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Nikolas Katsaros

Partner - Head of Finance and Capital Markets Nikolas advises extensively on domestic and cross-border finance and capital markets transactions, across the capital structure, including secured and unsecured lending as well as private placements and public offerings of equity and credit instruments, acting for lenders and underwriters, such as banks, funds and institutional investors, as well as for issuers. Alongside the finance practice, Nikolas has also developed a growing corporate practice, encompassing takeovers, M&As, shareholder agreements and general corporate law matters. He is experienced in structuring and documenting transactions, as well as in identifying and resolving key issues with a view to closing deals. Nikolas has been acknowledged as a “Notable Practitioner” by Chambers Global 2025. He is recognized as a Highly Regarded Lawyer by the IFLR1000 for 2025, as a Leading Individual by Legal 500 EMEA 2024, and has also been recognized as one of Greece’s recommended capital market practitioners in Lexology’s Who’s Who Legal: Capital Markets 2024 Report. · Papapolitis & Papapolitis

GreeceBanking & Finance, Capital Markets

About

Partner and Head of Finance and Capital Markets at Papapolitis & Papapolitis, advising on domestic and cross-border finance and capital markets transactions across the capital structure, including secured and unsecured lending, private placements and public offerings, and also advising on takeovers, M&A and shareholder agreements. He has been recognised in Chambers Global 2025, IFLR1000 2025, Legal 500 EMEA 2024 and Lexology’s Who’s Who Legal: Capital Markets 2024 for Greece.

Practice areas

Banking & FinanceCapital MarketsCorporate / M&AFunds

Office

Expertise

Secured and unsecured lendingPrivate placementsPublic offerings of equity and credit instrumentsCross-border finance transactionsTakeovers and M&AShareholder agreementsTransaction structuring and documentationActing for banks, funds and institutional investors

Education

  • LLM in EU Law, University of Essex
  • LLB, University of Essex

Admissions

  • Athens Bar