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Course Description: Share pledges in Cyprus

This hands-on course offers a practical and comprehensive look at how share pledges operate under Cyprus law. From the basic legal principles to advanced drafting techniques, the course guides you through the lifecycle of a share pledge, when it is used, how it is perfected, how it is enforced, and how it is brought to an end.

Participants will explore the relevant common law and statutory rules, gain insight into real-world application, and learn how to draft robust and enforceable pledge documentation. We also look closely at the due diligence steps, the deliverables typically required, and the critical role of the Financial Collateral Arrangements Law.

The course combines legal analysis with practical examples and drafting guidance, ensuring that you are equipped to handle share pledges confidently in your practice.

Why You Should Register

• Gain a strong working knowledge of share pledges under Cyprus law

• Learn how to structure and document a pledge that is both enforceable and commercially sound

• Understand how and when to apply the Financial Collateral Arrangements Law

• Improve your ability to advise clients on risk, enforcement and creditor protection

• Draft key clauses with confidence, supported by real-life examples and legal commentary

• Avoid common pitfalls in both due diligence and enforcement

• Perfect for those who deal with corporate finance, private security arrangements, or cross-border lending structures
  
  

By the end of this course, students will be able to:

• Understand what a share pledge is and how it functions as security in financial arrangements.

• Identify circumstances where a share pledge is an appropriate financing tool.

• Explain the legal framework governing share pledges under Cyprus law, including key statutory provisions and case law.

• Draft a comprehensive share pledge agreement that meets statutory requirements and incorporates practical safeguards.

• Prepare all the deliverables required for a share pledge and ensure proper corporate and legal due diligence.

• Outline the processes for terminating and enforcing a share pledge in practice.

• Apply these concepts to real-world scenarios with confidence.

Dates & Times

11/12/2025 09:30 - 12:30

Via Zoom (Online Course)

Price: The price for this course is €100+VAT

Highlights

• Templates 

• Πρακτικό 

• Έμπειρος εκπαιδευτής 

• Μελέτη περιπτώσεων και ερωτήσεις απαντήσεις. 

• Διαδραστικό

CPD Recognition

This programme may be approved for up to 3 CPD Points. Eligibility criteria and CPD Points are verified directly by your association, regulator or other bodies which you hold membership

Suitable for

This course is suitable for:

This course is ideal for lawyers, in-house counsel, corporate administrators, and professionals working in secured transactions, banking and finance, or corporate structuring. It will also benefit those drafting or negotiating shareholder or lender agreements involving pledged shares.

Trainer

Androulla Poutziouris 

Registration Process

To register for this course, please click here

Course Content

MODULE 1: Understanding share pledges in Cyprus.

1. What is a share pledge

2. Common law principles and the nature of a share pledge.

3. When is a share pledge appropriate

4. Legal framework of a share pledge

5. Registering a share pledge

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Module 2: Ensuring a valid share pledge and deliverables.

1. Preliminary considerations

2. Perfecting a share pledge

3. Deliverables – what should the pledgee deliver

4. Legal, corporate and financial due diligence.

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Module 3: Termination of a share pledge

1. Grounds for termination

2. Practical procedures for termination

3. Additional considerations and tips for share pledge termination

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Module 4: Enforcing the share pledge

1. Procedure for enforcing the share pledge

2. Pledgee’s duty of care in enforcement

3. The applicability of the Financial collateral arrangements law 2004.

4. Court intervention (and avoiding it).

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Module 5: Drafting the share pledge agreement/deed.

1. Preliminary definitions

2. Clauses that are essential to include from the perspective of the pledgor

3. Clauses that are essential to include from the perspective of the pledgee

4. Tips for drafting, commentary and example clauses.

For more information email us at info@eltrc.com, or call us at 24 556510