Niovi Antoniou, as a transportation finance solicitor, advises banks, funds, lessors, operators, and asset owners on a wide range of structured finance facilities, sale and leasebacks and leasings within the shipping, commercial aviation, and equipment sectors.
Niovi has extensive experience managing vessel, aircraft and loan portfolio sales and novations. She also frequently advises clients on structuring joint ventures as investment vehicles in the maritime sector to support fleet growth strategies.
Experience
- Advising international aircraft lessors on numerous portfolio and individual sales, acquisitions, leases and novations involving a significant number of aircraft and airlines and in various jurisdictions.
- Advised Windstar Cruises in connection with its purchase of two new all-suite Star Class ships, a significant acquisition for Windstar, a leader in the small ship luxury cruising sector.
- Represented Constellation Oil Services in connection with new drillship contracts that have been awarded by Petróleo Brasileiro, a state-owned energy company of Brazil.
Credentials
Education
- BPP Law School, Legal Practice Course, 2016
- BPP Law School, LL.B., Hons, 2015
- London School of Economics and Political Science, M.Sc., 2014
- London School of Economics and Political Science, B.Sc., 2013
Bar Admissions
- England and Wales, 2018
Languages
- Greek
Recognition
- The Legal 500 UK – Transport: Finance and Leasing, Recommended Lawyer (2026)
Insights & Events
Publications
Two Fuels, Two Frameworks: Comparing ReFuelEU Aviation and FuelEU Maritime
May 12, 2026
Publications
Global Transportation Finance Newsletter May 2026
May 12, 2026
Publications
Global Transportation Finance Newsletter December 2025
December 22, 2025
Publications
IMO Net-Zero Factsheet and Update
December 22, 2025
Deals & Transactions
Vedder Price Represents Windstar Cruises in Fleet Expansion Transaction
December 18, 2025
News
Four Vedder Price Practice Areas and Fourteen Attorneys Named to Legal 500’s UK Rankings 2026
October 2, 2025
Deals & Transactions
Vedder Price Represents Constellation Oil Services in Connection with Approximately $1 Billion New Drillship Contracts with Petrobras
September 27, 2024
Deals & Transactions
Vedder Price Represents Windstar Cruises in Significant Cruise Ship Transaction
April 16, 2024
