Created in 2008, Your Legal Partners is a full-service law firm based in Attica, Greece. It’s a team of 16 partners, counsels and associates, and it is part of Ally Law, a global legal network of 70+ independent firms spread across the world.
Focusses / specialisms
The firm provides services in all areas of corporate law. It works with domestic as well as with international clients on both domestic and cross-border transactions.
It has a banking team which is experienced in acting for lenders as well as borrowers on the full range of financing transactions, including direct financing and refinancing, financing of projects in various industries, acquisition financing, NPEs transfers and bond loans.
In capital markets is focused on debt capital markets instruments issuance and transactions such as bonds and asset-backed securities.
In corporate and M&A it has a demonstrated experience working on behalf of the acquisition side on asset and share acquisitions, including privatizations, in a wide range of industries.
Its project development practice consists of assisting developers and sponsors on projects in various sectors.
Key clients
Among its clients are Eurobank, Piraeus Bank, Alpha Bank, JPA Attica Schools, HIG Capital, Mirova, Deutsche Bank AG, Alantra Corporate Advisors International, EOS Group, Hellenic Republic Asset Development Fund, Hellenic Corporation of Assets and Participation and Mytilineos.
Research period review: 33rd edition (2023/2024)
During the research period the firm was active in banking and finance, capital markets, M&A, and project development.
In banking and finance the firm advised clients in lending and borrowing roles on direct financing and refinancing, project financing in various industries and acquisition financing.
In terms of capital markets work it advised mainly on receivables and various types of securitisations.
In M&A the firm represented mainly clients on the acquisition side in real estate, banking, logistics, marine transport, aviation, joint-venture formations investing in real estate.
In project development it assisted stakeholders, sponsors and bidders on concession and sale transactions in air and marine transport, PPP tenders in utilities, social infrastructure, and motorway transport sectors.
Deal highlights: 33rd edition (2023/2024)
HIG Capital €5 million acquisition of Contrade Shipping & Transport company
Thessaloniki FlyOver PPP Project
Xirokambi 70MW Photovoltaic Park
Client feedback: 33rd edition (2023/2024)
M&A
"Flexible, understand quickly, business-orientated, problem-solving."
PPP/PFI
"The members of the Your Legal Partners' team are highly skilled in the field of PPP projects as well as in the legal aspects of project finance and they provide insightful and business-orientated legal advice and support. They are responsive, available and able to handle pressing deadlines very well."
Private equity
"Knowledgeable, responsive, reliable, reasonable charges."
Project finance
"They are quite responsive and provide creative solutions on matters they have been assigned with."
"Commitment to timely delivery. Knowledge of their field of work. Excellent cooperation spirit."
Maria Golfinopoulou
"Highly knowledgeable and responsive, business acumen, problem-solver."
Prokopis Linardos
"Prokopis Linardos stands out for his insightful advice with respect to finance documentation. He is an excellent commercial/corporate lawyer, with great experience in project finance transactions and M&A."
Katerina Politopoulou
"Easy to access, understands the problem quickly, efficient, business-orientated."
"It is always good to have Katerina as counterparty's adviser as she can listen to the other side's arguments and address the arguments of their client with clarity and without creating ambiguities."
