Orestis Omran

Orestis Omran is a Partner in DLA Piper and the Head of the firm’s EU-Greek Practice. Orestis is a multi-qualified cross-border corporate and finance attorney with extensive experience in a number of industries and focusing on the energy, banking and infrastructure sectors. He is also considered to be one of the top international lawyers in Greece and the broader South Eastern European area.

• Advising the Hellenic Electricity Distribution Network Operator on the EUR 2.1 billion sale of 49% of its shares to the Macquarie fund.
• Advised Deutsche Bank on the securitization of a EUR 2,2 billion non performing receivables portfolio of the Public Power Corporation.
• Advised QQuant on the securitization of a EUR 1 billion NPL portfolio of the Pancreta Bank.
• Advising the Hellenic Republic of the restructuring of the Hellenic Post including on all related state matters.
• Advising the National Bank of Greece on its EUR 58 million hedging arrangements and security assignment of claims of the borrower under ISDA Master Agreements related to bond loan facilities issued by companies active in the RES sector in Greece

• Banking
• Competition
• M&A
• Project finance
• Structured finance/securitisation

• Banking
• Energy
• Financial services
• Oil and gas
• Tourism

• New York State Bar Association
• England & Wales
• Athens Bar Association
• Brussels Bar Association (E-list)

• American Bar Association
• New York State Bar Association

• Ph.D.(cand.), University of Amsterdam (2018)
• Visiting Scholar, University of California, Berkeley (2015)
• LL.M., University of Chicago Law School (2011)
• LL.B., University of Athens Law School (2009)