Alexandra Mikelis
Senior Associate
Norton Rose Fulbright LLP
Related services and key industries
Biography
Alexandra Mikelis is an asset finance lawyer based in London, focused on shipping and aviation finance and other transactional matters.
Alexandra has experience in a wide range of international asset finance transactions, including traditional financings, loan portfolio transfers and restructurings. She recently spent six months on a client secondment where she was responsible for agreeing a variety of commercial agreements, including leases and services agreements.
Alexandra also advises lenders and shipowners on the international and European regulations relating to green ship recycling.
Alexandra has a background in shipping disputes, having worked on both contentious and non-contentious matters, including, amongst other things, international arbitration (LMAA and ad hoc), Commercial Court and Technology and Construction Court claims.
Professional experience
Collapse all- Solicitor, qualified in England & Wales
- Acting for a Dutch bank in connection with the sale and transfer of its shipping portfolio to a German bank.
- Acting for a German bank in connection with the sale and transfer of its entire aviation book to a Japanese purchaser.
- Acting for a Greek bank in connection with the sale and transfer of a portfolio of shipping loans to a US fund.
- Acting for a Greek bank in connection with the hive-down of its entire banking business to a newly formed and wholly owned subsidiary.
- Acting for a US private equity fund in connection with its prospective acquisition of an international LNG company.
- Acting for a Greek bank in connection with the sale of a portfolio of distressed claims against one of its customers.
- Advising agent bank in connection with a US$600,000,000 loan facility for six LNG tankers.
- Advising agent bank and lenders in connection with a US$40,000,000 refinanced loan facility to a shipping company for general working capital purposes.
Insights
New regulation on the FuelEU Initiative adopted by the European Council following scrutiny
Publication | July 27, 2023