Christiana Aristidou is an International Business and Technology Lawyer with more than 21 years in practice. She is a Certified International Legal Project Practitioner (LPP) and a litigator since 1997. Christiana is a National Delegate to ISO TC/307 Blockchain Committee and a founding member and (my role here) of the Cyprus Blockchain Association. She is a founder of Smartcities, a company with focus in International Business and Technology Law Department.

A recognised expert in the fields of technology, business, commercial, international tax, banking, finance, intellectual property, e-commerce, investment and securities laws, Christiana has been involved, advised and managed complex business and technology legal projects involving major foreign legal jurisdictions and a variety of legal and regulatory frameworks. She possesses exceptional skills in Comparative Law.

She is currently focused on start-up projects and new technologies, holds Directorships in companies’ boards and advises on ICOs, ITOs, STOs and LCOs. Christiana is investing considerable time in researching on blockchain, DLTs and smart contracts and she is a legal author and a policy influencer with numerous publications, articles and legal contributions in various journals, legal magazines and databases.