Commercial and Corporate Lawyer, UK qualified practicing law for 34 years, founder of Y. Georgiades & Associates Law firm with offices in UK Cyprus and Greece.

Yiannos Georgiades is the Managing Partner of the law firm Y. Georgiades & Associates LLC, which is based in Nicosia, Cyprus, with presence in the UK and Greece. He graduated from West London University (LL.B. Hons.) in 1989 and Inns of Court School of Law, Honourable Society of Gray’s Inn, London (Barrister-at-Law) in 1990. Apart from becoming a Barrister, he has previously worked in a reputable solicitor’s firm in London, as well as worked as a visiting attorney at Corboy & Demetrio in Chicago and Baker & Hostetler in Washington, D.C. in the US.

He has been practicing law since 1990 and his main focus of his law firm is on EU law, corporate and commercial law, competition, mergers and acquisitions, IP and technology, medical law, real estate, litigation and ADR.

Yiannos Georgiades is a member of the Cyprus Bar Association, member of the Law Society in the UK as a European Registered Lawyer and President of the Cyprus Chapter of the European Court of Arbitration and Mediation for commercial disputes (CEAM). He is a co-founder of the business accelerator and regulated fund KV Kinisis Ventures, which aims at scaling up innovative and technology companies to the US market. In addition, he has been approved as nominated advisor for the Emerging Companies Market (the ECM) of the Cyprus Stock Exchange and has been appointed to the CY-Biobank Independent Bioethics Advisory Board. He is Past President of GLAWBUS Global Law and Business Organisation and Past President of Rotary Club of Nicosia. He is also listed as a legal professional representative before the European Patent Office, for the purpose of representing clients before the EPO.