{"id":56618,"date":"2026-05-22T11:27:49","date_gmt":"2026-05-22T11:27:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/my.legal500.com\/developments\/?post_type=press_releases&#038;p=56618"},"modified":"2026-05-22T11:27:49","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T11:27:49","slug":"new-agplaw-partner-announcement-kallistheni-kitsis","status":"publish","type":"press_releases","link":"https:\/\/my.legal500.com\/developments\/press-releases\/new-agplaw-partner-announcement-kallistheni-kitsis\/","title":{"rendered":"New AGPLAW Partner Announcement &#8211; Kallistheni Kitsis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>We are proud to announce that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.agplaw.com\/firm\/people\/kallistheni-kitsis\/\">Kallistheni Kitsis<\/a> has joined our firm as Partner | Transactions, Private Client &amp; Advisory.\u00a0 Kallistheni brings with her over 25 years of international legal and academic experience across Cyprus, UK, United States, Saudi Arabia, and the wider GCC region.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Kallistheni has strong expertise in Aviation, Corporate &amp; Commercial Law, Banking, Project Finance, Trusts, Taxation, Real Estate, and Maritime matters. Throughout her career, she has advised multinational corporations, financial institutions, and private clients on complex cross-border transactions, regulatory compliance, AML\/KYC frameworks, corporate structuring, and international contracts.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Her distinguished international background includes practicing in Washington, DC with leading global law firms White &amp; Case LLP and Shearman &amp; Sterling LLP, where she worked on international trade and arbitration matters. She also represented Cyprus at the United Nations in New York, contributing to high-level discussions and resolutions on international human rights issues.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Alongside her legal practice, Kallistheni has built a strong academic profile as a Law Lecturer and legal trainer, teaching LLB and LLM programs in International Law, Human Rights Law, Corporate &amp; Commercial Law to name a few in international Universities in Cyprus, UK and the government institutions and organizations in GCC.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>She holds an LLB from the University of Wolverhampton, an LLM in International and Comparative Law from The George Washington University, and a Diploma in International Human Rights Law from the University of Oxford. She is a member of the Cyprus Bar Association and the International Bar Association.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Her appointment further strengthens our firm\u2019s international outlook and cross-border capabilities. Kallistheni will support our clients in navigating complex multi-jurisdictional matters, strengthening internal governance frameworks, and ensuring alignment with evolving EU, UK, US, and GCC regulatory standards.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>We are confident that her expertise, leadership, and global perspective will add significant strategic value to both our clients and our team.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-56618","press_releases","type-press_releases","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/my.legal500.com\/developments\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_releases\/56618","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/my.legal500.com\/developments\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_releases"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/my.legal500.com\/developments\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/press_releases"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/my.legal500.com\/developments\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56618"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}