Evyenia Kelly Epaminondou took on her current role as senior legal officer at business process outsourcing and IT support company Tek Experts after a seven-year period as a private practice lawyer with Cyprus-based firms Elias Neocleous & Co and Andreas Neocleous & Co. Here, she accrued extensive experience and developed corresponding skill in the areas of competition, employment, corporate and commercial law, as well as e-business.

Her desire to learn has translated into a constantly-expanding skillset, as she explains: ‘My hunger and drive to gain as much experience on various sectors of law as possible – along with a strong work ethic and the ability to adapt to a changing work environment – has provided me with the ability to expand my knowledge on various areas of the law, helping me to develop the specific skills required to operate in different legal fields’.

She lists the three core traits that combine to make her a top-quality in-house lawyer as the following: ‘The ability to work efficiently within a team, as well as taking on feedback from other legal professionals; a long-term dedication towards work with other departments within the firm, which has given me the ability to expand my knowledge and skillset across many fields; and the enjoyment of working in-house, as here your aim is to advise the company you work to the best of your ability which means practicing the legal profession from a different and rewarding angle while taking on a business mind-set’.