Sonia Horvathova has been a member of the shipping finance team in Athens office since 2008. She specializes in asset finance, covering a range of industries with emphasis on shipping. Sonia advises ship owners, banks and financial institutions on a broad range of shipping matters including banking and financial services, ship finance, ship sale and purchase and sale and leaseback transactions, syndicated loans, security packages and loan restructurings. She regularly advises on shipbuilding contracts, refund guarantees and construction financing. Her expertise covers also project finance, mergers and acquisitions, corporate projects and public offerings. Prior to joining the firm, Sonia had the opportunity to gain valuable experience at several international high profile law firms where she advised corporate clients and financial institutions on a number of major transactions including asset finance and cross-border mergers and acquisitions.

Sonia has been a member of the Piraeus Bar Association since 2011. She holds a master’s degree in law from Comenius University Bratislava, Slovakia.

• Slovak
• Czech
• Greek
• English
• German (working level)