Eleni Shiarly is an Associate Partner practising in the firm's corporate and commercial department, having joined the firm in 2010 as an Associate. Her areas of practice are primarily corporate law, cross border transactions, banking and secured financing, with a special focus on capital markets, regularly advising on securities and exchange laws and regulations and providing regulatory advice in relation to cross-border provision of financial services.

Eleni is involved in the drafting and reviewing of various types of legal contracts as well as the provision of legal opinions, incorporation of private and public companies in Cyprus and general company administration matters. Her work also includes advising on and undertaking transactions involving the transfer of registered office (either to Cyprus or from Cyprus), due diligence exercises and company liquidations. She advises on matters regarding the Cyprus regulatory framework and corresponding EU directives and regulations on capital markets including the prospectus law, market abuse, takeover bids law as well as all legal aspects involved in the listing of Cyprus companies on local and foreign stock exchanges. She particularly assisted on the successful listing of a public company on the Warsaw Stock Exchange which involved amongst others the preparation of the prospectus and advising on all Cyprus corporate law matters relating to the IPO.

Eleni renders advice in relation to the financial services industry particularly corporate regulatory matters concerning investment firms, fund managers, funds and credit/financial institutions on issues relating to, inter alia, permitted activities, licensing, authorization and passporting requirements concerning such entities and the implications of offering and providing financial services to customers in Cyprus.

Bar Admissions
Cyprus Bar Association 2010

Education
University of Kent (LL.B.)
The College of Law (Legal Practice Course)