
Maria-Roxani Karydi
Senior Associate Maria-Roxani regularly advises on Capital Markets, Finance and Banking matters. Her core practice areas are debt and equity issuances and public offerings, structured finance and securitizations, secured finance (loans/collateral packages over all types of assets), public and private M&A (including takeover regulations) and securities regulatory (including the rules on listing, investment, trading, prospectus, transparency and market abuse). In Luxembourg and Frankfurt, Maria-Roxani gained understanding of funds (UCITS, AIFs), central securities depositories and banking regulation. Maria-Roxani supports issuers, underwriters, lenders and agents in bond offerings and bond restructurings (including high yield), securitizations, secured financings and re-financings, as well as distressed and leveraged finance deals (including term loans and PIK loans). She assisted some of the world’s leading credit institutions (including a leading Spanish consumer bank), investment firms, funds and asset managers, as well as corporates (including one of the largest providers of ground and cargo services in the aviation industry) in closing a number of high-profile, cross-border deals. Drawing on her international experience, Maria-Roxani ensures seamless coordination, getting deals through in complex, multijurisdictional settings. She speaks Greek, English, French and German. Early on in her career, Maria-Roxani carried out her training at an Athens-based law firm and the European Court of Justice. Before joining the firm, Maria-Roxani was an Associate (International Debt Capital Markets) at the Luxembourg office of the leading US law firm, Hogan Lovells. Maria - Roxani has been ranked as a Rising Star Lawyer by the IFLR1000 2025 Guide. · Papapolitis & Papapolitis
About
Senior Associate at Papapolitis & Papapolitis advising on capital markets, banking and finance matters, including debt and equity issuances, structured finance and securitisations, secured finance, M&A and securities regulation. She has international experience in Luxembourg and Frankfurt, previously worked in International Debt Capital Markets at Hogan Lovells, and was ranked a Rising Star Lawyer by IFLR1000 2025.
Practice areas
Office
Expertise
Education
- LL.M. Finance, Institute for Law and Finance, Goethe University Frankfurt
- LL.M. in European Banking and Financial Law, University of Luxembourg (bilingual, FR-EN)
- LL.M. in European Union Law, National Kapodistrian University of Athens
- LL.B., National Kapodistrian University of Athens
Admissions
- Athens Bar