Advised a French development financial institution in relation to the multi million euro sale of its stake in a Cypriot company
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Contact Details
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P.O Box 52441,
4064 Limassol, CyprusMichael Kyprianou House
116 Gladstonos Street
3032 Limassol
Cyprus
Languages Spoken
English, Greek, Spanish
Lorena Charalambous
Partner
“Lorena Charalambous has the ability to explain things clearly and logically, meets deadlines and is always fully focused on the matter” – Legal 500 Latest Edition
Lorena Charalambous has been at the firm since 2011 and was promoted to partner in January 2020. She works from the firm’s Limassol office and is part of the banking and finance and corporate and commercial team of the firm.
Lorena has extensive experience in banking and finance transactions, representing clients in international leveraged acquisition financings, asset-based financings, ship and project finance and general bank lending, often instructed by magic circle firms. She also specializes in corporate and commercial law matters, including joint ventures, corporate restructurings and M&A and also provides advice and support to private clients on international tax planning, tax optimization as well as inheritance matters. Lorena has served for a number of years on the board of directors of a regulated Alternative Investment Fund Manager as an independent non-executive director and is also an approved Insolvency Practitioner, licensed by the Cyprus Bar Association.
Lorena is a member of the Cyprus Bar Association, the Limassol Bar Association and the International Bar Association. She has been consistently highly recommended by the Chambers and Partners Europe Guide and Legal500 each year from 2013 onwards.
Practice Area Specialization
Credentials
Education
LLM, University of Bristol (2010)
LLB (Hons), University of Bristol (2009)
Professional Memberships
Cyprus Bar Association
Limassol Bar Association
International Bar Association
Accolades
Lorena has been consistently recommended in the prestigious Chambers and Legal 500 Guide, currently ranked as a next generation partner.
Licensed Insolvency Practitioner – Cyprus Bar Association
Career progression
Partner, Michael Kyprianou & Co LLC (since 2020)
Senior Associate, Michael Kyprianou & Co LLC (2018 – 2020)
Associate, Michael Kyprianou & Co LLC (2011-2017)
Experience
Acted for a US NYSE listed entity in relation to the high-profile acquisition of a company in Cyprus
Acted for a Russian finance institution in a multi-million-dollar facility granted to a Russian transportation group.
Advised finance institutions in relation to a multi-million-dollar joint venture with one of the largest groups of property owners and managers in Russia, and the financing and acquisition of a share in the company’s capital
Advised in relation to the Silk Road Fund, a state-owned investment fund of the Chinese government, on the equity investment and a 15-year loan financing for the amount of EUR 1.09 billion of Russia’s key new liquefied natural gas (LNG) project owned by Novatek, Russia’s largest independent natural gas producer