Legal Counsel | BERNITSAS LAW
Maria Nefeli Bernitsa is a financial services lawyer admitted to the Law Society of England & Wales and the Athens Bar. She has an expertise in advising on high impact legislative and regulatory changes and large-scale financial services and capital markets transactions. Maria Nefeli has extensive experience in the financial services law aspects of global multi-strategy asset manager group restructures, new authorisations for financial services firms and regulatory issues in private placements and IPOs.
Maria Nefeli joined Bernitsas from a tier 1 financial services and markets team in the City of London and was seconded to a global investment firm to implement European ESG legislation. Since joining Bernitsas, she has focused on capital markets transactions as well as mergers and acquisitions of listed entities. She also advises on the application of ESG laws and regulations across industry sectors.
Maria Nefeli holds an LLB (Hons) from University College London (UCL) and an MBA from INSEAD.