Antis Triantafyllides & Sons LLC

Corporate and Commercial Department and Banking and Finance Department

Stelios Triantafyllides has been a partner of the law firm Antis Triantafyllides & Sons LLC since 1983 and has built up the firm’s corporate practice into one of the strongest and most reputable in the country.

As head of the corporate team, he has assisted the most respectable and recognised international companies acting either for the underwriters or the issuers in public offerings and/or private placements and listing of shares on various international exchanges. He advises an array of clients on re-organisations and corporate restructurings, rights issues, mergers and equity raising transactions.

His experience in international secured financing transactions combined with deep product expertise and close links with regulatory authorities in Cyprus has helped him and his team develop innovative solutions for clients, often incorporating complex financing techniques.

Stelios is constantly involved in novel and untested areas of law in the Cyprus legal market and is often called upon to draft or assist in drafting or review legislation. Due to his expertise in Cyprus legal and regulatory matters, he provided continuous legal advice to the Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission during the drafting and consultation stages of the Investment Services and Activities and Regulated Markets Law, having also provided such similar support in relation to the Takeover Bids Law of 2007. He has further drafted amendments to the Cyprus Companies Law Cap. 113, which is the main legislation governing corporate matters in Cyprus. He was called upon by the Ministry of Finance to draft the first amendment to the Law Regulating Companies Providing Administrative Services and Related Matters of 2012.

PRACTICE AREAS: Banking and Finance, Capital markets, Mergers and Acquisitions, Joint Ventures and Corporate Restructuring, General Corporate and Company Law, Tax, Financial Services and Securities Regulation

Greek and English

Companies and Capital Markets Committee of the Cyprus Bar Council – 2000-present (Member); 2017-2020 (Chairman) Ad-Hoc CIPA working group on Sanctions – 2014 (Chairman) Board of Directors of the Cyprus Investment Promotion Agency (CIPA) – 2006-2012 Committee on Tax Planning of the Cyprus Bar Council – 2000-present Committee on the Cyprus Stock Exchange of the Cyprus Bar Council – 2000-present Cyprus Bar Association – Admitted in 1984

Oxford University, Worcester College (M.A. (Jurisprudence); University of California, Berkeley (LL.M.)