Banking and finance

Costas has extensive experience in financial services and virtual asset 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 Cryptocurrency and Banking and Secured Financing. Costas’s expertise lies in advising clients on compliance with financial services regulation in the fields of investment services, payment services, virtual and crypto asset 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.

Cyprus Bar Association Solicitor of the Senior Courts of England and Wales

Senior Associate

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