Ioannis Sidiropoulos

Associate, Limassol

PRACTICE AREA

Corporate and commercial.
Banking and finance.
Financial services and regulation.

BIOGRAPHY

Ioannis Sidiropoulos has focused on issues of corporate, insolvency and investment law. During his engagement with our firm, he has assisted in substantial transactions involving international law firms, institutional financiers and international commercial and development banks.

He has also taken up the role of the coordinator of our firm’s Publications team, producing legal analysis material, dealing with issues of legal marketing and preparing various presentations of the firm’s services for the media.

In parallel, he is a guest staff member of the Leiden University Law School, in the Netherlands.

Relevant experience

Dealing with a wide range of commercial law matters, including corporate, insolvency, financial and banking law, issues of leasing and legal aspects of submission of financial statements
Drafting agreements, resolutions and schemes of arrangement
Got involved in a major project of the United Nations, on issues of legal protection in cases of environmental damages
Cyprus contributor for the Restructuring – Insolvency Q&A of the Doing Business 2021 project of the World Bank Group
Contributor to the Cyprus chapter of the ‘Taxation of Crypto Assets’ book, published by Wolters Kluwer
Contributor to the research of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) in relation to EU Member states corporate reorganization regimes, offering information / answers on Cyprus.
Contributor to the ‘’Münchener Kommentar zur Insolvenzordnung - Band 4’’ book, on issues of Cyprus insolvency law, published by Beck Verlag
Contributor to the research of the UK Insolvency Service in relation to post-Brexit aspects of cross-border insolvencies
Assisted in the transfer and the handling of all corporate and regulatory matters of a foreign group of companies focused on Renewable Energy business, in Cyprus.
Organized and presented a seminar approved by the Cyprus Bar Association, on the topic of corporate distress and recovery.

Career, skills and qualifications

Bachelor of Law (“First class Honours”), Democritus University of Thrace (D.U.TH.), Greece (9/2014)
Master of Laws (LL.M) in Commercial and Corporate Law, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), UK, (9/2015)
Master of Laws (LL.M) in International and European Law; International Trade and Investment Law, University of Amsterdam (UvA), the Netherlands, (2/2017)
Certification in the History of Economic Thought, Oxford University, (12/2015)
Certification in Accounting for lawyers, Athens University of Economics and Business, Athens, (7/2017)
Member of the Greek Union of Legal Professionals
Research assistant, European Law Institute, 2016
Guest Staff Member, Business Studies Department, Leiden Law School, the Hague, since 2017
Admitted to the Athens Bar, 2017
Admitted to the Cyprus Bar, 2019
Associate since 2019
Speaks Greek, English, German

Publications

Co-author of article, “The price at which secured assets should be sold by creditors”, Phileleftheros newspaper, March 2019 (in Greek)
Co-author of article, “Sale price for NPL secured assets”, International Financial Law Review, (IFLR), May 2019
Co-author of the Cyprus chapter of the International Comparative Legal Guide (ICLG) to Corporate Governance, July 2019
Author of article, “Growth of the Greek Economy and primary surpluses”, Kathimerini newspaper, July 2019 (only in printed version) (in Greek)
Co-author of article, “New securitization regulations”, IFLR, August 2019
Co-author of a 8,000 words paper, “Business rescue in the shadow of the Greek insolvency law”, Journal of International Banking Law and Regulation (JIBLR), August 2019
Co-author of article, “Determining insolvency”, IFLR, September 2019
Co-author of article, “Legal protection of the citizens in environmental issues”, Insider magazine, October 2019 (in Greek)
Co-author of the Insolvency and Restructuring in Cyprus, overview chapter, Thomson Reuters, November 2019
Co-author of article, “UBO register coming (very) soon”, December 2019
Co-author of the Cyprus chapter of Ports and Terminals 2020, December 2019

Co-author of article: Licensing requirements for Cyprus Alternative Investment Funds and their managers, Investment Funds 2020 Expert Guide – CorporateLiveWire, March 2020

Author of article: Pandemic: The day after, Kathimerini newspaper, April 2020 (in Greek)

Co-author of chapter: Country Update-Cyprus: Securities and Banking, Thomson Reuters, May 2020

Co-author of article: Challenges replacing Libor, IFLR, July 2020

Author of article: Erdogan and History, Kathimerini newspaper, September 2020 (In Greek)

Co-author of the article: Cyprus: Measures to tackle tax evasion, IFLR, September 2020

Co-author of the article: Cyprus introduces new law on sub-threshold AIFMs, IFLR, December 2020.
Co-author of the Cyprus part of the ‘’Global Sanctions Guide’’, Eversheds Sutherland law firm website, February 2021
Author of article, ‘’Pandemic: Conspiracy theories and Populism’’, Kathimerini newspaper, March 2021
Interview on "Corporate Rescue and Insolvency in Cyprus", LawyersInCyprus.com legal portal, June 2021
Author of article, Cyprus: Corporate distress and financial tools in the era of the pandemic; healing the traumas, International Insolvency and Restructuring Report, June 2021, only in printed version
Author of article, “Clarity on crypto assets regulation in Cyprus”, IFLR, August 2021
Co-author of article, “Fintech and the payment ecosystem; Cyprus and the world”, IFLR, October 2021
Author of article, “Safeguarding national economic recovery; towards an innovative corporate rescue system”, Fileleftheros newspaper, November 2021, (in Greek).
Co-author of article, “How extensive are our immovable property rights actually”, Fileleftheros newspaper, December 2021 (in Greek)
Author of article, “The long death of Yugoslavia, the Bosnian crisis and the interests of Hellenism”, Kathimerini newspaper, January 2022 (in Greek)
Author of article, “Crypto assets in corporate insolvency in Cyprus”, International Financial Law Review”, March 2022
Author of article, “Corporate distress in Cyprus; Revisiting Receivership”, International Financial Law Review, April 2022
Author of article, “The (automotive) industry of Cyprus, the “green” alternatives of the energy sector restructuring and blockchain”, Fileleftheros newspaper, June 2022 (in Greek).

Co-author of article “Returning from the abyss; business management and the law in corporate rescue”, Fileleftheros newspaper, June 2022
Author of article “Inflation; an opportunity for the management of distressed companies to rationalize their operations?”, Fileleftheros newspaper, July 2022
Co-author of article “Artificial Intelligence in legal services as a catalyst for the use of Sustainable Finance”, Fileleftheros newspaper, September 2022
Author of article “Believing in the miracle; The role of international economic relations in the rescue of the Cypriot economy in the first years after the Turkish invasion”, Kathimerini newspaper, October 2022
Author of article “Revisiting Corporate Directors' Powers, Duties, And Liabilities In An Unstable World”, Mondaq platform, January 2023

Awards

Holder of three consecutive undergraduate scholarships for academic achievements, granted by the State Fund for Scholarships of Greece
Name mentioned as a contributor in the Instrument of the European Law Institute, on Rescue of Business in Insolvency Law
First in LLB graduation class

Distinction titles in the national debate competitions of the Greek Ministry of Education.

Among top 20% most popular authors in Cyprus, according to the Mondaq platform statistics, on the topics of insurance, banking & credit and transport.

Received 3 distinctions in the Mondaq Thought Leadership Awards, Autumn 2022, in the fields of Energy and Natural Resources, Environmental Law and Fintech.

Languages: English, German, Greek.