Work highlights

KBA Law Firm successfully advised Zetland Capital Partners LLP, a London-based private equity company, on the sale of Lindian Village All-Inclusive Resort Rhodes, Curio Collection by Hilton, an iconic 5-star resort on the Greek island of Rhodes, to Domes Resorts.

Our team, led by Dimitra Bakopanou, Senior Partner and Head of our Corporate and M&A practice, with the support of Eirini Anastasiadi, Senior Associate, and Nefeli Revela, Junior Associate, guided Zetland through every stage of this multi-phase, cross-border transaction. Our scope of work encompassed legal due diligence, negotiation and drafting of transactional documentation and the provision of integrated legal support through to its completion earlier in December.

This transaction marks a full-circle moment for both our firm and Zetland, as we had previously advised on Zetland’s inaugural investment in the Greek hospitality sector, namely the acquisition of Lindian Village from a Greek family-owned hotel conglomerate.

Our team advised Wealthyhood Europe throughout the licensing process with the Hellenic Capital Market Commission (HCMC), providing legal guidance on all regulatory aspects.

We continue to assist Wealthyhood Europe with legal and compliance matters as it launches its investment services in Greece.

Our restructuring team successfully completed the debt restructuring of a Greek company specializing in the supply of electrical equipment. We represented our client throughout the entire process—from negotiating the agreement to its signing and subsequent approval by the Multi-Member Court of First Instance.

Most notably, the rehabilitation agreement reduced our client’s debt to its principal creditor—a systemic financial institution—by 96.8%. Debts owed to the State and Social Security Institutions will be repaid over 144 interest-free monthly installments, with all interest, surcharges, and penalties accrued during the approximately two-year interim period fully waived.

Our team continues to assist the client in implementing the terms of the rehabilitation agreement.

Our firm’s restructuring practice celebrates another success with the debt restructuring of a prominent Greek construction company. Acting as legal advisors to the company throughout the process—from the initial negotiation stages to the ongoing implementation—our client’s debt towards its principal creditor was reduced by 91.3%.

The restructuring agreement also extended to non-party unsecured creditors, relieving the client of over EUR 2 m. in debt. Additionally, it established a flexible repayment schedule for debt owed to the Greek State, consisting of 144 monthly installments.

The Multi-Member First Instance Court, considering the reasonable expectations for the agreement’s success and its potential to prevent our client’s bankruptcy and asset liquidation ruled in favor of ratification.

Acting as legal advisors to a leading hotel company, member of a reputable hotel group owning 5* and 4* hotels in the Dodecanese and Crete, we achieved the restructuring of its total debt amounting to EUR 31 million. Our team, after successfully negotiating the rehabilitation agreement with debtor's main creditor - a systemic bank, filed this agreement for ratification before the Multi-Member Court of First Instance of Rhodes. The Court, having considered the company's viability plan and future growth prospects, ratified the rehabilitation agreement, while rejecting the opposing arguments of other creditors who intervened before the Court. Following the ratification, our team was instructed to advise the client on the implementation of the terms of the rehabilitation agreement.

Our team successfully represented a well-established Greek hotel company owning a 5* hotel and a 4* hotel located in the island of Kos, before the Multi-member Court of First Instance of Kos achieving its debt restructuring of approximately EUR 40 million. Our team represented the company throughout the whole restructuring process, from the initial negotiations to the final submission and representation before the competent court. In connection with the main creditor, we achieved for our client an arrangement structured in three main tranches payable in 8 years with a reduction of more than 30 % of its total debt and a low interest rate. The competent court having verified the viability of our client’s business plan, ratified the agreement as submitted. Following the ratification, our law firm has been mandated to advise the client on the implementation of the rehabilitation agreement.