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Koutalidis Law Firm acted as sole legal advisor to the consortium consisting of Fraport AG, Delta Airport Investments S.A. and Pileas S.A.

Koutalidis Law Firm acted as sole legal advisor to the consortium consisting of Fraport AG, Delta Airport Investments S.A. and Pileas S.A.

We are proud to announce that our firm acted as sole legal advisor to the consortium consisting of Fraport AG Frankfurt Airport Services Worldwide, Delta Airport Investments S.A. (Copelouzos Group), and Pileas S.A. (Constantakopoulos Group), which has been declared the preferred investor for the 40-year concession of KALAMATA AIRPORT “Captain Vassilis Konstantakopoulos”, following a tender process conducted by the Growthfund, the National Fund of Greece.

This landmark project involves an upfront fee of €45 million (while total payments to the Growthfund throughout the concession term are expected to amount to €71.2 million) and a commitment to invest €28.3 million in infrastructure upgrades during the first three years, including modernization of facilities, terminal expansion, IT development, and enhanced passenger services and aims to transform Kalamata Airport into a hub of excellence for the region.

Our team was led by Partners Yiannis Kantas and Yiannis Loizos and supported by Partner Lydia Sofrona (on tax matters) and a team of Associates including Despoina Koutsou, Evangelos Mylonas – Tsoumas, Nikolaos Vergetakis and Christos Stranis.

We congratulate the consortium members on this outstanding achievement and are honored to have supported their successful bid. We look forward to contributing to the next steps of this transformative project for the Peloponnese region.