Named experts · Practitioner profile
About Stefanos
Stefanos Sofroniou is a senior associate at Elias Neocleous & Co LLC, Cyprus's largest law firm, working on financial-services and regulatory matters. He has published practitioner guidance on CASP registration under MiCA in Cyprus (Cyprus Mail, February 2025) and on the EU Transfer of Funds Regulation "travel rule" for crypto-asset service providers. His earlier career includes financial-services policy work at the European Commission, a role as Head of Legal for a Cyprus insurance trade body, and board service with the Financial Ombudsman of Cyprus.
Practice fields
Credentials
- Senior Associate, Elias Neocleous & Co LLC
- Author — CASP registration under MiCA in Cyprus (Cyprus Mail, Feb 2025)
- Former financial-services policy, European Commission
- Former Head of Legal, Cyprus insurance trade body; board, Financial Ombudsman of Cyprus
Jurisdictions
Sources
Every entry on this page is sourced from public records. The references below are the evidence base for the practitioner's expertise claims.
- Cyprus Mail — The Renaissance of Crypto: Registration as CASP in Cyprus (Stefanos Sofroniou) — industry press
- Elias Neocleous & Co — New EU Rules for the Tracing of Crypto-Assets Transfers (Stefanos Sofroniou) — publication
- Legal 500 — Stefanos Sofroniou, Elias Neocleous & Co LLC (Cyprus) — directory
Relevant guides
Knowledge-base coverage that overlaps with Stefanos's practice (Cyprus · MiCA CASP, Crypto AML, Token classification).
Licensed crypto exchanges EU · CASP directory 2026
Licensed Crypto Exchanges EU 2026 — Authorised CASP Directory
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CASP conduct and marketing · MiCA rules
MiCA Conduct and Marketing Rules for CASPs: The Full Cluster
How MiCA governs CASP conduct — fair-clear-not-misleading marketing (Article 7, 74), influencer rules, conflicts (72), inducements (78), bes…
MiCA scope edges · DeFi · staking · DLT Pilot · Article 60 · reverse solicitation · MiFID II line
The Edges of MiCA Scope 2026 — DeFi, Staking, DLT Pilot, Article 60, Reverse Solicitation
Where MiCA's perimeter actually sits — the DeFi carve-out, staking and lending, the DLT Pilot Regime boundary, the Article 60 bank track, re…
Crypto casino · Gambling + crypto licensing
Crypto Casino License vs Gambling License 2026 — What Operators Need
Crypto casino operators face the intersection of gambling regulation and crypto-asset regulation. Some jurisdictions treat crypto casinos un…
MiCA stablecoin · Title III + Title IV
MiCA Stablecoin Regulation Summary 2026 — Title III ART + Title IV EMT
MiCA's stablecoin regulation splits across Title III (asset-referenced tokens) and Title IV (e-money tokens) with distinct issuer authorisat…
VASP licensing · Pre-MiCA frameworks
VASP License Crypto Explained — Pre-MiCA Frameworks to MiCA Migration
VASP (Virtual Asset Service Provider) registration was the dominant pre-MiCA EU crypto framework — AML-focused registration in Estonia, Lith…