DIMITRIS FTHENAKIS is an associate in the Global Finance group in the firm's New York office. His practice focuses on a broad range of transactions including leveraged and acquisition financings, warehouse lending, distressed situations, and SEC-registered and private mortgage-backed and asset-backed securitizations. He represents financial institutions, borrowers, alternative lenders, sponsors, securities issuers, and underwriters.
Prior to joining Sidley, Dimitris practiced in the Corporate and M&A group of a major law firm in Athens, Greece.
Dimitris received his LL.M. from Columbia Law School, where he was a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar and served as an LL.M. Representative at the board of the Columbia Legal Tech Association. He also holds an LL.B. from the School of Law of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens.
Dimitris is fluent in French and a native Greek speaker.
*Admitted to practice only in Athens, Greece. Not admitted to practice in New York.