Born and raised in South Africa. She obtained her LL.B in 2004 and LL.M (EU law) 2007 from the University of Leicester, UK.

She is the Founder/Managing Partner of the law firm N. Xenofontos LLC, established in 2019, a boutique, business centric law firm, specialising in corporate, commercial law, intellectual property, insolvency and restructuring, trusts and estates, compliance, regulatory, privacy law and fiduciary services.

Nicky is a certified Trusts & Estates Practitioner (TEP – Chairwoman of the STEP Cyprus Branch (Society of Trust & Estate Practitioners), a certified AML Compliance Officer from the Cyprus Securities & Exchange Commission and licenced Insolvency Practitioner.  In November 2023 she was appointed as Vice President of the Trusts Committee of the Cyprus Bar Association.

Major areas of expertise and practice include the setting up and administration of trusts, general legal advice and opinions, estate and inheritance planning, intellectual property corporate insolvency / restructuring, general corporate and commercial law. Another major area of practice and expertise is compliance, anti-money laundering and regulatory matters having advised major corporations and governmental authorities as well as private clients and firms on their AML, compliance, regulatory matters and is considered as an expert in the field of sanctions. She is proudly co-author of the book titled: Trusts Law in Cyprus: An International Perspective, issued 2022.

Actively participates in the Cypriot House of Representatives Parliamentary Committees on behalf of STEP on matters pertaining to bills of law and formulation of policy for the professional legal industry and has submitted various position papers regarding AML, UBO registries, tax reform and other ancillary matters.

Apart from the above, Nicky is a legal trainer-lecturer on her areas of expertise and regularly holds seminars through the firm’s legal training centre – NextStep Legal Training Centre accredited by the Cyprus Bar Association for Continuous Professional Development and also provides in-house training to law firms, accounting, audit firms and to other professional associations and local universities.

She served on the board of directors as a non-executive member of the Housing Finance Corporation, a semi-governmental authority, her tenure having ended in September 2023.

Practices

Corporate & Commercial

Trusts, Succession & Estate Planning

Data Protection & Privacy

Intellectual Property

Compliance, AML, Regulatory & Sanctions

EU law

M&A/Cross Border

Sports law

​Education

LL.B, University of Leicester, UK (2004)

LL.M, University of Leicester, UK (2007)

Memberships

Cyprus Bar Association (2005)

Nicosia Bar Association (2005)

Society of Trusts & Estates Practitioners (UK)

Professional Qualifications

Licensed Insolvency Practitioner, Cyprus Bar Association (2017)

TEP (trust estate practitioner certified) – STEP full member (2018)

AML Compliance Officer (certified by the Cyprus Securities & Exchange Commission 2020)

AML Certified Practitioner – International Compliance Association (2023)

Publications

Nicky is the author of various legal articles, legal & tax updates. These can be found in the ‘Publications’ section in the website.

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