Ms. Despina Americanou graduated from the Law School of National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece in 2000, and continued her postgraduate studies in International Commercial Law at the University of Westminster (LL.M). She started practicing law in Cyprus in 2002 after obtaining the Cyprus Bar Association Qualification the same year and she joined our firm in 2010.

In 2017, Ms. Americanou became partner and head of the Banking and Finance Department. Over the years of practice, Ms. Americanou has gained valuable experience in drafting and negotiating Loan Agreements, Shares Purchase Agreements, Shareholders Agreements as well as Securities Agreements. She has participated and offered legal assistance on Banking & Finance issues, corporate matters, and Merger and Acquisitions. She acted as special Cyprus law counsel in various multinational cross border transactions in which she advised on aspects of Cyprus law pertaining to Financing and Securities Agreements.

Except for her legal profession, she served as a Counselor at the Municipality of Aglantzia and was appointed as chairwoman of the Tenders Committee for five years.