Alexandra Mikelis
Alexandra Mikelis
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
Representative experience
Representative experience
- 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.
Admissions
Admissions
- Solicitor, qualified in England & Wales