WEBINAR: Basic Principles of CY Company Law

This training will be offering a practical overview of key legal concepts that underpin how companies are formed, governed, and operated. By gaining insight into topics such as corporate personality, directors’ duties, shareholder rights, and statutory compliance, participants will be better equipped to make informed decisions, manage legal risk, and ensure good corporate governance. This course provides a solid foundation that is both relevant and immediately applicable in day-to-day business activities.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND?

Directors, Compliance Officers, Lawyers, Legal Advisors/legal consultants, Corporate Administrators 5. Employees of ASP's.

This seminar contributes to Continuing Professional Development for 4 CPD Units.

WHERE AND WHEN

Venue: The course will be held online via zoom
Date & Time: 05 November 2025, 09:00-12:00
Language: Greek language with the slides in English

SEMINAR COST AND DURATION

The seminar’s cost and duration for participation is presented on the table below:

REGISTRATION

To register please complete our online registration form here:

MODULES

• Introduction to the Cyprus Companies Law (types of companies, main characteristics, differences between public and private companies& between LLC and LLP);
• Corporate bodies: shareholders vs directors. Who are shareholders? Their duties and liability. Who are directors? Their duties and liability;
• Sole director, board of directors, managing director (key principles of appointment and decision making);
• Shareholder Matters: Why shareholders can’t act for and on behalf of a company, acquire rights, bear obligations, issue powers of attorney;
• Share capital, difference between authorized und issued share capital, why share should be paid, class of shares, class rights for different class of shares, can shareholders have no voting rights;
• Raising capital: equity and loans (=bonds), increase and allotment of shares etc.;
• Redemption and reduction of share capital;
• Changes in the officers: the main focus is on whose instructions and resolutions changes should be done;
• Dividends: conditions when dividends can they be paid, by decision of which body can they be paid, why the director's declaration and reporting are required, who is the recipient of dividends, can dividends be paid to a third party by a shareholder's resolution
• Main points to consider when drafting or reviewing a loan agreement;
• Pledges and charges.

INSTRUCTORS CURRICULUM VITAE

Andrea Ioakim, Partner, Corporate and Legal Department

Andrea holds an LLB by the University of Leicester, UK and an LLM in European Law & Policy by the University of Manchester, UK. She is also a qualified lawyer and member of the Cyprus Bar Association. She has been a member of the Cyprus Bar Association since 2009.

Andrea’s main practice areas focuse on Corporate and Commercial Law, Banking and Finance, Data Protection and Privacy, M&A & Corporate Reorganisations, Trusts, Estate Planning and Succession.

Over her 15 years of experience, she has developed a strong expertise in restructuring and M&A projects and has advised local and international clients on corporate restructurings, mergers and acquisitions.

Her main focus is on corporate, commercial, banking and finance transactions, with experience in international transactions relating to foreign clientele. Andrea has been involved in the drafting of documentation in relation to secured financing transactions and has been advising foreign law firms acting as leading counsels in such transactions on matters relating to the Cyprus legislation. She has also performed complex legal due diligences for international clients and multinational organizations with respect to potential acquisitions. Andrea also provides daily legal support to the clientele of the Firm on matters of their continuous operations and activities. Andrea has an extensive experience in corporate re-organizations and mergers as well as re-domiciliations of companies to and from the Republic of Cyprus. Andrea along with her team advises clients on regulatory compliance.

Andrea has strong experience on GDPR and has advised clients towards GDPR compliance of their businesses as well as provided advice on specific matters that were addressed by the clients.

Memberships: Member of the Companies Law, Tax Planning and Stock Exchange Committee of the Cyprus Bar Association.

Yiolanda Rotsides, Principal, Corporate and Legal Department

Yiolanda is a qualified lawyer and member of the Cyprus Bar Association since 2014. She holds an LLB from the University of Nicosia, Cyprus and an LLM on Financial Law and International Taxation from the Cyprus International Institute of Management.

Her main practice areas include Corporate and Commercial Law, Banking and Finance, M&A and Estate Planning.

Yiolanda’s extensive and well-rounded experience in corporate matters includes, inter alia, advising international and local clients on all types of corporate, commercial, banking and finance transactions as well as regulatory compliance and complex legal due diligences.

Yiolanda has acted as lead counsel in international high-value transactions; syndicated loans and subordinated and mezzanine financing by advising foreign law firms and financial institutions on matters of Cyprus law.  Further, she is highly experienced on local and cross border mergers and reorganisations and has on various occasions advised on high-profile transactions involving restructurings and reorganisations of international groups.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Contact Ms. Constantina Rousia at academy@kinanis.com (22 558836)