Costas has extensive experience in financial services regulation, forensic investigations and regulatory litigation. He routinely advises clients on both contentious and non-contentious matters and has worked on a number of high-profile cross border enforcement investigations across different sectors, and is a qualified solicitor of England and Wales. Prior to joining the firm, Costas had previously worked for 9 years as a lawyer and forensic investigator at the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), the UK’s financial services regulator.

His areas of practice include Investment Services & Funds, Capital Markets, Blockchain and Cryptocurrencies, and Banking. Costas’s expertise lies in advising clients on compliance with financial services regulation in the fields of investment services, payment services, virtual or cryptoasset services, banking, and capital markets. Costas is also ideally placed to assist clients in dealing with potential misconduct and advising on regulatory or criminal investigation related matters.

Bar Admissions
Cyprus Bar Association (2019)
Solicitor of the Senior Courts of England and Wales (2017)

Education
Legal Practice Course
LLB (Hons), BPP Law School
BSc (Econ) Economics, University College London

• NFTs as Cryptoassets: The Next Dot-com Bubble?

  By Costas Mavrides, CALC |April 2022

• Cyprus and Crypto Asset Regulation: CYSEC’s CASP Directive

  By Costas Mavrides |August 2021

• Cyprus Introduces First Steps Towards Crypto-Asset Regulation Through AML Law Amendments

  By Costas Mavrides |June 2021