Maria H. Kyriacou has been practicing law in Cyprus since 2001, specializing in commercial law, intellectual property law, mergers and acquisitions, restructurings, EU law, and competition law. Maria has practiced law in various positions of responsibility, acting on the side of a regulator/ administrative authority as well as on the side of private clients.
As a member of one the largest law firms in Cyprus, both from the position of a group leader and as Head of the Commercial, Regulatory and IP law department, Maria gained a broad and in-depth experience on corporate and commercial law transactions. In this regard, she regularly offered advice on the structuring of corporate transactions, steered transactions through to completion and offered advice on corporate and regulatory compliance.
Amongst others, Maria has successfully handled a dual IPO on AIM and MOEX, has regularly advised on various forms of corporate restructurings, produced corporate due diligence assessments (producing both buyer-side and vendor-side reports) and has handled complex commercial transactions. She has a rich expertise in drafting various types of commercial agreements and regularly issues legal opinions on questions of corporate and commercial law.
Maria also has experience in the setting-up, licensing and running of AIFs and RAIFs and has interacted with AIFMs in connection to their duties as managers towards funds. She has advised on the licensing procedure of ASPs and assisted clients in successfully obtaining an ASP license.
Maria has a wide-ranging knowledge and experience in IP law, with emphasis on national and EU trade mark law and proceedings, covering a broad spectrum of application proceedings (national, EU and international), opposition proceedings, revocation/ invalidity proceedings, assignments, recordals, renewals. She has experience in successfully steering negotiations between parties over disputes on conflicting marks, resulting in mutually agreeable solutions. She is regularly engaged in reviewing and drafting various types of IP- related agreements.