Banking & Finance lawyers

Sophie Bulmore

Associate Director

Davitt Jones Bould

Sophie Corkish

Sophie is Counsel within the Corporate department in the Isle of Man. Sophie joined the firm as a trainee in 2015 and, following completion of her two year period of articles, qualified as an Isle of Man Advocate in November 2017. Sophie advises on a broad range of corporate matters, including mergers and acquisitions, legal due diligence and multi-jurisdictional corporate restructurings, as well as banking and asset finance transactions, including ship finance matters. Sophie regularly acts for international financial institutions, law firms and corporate service providers, advising on a wide range of the key and complex legal issues that affect both their own businesses and those of their clients.

Appleby

Sophie Henwood

ophie specialises in commercial property. Sophie has extensive experience in providing cradle to grave advice to high net worth individuals, family offices and private capital entities on the acquisition, financing, asset management and disposal of property. She has advised on a broad spectrum of asset classes including offices (including in the shared space economy), industrial estates, healthcare, retail and agricultural. Sophie advises landowners and developers on section 106 agreements, option agreements, promotion agreements, overage agreements, rights of light deeds, neighbourly agreements and deeds of easement. She regularly advises on the installation of telecommunications equipment and has a special interest in drones and other new technologies that will disrupt the built environment and provide opportunities for landowners. Sophie is well-versed in advising occupiers as well, guiding them through the process of leasing retail and office space and has significant experience acting for specialist property lenders in connection with the deployment of capital secured by charge over a property asset.

Boodle Hatfield LLP

Sophie Lalor-Harbord

Partner Sophie is a commercial litigation partner with over 16 years of experience handling contentious matters for major corporate clients and high net worth individuals across a range of sectors. Sophie has significant expertise in: Banking disputes including issues of anti-money laundering, the Quincecare duty, cum-ex and cum-cum trading disputes and cases involving non-performing loans; Shareholder and director disputes – including unfair prejudice petitions, disputes involving put and call provisions, good and bad leaver clauses and JV agreements; Fraud claims and investigations including those involving asset tracing, freezing injunctions, gagging orders and applications for Norwich Pharmacal relief; and Media disputes including defamation, breach of confidence and misuse of private information matters. In addition to her extensive litigation experience, Sophie has acted for clients in arbitration proceedings under various rules including SIAC, ICC and LCIA. Sophie’s recent work includes: Acting for a property developer in a breach of contract and breach of fiduciary duty claim, involving complex issues of asset tracing across several jurisdictions Acting for the shareholders of an oil company in multi-jurisdictional litigation against a Russian state-owned company Acting for an Irish bank in relation to the tracing of assets worldwide in connection with conspiracy proceedings Acting for a French consortium in a claim for fraudulent misrepresentation against an Indian manufacturing company Advising on subject access requests under the GDPR

Stewarts Law LLP

Sophie Lord

Sophie is an Associate in the Commercial Property team in Guildford. She undertakes a wide variety of commercial property work, including: Sale and purchase of properties of all size nature and value including freehold, leasehold, development sites, investment portfolios, and auction sales Acting for landlords and tenants on new leases, lease renewals, assignments, sub-lettings, licences for alterations, and the full range of associated transactions General development work including for landowners and developers on option agreements, conditional contracts, overage arrangements and s106 agreements Secured finance work on the lender and borrower side, including provision of ILA for borrowers, guarantors, and providers of third party security.

TWM Solicitors LLP

Sophie Panjikidze

Partner

Gvinadze & Partners LLC

Sophie Tyler

Sophie is a Principal Associate in the banking and finance team based in the Thames Valley. Sophie undertakes a range of debt finance work, including general corporate lending and leverage and property finance, acting for both borrowers and lenders. Sophie has experience advising on regional, national and cross border transactions (with a particular emphasis on Africa).

Shoosmiths LLP

Sopho Mebonia

Senior Associate

Dentons

Sophonnora Tiv

Deputy Managing Partner

Rajah & Tann Sok & Heng Law Office

Sosuke Kimura

Partner. Sosuke Kimura is a career-long expert in the capital markets industry, who provides high-quality advice on securities offering transactions, covering all equity, debt and hybrid securities. He also has deep experience in M&A transactions, especially tender offer transactions in which listed companies go private.

Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu

Soteris Costa

Partner, Advocate, Head of the Litigation & Arbitration Department. He is currently heavily involved in and handles major corporate law disputes with an international element. At the same time, he assists and offers advice on many corporate and commercial-related projects.

STELIOS AMERICANOS & CO LLC

Soteris Pittas

Managing Director of Soteris Pittas & CO LLC.

Soteris Pittas & Co L.L.C

Sotheary Hout

Partner

Rajah & Tann Sok & Heng Law Office

Sotiris Kolelis

Associate Sotiris is an associate with the Firm and a member of the Corporate and M&A team. Sotiris advises on corporate law issues, including corporate governance and merger and acquisitions transactions. He drafts commercial agreements and corporate documentation and participates in due diligence reviews. He joined the Firm as a trainee and has experience working with the Banking, Finance & Capital Markets team.

Bernitsas

Soumitra Majumdar

Partner

JSA Advocates & Solicitors

Soumitro Mukerji

DLA Piper

Souraya Machnouk

Partner

Abou Jaoude & Associates Law Firm

Soňa Hekelová

Partner

Schönherr Rechtstanwälte GmbH, o.z. (Schoenherr Slovakia)

Spartak Yovchev

Spartak Yovchev is the Managing Partner of CasePro Law Firm and leads the firm’s М§А, Real Estate, Banking & Finance, and Commercial practices. He is recognized for advising multinational clients, investors, and financial institutions on complex, cross-border transactions in Bulgaria and the wider region. Spartak combines deep transactional expertise with a strong commercial background, having played a central role in major banking sector transformations in Bulgaria and in establishing the legal frameworks and processes of financial institutions. His banking practice includes advising on the structuring and documentation of financing transactions, including bilateral and syndicated loans, as well as complex security packages. His practice is particularly focused on projects at the intersection of real estate, corporate, and financing work. He regularly advises on large-scale development projects, strategic acquisitions, and investment structures, including commercial and residential developments, logistics and retail assets, and renewable energy projects. He is also experienced in handling the real estate aspects of multi-jurisdictional expansion programmes for international clients. In addition to his transactional work, Spartak is actively involved in M&A and venture capital transactions, advising both investors and founders on deal structuring and negotiations. He also brings a strategic perspective in contentious matters, supporting clients in complex real estate and commercial disputes, particularly where these are closely linked to transactional or regulatory issues. Recent experience includes advising international clients on multi-site real estate expansion programmes across Bulgaria and Romania, the development of industrial and production facilities, as well as innovative energy-related transactions, including power purchase agreements (PPAs). Spartak is a frequent speaker at industry events focused on M&A, real estate, and emerging business sectors. Clients highlight his holistic approach and ability to translate complex legal issues into clear, commercially viable strategies.

CasePro

Spencer C. Joffrion

Dechert

Spyros Hadjinicolaou

Spyros Hadjinicolaou completed his vocational training with the law firm of L. Papaphilippou & Co, Nicosia in 1997 and in the year 1999 he joined the law firm of Antis Triantafyllides & Sons LLC and has since been practicing in depth in corporate, shipping, tax and banking/finance law at the firm. His strong experience consists of working in: • Incorporating and managing Cyprus limited liability companies of various types (SPVs, Joint Ventures etc.); • Securing finance and registering charges over corporate assets; • Re-domiciliation of companies in and out of Cyprus; • Incorporating S.E. in Cyprus; • Negotiating and managing mergers and acquisitions; • Thoroughly advising clients on the Cyprus tax aspects of their business ventures; • Communicating with high-rank officers at crucial departments of the Cyprus government on matters related to the promotion of the interest of various international prestigious clients; • Carrying out due diligence over Cyprus companies for acquisition purposes; and • Registering of vessels under the Cyprus flag and arranging legal formalities for their mortgaging for financing purposes. PRACTICE AREAS: M&A and Joint Ventures, General Corporate and Commercial and Corporate Restructuring

Antis Triantafyllides & Sons LLC

Spyros Roussakis

Senior Associate

POTAMITISVEKRIS

Srečo Jadek

Partner Emeritus

Jadek & Pensa

Stacey Jones

Partner

Broadfield Law UK LLP