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About
Provided by Yannis Kourniotis
Practice Areas
Project Finance & Development
Banking & Finance
Energy
Utilities
M&A
Career
Yannis Kourniotis heads up our Project Finance & Development practice and is among the leading experts in this field in the Greek market. Working alongside other senior colleagues, Yannis has helped to establish Lambadarios as an Athens powerhouse in Project Finance & Development and Banking & Finance.
He has extensive experience on infrastructure and energy projects, as well as public-private partnerships, advising participants across the entire project lifecycle, from tendering authorities to sponsors, lenders and the contractors who will be on site. As a result, Yannis has been engaged in many of the most significant infrastructure and development projects of recent years in Greece.
Yannis is ranked in all leading publications including Chambers, IFLR and the Legal 500 as a leading individual for Banking & Finance and Energy.
Industry Sector Expertise
Yannis has been engaged on many of the most significant infrastructure and construction projects of recent years in Greece, including airports, roads, energy, water and waste treatment, as well as major hotel and casino developments. He is experienced at working with both domestic and international parties, including international counsel and has in-depth knowledge of the procedural aspects of complex cases involving multiparty stakeholders.
His expertise includes drafting and negotiating concession, partnership, long-term lease, project and financing agreements. Yannis also advises on public tenders and the assignment of public contracts. In particular, he advises on the regulatory requirements for developing projects, public private partnerships and those involving concessions granted by governments to private developers, and on the restructuring of major infrastructure and energy projects. Alongside his expertise in energy and infrastructure, Yannis brings detailed knowledge of the regulatory landscapes in which his clients operate.
Chambers Review
Europe
Yannis Kourniotis is a distinguished lawyer who is experienced in advising on a diverse range of transactions in the energy sector, including financing and acquisition mandates. He counts several domestic and foreign energy companies, lenders and state-owned entities among his clientele.
Yannis Kourniotis continues to garner praise from national and international banks for his expertise in corporate and project finance transactions, especially those in the energy sector.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Yannis is hard-working, commercially minded and able to understand how we operate as a company."
"He gets straight to the point and I have been very happy with the interactions we have had with him."
"Yannis is hard-working, commercially minded and able to understand how we operate as a company."
"He gets straight to the point and I have been very happy with the interactions we have had with him."
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Energy and Utilities
Environmental and Waste
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Government and Public Sector
Transport