private Wealth Structuring Practice Group. He has long established experience in advising family offices and individuals on various private law aspects, such as inheritance and succession planning, wealth structuring, asset transfer and asset protection and establishment of trusts and is further involved in many art-related projects.

Moreover, Theodore regularly advises certain prominent non-for-profit organizations, e.g. A.G. Leventis Foundation, DESTE Foundation for Contemporary Art, Parnassos Literary Society, MDA Hellas and Aurora.

He has also published various articles in the international business legal press and is actively participating as key speaker in international conferences.

Publications

Beaumont Capital Markets - The International Banking Review -> https://kglawfirm.gr/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/GreeceBanking.pdf

Lexology - Art Law -> https://kglawfirm.gr/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/2023-Art-Law-Greece.pdf

Languages Spoken

English, French, German, Greek

Practice Areas

Mergers & Acquisitions | Banking & Finance, Capital Markets | Corporate & Commercial | Private Wealth | Restructuring & Insolvency | Art Law | Hospitality & Leisure

Professional Memberships

Member of the Athens Bar Association (2001)

Member of the International Bar Association

Work Highlights

Capital Markets Highlights

• Briq Properties real estate ATHEX listed group in its 50 million Euro rights issue

• HSBC acting as financial advisor and listing agent in the exchange offer leading to the relisting of the cement production group of Titan from the Athens Exchange to Euronext Brussels and Euronext Paris as well as its secondary listing in the ATHEX

• Coca-Cola Hellenic (CCH) for the relocation of its corporate seat from Greece to Switzerland and its relisting from the Athens Exchange to the London Stock Exchange.

• Sciens Group in the 25m Euro take-over bid process to acquire the minorities of its affiliate Sciens SA as well as to the subsequent delisting of the latter from the Athens Exchange.

• OTE SA in the 3 billion Euro take-over bid process to acquire the minorities of COSMOTE SA.

• TERNA ENERGY SA in its 300m Euro IPO and listing in the Athens Exchange.

• J&P AVAX SA in the 36m Euro take-over bid of the construction company Athena SA.

M&A

• CEE Equity in its first deal in Greece in the 28 million Euro acquisition of the listed in ATHEX Paperpack S.A.

• US private equity Drew International in the acquisition of 100% of shares of Chemo Hellas SA & of drinking water and disinfection business of Flow Water Technologies

• AVAX SA and the individual owners of the real estate company 3V SA in the transfer of its shares to the real estate development group of DIMAND SA leading to a major Euro 100 m. development construction project of approx.. 57,000 sq. m. in Piraeus.

• Hotel-owning company MIKROLIMANO SA in the acquisition of the hotel MISTRAL in the area of Piraeus.

• Ammera Capital Management in the acquisition of the Greek fish farm company Andromeda SA.

• Unisystems of the Quest Group in the Euro 5.2 value investment in the share capital of IntelliSolutions consisting of both share & capital raise

• Coca-Cola Hellenic (CCH) in the spin-off of its Greek commercial operations.

• Frigoglass SAIC in the acquisition of the Dubai based entity “JEBEL ALI CONTAINER CLASS FACTORY FZE, in the 35m USD acquisition of the US entity Universal Nolin and in the 40m Euro acquisition of the Turkish commercial coolers company SFA COOL.

• Creation of hospitality group of DONKEY SA by way of merger of hotel owning and operating groups of YES SA (small luxury hotels Semiramis, New Hotel, Twenty One, Periscope) and ATHINAION SA owner of the Athens Intercontinental.

• Hotel owning and managing company YES SA in its 12m Euro acquisition of NEW HOTEL.

• AVAX SA in the €10 m sale and lease back of its corporate headquarters to the ATHEX listed TRASTOR REIC

• GSK in the €12m sale and partial lease back of its corporate headquarters office building to the ATHEX listed Intercontinental International REIC.

Restructurings

• The global ICM Manufacturer Frigoglass in its recapitalization process – IFLR Deal of the Year 2018 nominee.

• Alpha and Piraeus Bank in the restructuring process of the construction company AEGEK SA.

• Alumil Group in the restructuring process it has been engaged seeking refinancing of its existing debt in combination with selecting suitable third party investor.

Banking & Finance

• Piraeus Bank in its 25 m Euro financing to CVC for partial acquisition of the VIVARTIA group of companies

• Frigoglass in its 250m Euro high yield bond offering.

• the consortium composed by Snam, Enagás and Fluxys (the “Consortium”) on a >10-year non-recourse acquisition financing corresponding to approximately 65% of the enterprise value to fund the acquisition, through Senfluga Energy Infrastructure Holdings (“Senfluga”), of a 66% stake of the Hellenic Gas Transmission System Operator S.A. for a consideration equal to € 535 million.

• Greek real estate company KYKLAMINO SA in its 35 million Euro issuance of bond notes covered by Alpha Bank.

• Pizza Hut and KFC franchisee, Foodplus SA in the refinancing of its 5 million Euro bond covered by a syndicate of Greek banks.

Education