Argyro Leoutsea joined Cleveland & Co in 2022 to support the financial services and general corporate and commercial teams. Throughout her career, Argyro has developed an in-depth expertise of banking, corporate, including corporate governance, M&A, securities and financial law. She has represented hundreds of Greek-based and international companies and banks at all stages of their life cycle as well as investment services companies, private equity firms, funds and other institutional investors.
Argyro is a Greek-qualified lawyer, proficient in negotiating, presenting, and resolving complex legal issues, researching and calculating possible risk factors while efficiently determining appropriate courses of action. As a common law educated lawyer with significant civil law experience, Argyro has become a flexible, motivated and business oriented advisor. When she’s not advising our clients with their legal issues, she loves to stay fit through dancing, while trying to keep up with her active children!
Argyro has developed a variety of skills namely in relation to:
- AIFs
- Capital Markets
- Company Secretarial
- Corporate and Commercial Contracts
- Corporate Governance
- Custodian Services and CSDs
- Debt Arrangements including restructuring
- EU Financial Services Regulation
- FinTech
- Listing on Exchanges
- M&A
- Pooled Pension Funds
- Private Equity (climate opportunities, infrastructure, private credit, real estate)
- Regulatory & Compliance (AIFMD, Consumer Duty, ILPA, PLSA, SDR, SFDR)
- RAIF
- SEIS/EIS
- UCITS
- Border to Coast: review and negotiate private market investments, negotiating LPA terms and side letters and subscription agreement reviews.
- Emporiki Bank (now Alpha Bank), Athens: Provided support for and handled litigation matters, including court and out-of-court filings, in Business Loans Litigation Department, Legal Services Directorate. Filed, tracked and maintained files. Prepared and drafted correspondence and assisted with ad hoc legal projects on an as-needed basis.
- Seconded Associate, Goldberg Kohn Attorneys at Law, Chicago, IL: Worked as a secondee on financing and lending transactions, restructuring and corporate law, assisted partners with commercial due-diligence and bankruptcies, reorganizations, sales and liquidations, as well as out-of-court settlements.
- Tsibanoulis & Partners Law Firm, Athens : As a Partner, Argyro advised on a broad range of general and specialised capital markets, corporate, corporate finance and transactional matters in various projects from day one till completion. Heavily involved in numerous privatisation projects of State-owned companies and the consolidation of the Greek banking sector.
- Wethaq (Capital Markets) Ltd, UAE: Head of Corporate & Compliance in a UAE based DFSA regulated Fintech building infrastructure for the issuance and administration of securities with Islamic characteristics. Held a multifunctional role involving among others regulatory compliance, dealing with day to day corporate matters but also complex commercial arrangements of the company with its partners and clients, corporate secretary duties, communication with external lawyers and auditors.
- Implementation of FCA Consumer Duty regulation for investment managers, ACDs, manufacturers and distributors, including 7IM, Equity Trustees, and Atlantic House Group.
- Hellenic Bankers Association UK
- Hellenic Law Association (UK)
- Qualified as a lawyer in Greece (Athens Bar Association)
- Registered as a Foreign Lawyer with the SRA
- LL.B. in English Law (University of Essex)
- LL.M in Corporate and Commercial Law (University College London)
- English
- French
- Greek
Argyro Leoutsea joined Cleveland & Co in 2022 to support the financial services and general corporate and commercial team. Throughout her career, Argyro has developed an in-depth expertise of banking, corporate, including corporate governance, M&A, securities and financial law. She has represented hundreds of Greek based and international companies and banks at all stages of their life cycle as well as investment services companies, private equity firms, funds and other institutional investors.
Argyro is proficient in negotiating, presenting, and resolving complex legal issues, researching and calculating possible risk factors while efficiently determining appropriate courses of action. As a common law educated lawyer with significant civil law experience, Argyro has become a flexible, motivated and business oriented advisor. When off work, she craves to dance and staying fit while trying to keep up with her active children
Argyro has developed a variety of skills namely in relation to:
- AIFs, RAIF, UCITS, SEIS/EIS passporting
- Capital Markets
- Company Secretarial
- Corporate and commercial contracts
- Corporate Governance
- Custodian services and CSDs
- Debt arrangements and restructuring
- EU Financial Services Regulation
- FinTech
- Legal Research
- Listing on Exchanges
- M&A
- Regulated services contracts including introducers agreements, brokerage agreements, distribution agreements, investment advice and management
- Regulatory & Compliance
- Wethaq (Capital Markets) Ltd, UAE: Head of Corporate & Compliance in a UAE based DFSA regulated Fintech building infrastructure for the issuance and administration of securities with Islamic characteristics. Held a multifunctional role involving among others regulatory compliance, dealing with day to day corporate matters but also complex commercial arrangements of the company with its partners and clients, corporate secretary duties, communication with external lawyers and auditors.
- Tsibanoulis & Partners Law Firm, Athens : As a Partner, Argyro advised on a broad range of general and specialised capital markets, corporate, corporate finance and transactional matters in various projects from day one till completion. Heavily involved in numerous privatisation projects of State-owned companies and the consolidation of the Greek banking sector.
- Seconded Associate, Goldberg Kohn Attorneys at Law, Chicago, IL: Worked as a secondee on financing and lending transactions, restructuring and corporate law, assisted partners with commercial due-diligence and bankruptcies, reorganizations, sales and liquidations, as well as out-of-court settlements.
- Emporiki Bank (now Alpha Bank), Athens: Provided support for and handled litigation matters, including court and out-of-court filings, in Business Loans Litigation Department, Legal Services Directorate. Filed, tracked and maintained files. Prepared and drafted correspondence and assisted with ad hoc legal projects on an as-needed basis.
- Hellenic Bankers Association UK
- Hellenic Law Association (UK)
- Qualified as a lawyer in Greece (Athens Bar Association)
- Registered as a Foreign Lawyer with the SRA
- LL.B. in English Law (University of Essex)
- LL.M in Corporate and Commercial Law (University College London)
- English
- French
- Greek
