THEOPOULA MITROPOULOU

MOBILE/E-MAIL: 0 759 259 9000 tnmit@hotmail.co.uk NATIONALITY: Greek / EU

EDUCATION: LLM Financial Regulation and Compliance, BPP Law School, London 2003-2008 4 year LLB, Law School, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece. High 2:1 (7, 7/10). 2006-2005 University of Essex, UK. Banking Law, Bills of Exchange, International Trade Financing and Contract Law. WORK EXPERIENCE: 01/07/ 2011- Present, Nerantzi Estate, Legal Counsel In-house legal affairs, dispute resolution. Also, drafting commercial contracts, dealing with corporate tax issues, dealing with corporate law establishing legal entities, dealing with bills of lading, export-import documentation Overseeing legal and compliance matters on behalf of the company, dealing with authorities ( correspondence ) advising on commercial policies established by the firm ensuring they accurately reflect business requirements ,managing risk as well as delivering wide commercial legal advice and assistance to the company. Dealing with IP matters ( European patents), co-operating with external counsel. 06/2011, US law firm Skadden, Project related to a scandal involving a pharmaceutical company and illegal commissions paid to Greek authorities also involving Greeces ministry of Health. The project involved reviewing official and confidential documents and presenting points that imply to illegal sums of money (commissions) that were paid to Greek officials 01/01/2011 31/05/2011 London, North Asset Management LLP, Legal Analyst Analysing a structured bond transaction : breaking the transaction into components and raising the legal issues ( analysing, the drafting documentation and structure of the bond, valuation methods used and how the legal valuation affects the legal characterization of issues and the margins, analysing margins, profits made by intermediaries, analysing the contract of sale of the bond in the secondary market ) the bond was issued in Greece sold subsequently to a fund in the UK and then to a bank in Luxembourg Advising on behalf of the buyer and the issuer and the underwriter Advising on the issuance of the structured bond using an offshore structure that is designed to provide additional tax benefits and business advantages Drafting relevant lawsuits and advising, reporting to the CEO and collaborating with UK and Greek law firms ( international team of lawyers handling the case among which were Simmons and Simmons and Greek law firms ) The client ( North Asset Management ) has
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been accused of insider dealing ( white collar crime ) because the trader ( North Asset Management ) who structured the bond has been accused on acting when structuring the bond in the interests of the buyer and not the issuer who was a pension fund. Using sophisticated business technical financial knowledge in order to provide practical advice. Adopting a creative innovative approach in order to unique legal solutions tailored to the particular transaction and produce written legal analysis to be used in court Evaluating the transaction in the light of legal regulations ( violation of MiFID, SEC rules and also Greek regulations and tax law) Liaising with UK law firms and lawyers overseas Negotiating and reviewing ISDAs, CSAs

16/12/2010 Joined North Asset Management 15/10/2010 Fully qualified barrister registration N. 10129 09/2010 Oral Bar exams 06/2010 Written Bar exams 02/11/2009 31/05/2010 Studying towards Law Society exams in order to qualify as a barrister in Greece 01/04/2009- 01/11/2009 CREDIT AGRICOLE BANKING GROUP, legal analyst Reviewing ,drafting, negotiating and providing legal opinion on transaction documentation: ISDA Master Agreements, CSAs, Schedules and Confirmations, related to interest rate swaps, IRS, credit derivative swaps, FX Forwards, non-vanilla FX options, Total Return Equity Swaps ( TRS ) Some exposure to GMRAs, GMSLAs, Repos, Novation, Guarantees, Confidentiality Agreements Range of Products : Interest Rate Swaps, FX derivatives used for hedging against exchange risk, Credit derivatives such as Total Return Swaps, Credit Linked Notes, Tax efficient structured deposits, exotic FX products engineered by the bank for clients : barriers, accumulators, targets, option-like Familiar with loan agreement documentation EMTNs, Corporate convertible bonds,offshore balance sheet financing, Syndicated loans. Liaising with the investment banking teams( CIB ), credit department, capital market sales and back office, compliance, liaising with law firms in the UK ( i.e. Allen and Overy ) Compliance experience: Familiar with new OTC derivatives regulatory developments : Dodd-Frank Centralised, (CCPs), trade repositories, EMIR ,keeping up-to-date with current market initiatives Ensuring compliance with MiFID (Client categorisation procedures and disclosures, assessing the suitability for each type of investment product, evaluating investment advice and assessing the classification of the client for this particular investment (the level of protection under MiFID),drafting appropriate disclosures, conflicts of interest, FSA Handbook on MiFID) Reviewing and amending KYC Handbook, assisting in the legal approval of transactions effected by off-shore entities in terms of compliance with KYC money laundering Reporting suspicious transactions, ( AIFMD, Market Abuse Directive ) 30/06/2008 31/03/2009 Retselis law office, trainee solicitor Contentious matters : repossessions and debt recovery on behalf of Millennium Bank S.A.

LANGUAGES, IT SKILLS, OTHER CAPABILITIES AND HOBBIES: Greek (native ), English ( certificates: University of Cambridge Proficiency in the English language (distinction), University of Michigan Proficiency in American English), French (fluent written and spoken, Certificate : Paris Sorbonne University. ),German ( conversational studied at Goethe Institut ) IT skills: MS Office, Excel, Lotus Notes, Kondor. Member of the Aristotle University Orchestra,Member of a Volleyball team ,Waterpolo, Driving licence AWARDS AND SCHOLARSHIPS : 2005 2006 EU scholarship to study at the University of Essex, 2000 EURO funded grant awarded to the best 50 students (A Level results), 1997 and 1998 2 prizes as a young performing musician, 1995 Music College scholarship

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