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2008 - Present: Hadjianastassiou, Ioannides LLC (member of Deloitte Legal since 2016), 2003 - 2008 Founding partner / Advocate, KGMC Advocates 2000 - 2003 Advocate / Associate, Montanios & Montanios

Kypros is an experienced corporate and commercial lawyer with substantial litigation background. He is a former non-executive member of the board of the Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission. He currently chairs the Companies and Capital Markets Committee of the Cyprus Bar Association and chaired the Company Law Working Party of the EU Council under the Cypriot Presidency in 2012. Kypros participated in the steering committee of the Ministry of Finance for the modernisation of the Cypriot Companies Law, Cap. 113, following the recommendations of which the Government published in 2021 a call for proposals for the drafting of a new Companies Law. Kypros was a lecturer and examiner of Company Law for the Cyprus Legal Council for 17 years. He is a recommended lawyer by Legal 500 EMEA for Commercial, Corporate and M&A and for Dispute Resolution.

Greek, English

Oct 2013 - current: Member of Disciplinary Committee, Institute of Certified and Public Accountants of Cyprus, Jul - Dec 2012: Company Law Working Party of Council of the European Union, Chairman, 2005 - current: Company Law and Tax Planning Commitee, Cyprus Bar Association, Member, 2005 - 2022: Appointment as Lecturer and Examiner in Company Law, Cyprus Legal Council, 2001 - current: Cyprus Bar Association, member, 2001 - current: Nicosia Bar Association, member, 2000 - current: Honourable Society of the Middle Temple, member, 1997 - current: Cambridge Commonwealth Society, Fellow, 1995 - current: Cyprus National Guard (second lieutenant, reserves)

2000-2001: Cyprus Advocate Pupillage, Cyprus Legal Council, Registration as practicing advocate, Cyprus 1999-2000: Admission to the Bar of England and Wales / Diploma in professional legal skills, Inns of Court School of Law / City University Bar Vocational Course 1996-1999: BA (Law), MA (Hons) University of Cambridge Undergraduate Law Degree 1987-1994: The English School Nicosia