Professional Bio:

Melina Pyrgou is the managing director of Pyrgou Vakis Law Firm and has over 30 years of experience serving internationalclientele. She was partner with Kinanis Pyrgou & Co initially and then in 2007 she joined PricewaterhouseCoopers as Director of Legal Services. In 2008 she established her own practice, Pyrgou Law firm. In 2014 Pyrgou Law Firm was renamed to Pyrgou Vakis Law Firm, after a partnership between Melina Pyrgou, Demetris Vakis (of Christos Vakis & Co a firm that had been established for over 50 years) and Despo Andreou.

She was listed in “Legal 500” EMEA 2021 and 2022 in the areas of Corporate and M&A.

Melina is an active citizen and has over the years served on a number of boards. These include acting as President of EuropeFides, a European association of accounting, audit tax and legal medium sized firms, serving on the boards of the Cyprus Investment Promotion Agency (November 2016), the Health Insurance organisation, the Cyprus Bar Association, the Legal Council and she was an appointed member of the Disciplinary Committee of the Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Cyprus (December 2016). She is one of the founders and directors of the non-profit organisation “Justice for All” providing free legal guidance and court representation to recipients of low income benefit.