Christos Katsaros is the Head of the Legal Department. He is responsible for managing contractual, corporate, compliance and regulatory matters for the group’s projects and operations in the UAE and Africa. He manages the negotiations, drafting and review of commercial agreements such as JDAs, MoUs, EPCs, O&Ms, SHAs, SPAs, legal due diligence, outside counsels, corporate governance law issues and practice.
With over 10 years of experience, Christos brings in-depth expertise in legal consulting, investments in renewable energy and M&As. For Hanergy Thin Film Power, a Chinese based multinational solar thin film module and hydro power producer he advised on commercial, contractual, corporate, employment, investment and regulatory issues as a Regional Legal Counsel for Southeast Europe - MENA (Greece, Turkey, Cyrpus, Egypt, Jordan, and Azerbaijan).
As the in-house group Legal Counsel for Solar Cells Hellas Group, a group of companies engaging in PV modules manufacturing, EPC, O&M, solar and wind projects development and IPP (assets of more than 500 MW of PV and wind projects), he provided legal services to the entire group of companies (30 S.A. companies and 5 Ltd companies).
Christos holds an Executive MBA from Athens University of Economics and Business (AUEB), a Master’s in Finance and Business Law from the American College of Greece and a Bachelor’s in Law degree from Democritus University of Thrace, Greece.