Andrea Stefani Melekki

Andrea studied her Bachelor of Law (LLB) Hons followed bv her Bar Vocational Course in Manchester, UK. Following completion of her Bar Vocational Course, Andrea began her training as an inhouse advocate practicing Employment Law and dealing predominantly with high profile cases, case management, tribunals, court hearings and arbitration.

In 2008, Andrea moved to Cyprus where she started her career at Andreas Neocleous & Co LLC. where she was involved in listings of IPOs, dealing with Stock Exchanges throughout Europe, as well as focusing on several other major financial services transactions. Andrea then joined a top 5 tier law firm, whereby she become team leader. heading a team of 7 and managing a range of international clientele on high profile transactions, including the listing of large corporations valued at circ. 300 million on The London Stock Exchange and AIM. Andrea then joined Varnavas Playbell & Co. LLC as a Partner and heads The Financial Services Department. She currently advises and provides ongoing legal support to several of the largest investment firms in Cyprus and concurrently in several other jurisdictions as co-counsel on financial regulatory compliance, structures and distribution of financial services products and authorisations/approvals of new market principles and products. In the sphere of financial services work Andrea deals with the regulatory framework in several jurisdictions including SCA, Cysec, FCA and DIFC. She acts on matters surrounding commercial regulatory compliance matters, investment structures and the distribution of financial services products as well as licensing requirements/authorisations in relation to new market principles and products.