Marietta Pitta

Marietta’s recent experience includes being involved in or assisting in the following matters:

• Searchlight Capital Partners, on all aspects of Cyprus law, in relation to its agreement to acquire a majority stake in Celestyal Cruises, a leading cruise operator in the Greek Islands and East Mediterranean, and related debt financing arrangements;
• Skybound Capital, in relation to their acquisition of Fenix Capital Markets Trading Ltd, a CYSEC regulated financial services provider;
• KAZ Minerals in relation to the US$900m acquisition of the Baimskaya copper and gold project in the Chukotka region of Russia;
• the lenders on all Cyprus law aspects in relation to the landmark $11bn Arctic LNG 2 financing;
• KAZ Minerals in relation to the provision of Cypriot law security in connection with its US$5.7B loan facilities from VTB, in connection with the take-private offer for KAZ Minerals PLC and refinancing of existing KAZ Minerals facilities;
• FTV Capital Partners in its minority investment in PeopleCert, an examination and awarding body for professional and language certifications, allowing also for the acquisition by PeopleCert of Axelos;
• Volpi Capital, a European private equity firm specialising in technology companies, on its investment in insurance software provider Adacta;
• Elis, an international multi-service provider, offering textile, hygiene, and facility services solutions on its 100% acquisition of Blesk InCare’s textile activity;
• Novator on its Chilean mobile telecoms operator subsidiary on the Cypriot-related corporate actions relating to WOM’s inaugural US$450M high yield bond and entry into new US$200M (equivalent) pari passu senior credit facilities;
• conducting due diligence exercises with respect to a number of transactions involving Cypriot entities and issues;
• advising of private client matters, including immigration law and property law;
• advising on a number of EU-wide cross-border mergers involving Cyprus-registered companies;
• advising of general corporate actions and restructuring and ensuring compliance with relevant legislation;
• drafting and reviewing corporate approvals for companies registered in Cyprus; and
• advising in relation to dissolution / liquidation matters for companies registered in Cyprus.