Booking options
€140 - €280

€140 - €280
Live Online
7 CPD Units | 7 Hours
The EIMF Live Online Learning Experience
Participants will receive access to the recorded sessions of the course.
EIMF subject-matter experts deliver engaging and interactive courses across a broad spectrum of areas, that can be enjoyed in the comfort of your own chosen environment. Read more
Course Overview
The programme will examine the various matters that affect members of private companies either in terms of the Companies Act or as a matter of law and to discuss how these can be dealt with in a shareholders’ agreement, particularly with the purpose of safeguarding individual shareholders’ or class of shares interests.
While such special safeguards could be contained in the memorandum or articles of association, which will bind the company and its members, the memorandum and articles by themselves will not always afford the protection because they are capable of being amended by special resolution.
This programme includes a review of the statutory provisions and authorities relating to various aspects as well as the manner in which these aspects are dealt with in commercial shareholders’ agreements based on the views and experience of the commercial legal community in Cyprus arising from litigation involving disputes between shareholders and the drafting of shareholders’ agreements and articles of private companies.
Training Objectives
By the end of the programme participants will be able:
To analyse, comment and discuss the legal regulation and practice of shareholders’ agreements in Private companies from the context of Cyprus Companies laws Cap 113
To analyse, comment and discuss what the shareholders’ agreement is
To analyse, comment and discuss what the main qualifying characteristics of the shareholders’ agreement are
To analyse, comment and discuss what the main purposes of shareholders’ agreement are
To analyse, comment and discuss what the obstacles for conclusion of shareholders’ agreements may be
To analyse, comment and discuss what level of control shareholders are usually aiming to achieve by entering into voting agreements
Training Outline
Preliminary and Interpretation
Share capital
Directors
Powers of the members
General Meetings
Loan Accounts
Transfer of shares
Deemed offer of shares
Sale of all the issued shares
Distribution of profits
Deadlock
Who should attend
The programme is suitable for:
Company Directors & Executives
Corporate Secretaries
Shareholders and Investors
Corporate Lawyers/ Legal Advisors
Training Style
The programme is designed to deliver knowledge and enhance participants’ skills via short lectures, case-studies, practical examples, real-life simulations. Most of the training’s time will be invested in analysing a real-life case study that will help participants understand how to solve problems in similar occasions.
CPD Recognition
This programme may be approved for up to 7 CPD units in Law. Eligibility criteria and CPD Units are verified directly by your association, regulator or other bodies which you hold membership.
In-house Training
For groups within the same organisation, this course may be customized to meet any specific needs and delivered in-house.

Demetris Savvides
Demetris Savvides holds degrees in law, management and criminology and has been a lecturer in for more than nine years in the field of business law and management having taught numerous courses in business, corporate, taxation, GDPR and criminology, with an extensive record in academic publications in internationally renowned business journals. In addition, Demetris Savvides is an experienced corporate lawyer helping hundreds of companies in their normal functioning, engaging in transactional and legal advisory including advisory relating to day-to-day business regulatory issues, GDPR implementation matters, and corporate tax planning. Tending to clients, both domestic and international, Demetris Savvides has gained vast experience in dealing with business matters right from inception and catering to the regular corporate and compliance needs for successful functioning to empowering companies to scale to their potential. Demetris Savvides has had a notable track record of advising clients in corporate transactions that are vital for their business. His overall commercial corporate experience has both the in-depth knowledge of business laws and corporate finance as well as the practical advantage of for providing all-round service to the companies, which encompasses corporate commercial and tax structuring of a business whether domestic or through foreign investment, process incorporation via sustainable models which optimize the needs of the business, day to day compliance process for smooth functioning, ensure optimum use and action of corporate finance, as well as strategizing takeovers or winding up at appropriate junctures".