Bio

Eleni Zodiates is a partner in the Special Situations, Credit & Trading Practice Group. Eleni is a generalist finance lawyer with experience in a wide range of sophisticated, international financings, including corporate finance (RCFs, including super senior alongside HY bonds), special situations and direct lending (involving stressed/distressed elements and disputes), real estate finance (acquisition and development), asset-backed financings including emerging markets (i.e. Africa) and acquisition finance. Eleni has been named a “Real Estate Finance Rising Star of the Year” finalist by the Real Estate Capital Europe Awards 2023, the only lawyer on the list, for her work on the $800 million global refinancing of Generator Hostels. The matter also earned her a nomination for “Rising Star” in Law.com International’s 2024 British Legal Awards. Brown Rudnick was named a “Law Firm of the Year” finalist in the Real Estate Capital Europe Awards and was shortlisted for “Banking and Finance Team of the Year” in the British Legal Awards. IFLR named Eleni one of six finalists for the 2024 Europe Women Dealmakers Hall of Fame award.