Nicole Phinopoulou

Lawyer - Legal Advisor - ESG, Sustainable Finance Expert

Nicole K. Phinopoulou is a qualified lawyer with over 20 years of legal experience with significant experience and practical expertise in providing legal, consulting and project handling in the areas of (i) Corporate and Commercial Law, (ii) Banking and Financial Law, Services and Transactions, and (iii) Corporate Governance and Compliance, Social Responsibility and Sustainable Development.
Commercial approach and practical knowledge, based on solutions and the application of organizational and team skills with deliverables of projects in her sectoral expertise fields . She has served as Director, being member of the Boards of the Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySEC) and the University of Cyprus (UCY) (2016-2021).
She is a holder of a law degree from Leicester University and an LL.M (Masters of Law) in Corporate and Commercial Law from University College London (UCL). Holds the Diploma Legal Practice Course (LPC) from City University (London) and a Master’s degree in the Mechanics of Project Finance from the International Faculty of Finance, Middlesex University London.
He has been professionally accredited in the practical implementation of programs to achieve Corporate Development, Sustainability and Responsibility (ESG, Sustainable Finance, Corporate Sustainability & Responsibility Reporting, Social Responsibility). As of 2020 is an Accredited ESG Sustainable Finance Expert, member of the Institute for Sustainability Leadership of the University of Cambridge and from 2021 she is also a accredited Expert from the University of Cambridge Judge Business School, on Circular Economy and Sustainability Strategies.
Associate member of the Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment UK (CISI), Representative Member of the National Committees of the International Standardization Organization (ISO) (Financial Services TC68 & Sustainable Finance TC322) and certified advisor by the Cyprus Bar Association, AML – Money Laundering Compliance Officer (MLCO).
Since 2003 she is a registered and active member of the Cyprus Bar Association with direct participation in the Companies, Capital Market and Tax Planning Commission (CBA). For the period 2015-2022 acted as representative of the Cyprus Bar Association at the House of Representatives Parliamentary Committees of (i) Finance & Budget and (ii) Energy, Commerce, Industry and Tourism.
Founding member and lawyer of the Cyprus Corporate Sustainability & Reporting Business Association (CSR Cyprus) (www.csrcyprus.org.cy) and secretary of the Non-Profit Organization Foundation of Integrated Residential Units (EOM) (1996) (www.eomfoundation.org). Founding Member of Young BPW Cyprus of International and European Organizations Business Professional Women (2007-2015) (www.bpwcyprus.org.cy) and since 2016 Member of AIPFE Cyprus – Women of Europe. It is also a recognized member of the Rotary Association – Nicosia – Lefkothea.