Eirini Lika is an international lawyer admitted in Greece, England & Wales and Germany (§ 2 EuRAG), with a practice focused on complex cross-border matters. She provides clients with partner-led, multi-jurisdictional advice, coordinating matters directly across jurisdictions and maintaining oversight throughout the engagement.
Eirini began her legal career in banking and finance at a global law firm, advising on acquisition finance and cross-border lending, before moving into ship finance and maritime law. She subsequently served as Head of Legal & Compliance and co-founder of a CySEC-regulated investment manager and affiliated Cayman Islands hedge fund, where she established AML, KYC and governance frameworks and later advised on the transition of the structure into a single family office.
Since 2022, Eirini has focused on technology, data protection and artificial intelligence regulation. She holds the qualified AI Officer designation under Article 4 of the EU AI Act and has completed studies in AI Law, Policy and Governance at the London School of Economics.
Her practice includes AI governance and EU AI Act implementation, data protection and privacy matters under the GDPR, UK GDPR and BDSG, and financial services regulation, including MiFID II, CRR/CRD V, DORA, MiCA, AIFMD, EMIR and PSD2. She also advises on anti-money laundering and KYC frameworks, banking regulation and regulatory compliance matters, including those arising under the German regulatory framework.
Drawing on her Greek qualification and background, Eirini is developing a dedicated offering for clients with connections to Greece, advising on Greek tax residency, the Golden Visa and Non-Dom regimes, and private wealth structuring for individuals and families with interests across Greece, Germany and the UK.
Eirini is fluent in English, German and Greek.
Relevant experience:
- Structured a CySEC-regulated investment manager (CIF licence) in Cyprus and an affiliated Cayman Islands hedge fund as Head of Legal & Compliance and co-founder, including its AML/KYC and governance systems; later advised on the exit of external investors, the formal surrender of the CIF licence and CIMA fund deregistration, and the structure’s conversion into a single family office
- Advised on EU-wide procurement and state aid compliance at the Federal Office for Economic Affairs and Export Control (BAFA) under VgV and Directive 2014/24/EU (until June 2026)
- Advised on banking and finance transactions, including cross-border loan and security arrangements, as an Associate at White & Case, Frankfurt
- Structured ship finance transactions, including vessel registration and security arrangements, as Senior Associate at TLT Solicitors’ Maritime Division, Piraeus
- Advises an international rail logistics group under an ongoing retainer on cross-border contract enforcement and multi-jurisdictional litigation support
- Advises the German operating subsidiary of an international manufacturing group headquartered in China under an ongoing retainer, covering employment law and commercial contracts-representative of a broader practice supporting foreign-owned businesses establishing and operating in the German market
- Advises corporate and private clients across Germany, the UK and Greece on EU AI Act compliance, AI governance frameworks and cross-border regulatory structuring through her own practice