About us
A modern, lean, and agile law practice specializing in banking & finance legal and regulatory matters, governance and negotiations. With a deep understanding of the financial industry’s needs and constraints, we strive to provide tailor-made, realistic, and technically excellent solutions.
Our mission
Focus on any and all legal and regulatory burdens so that you don’t have to! That way, you can concentrate on your core mission and run a profitable, growing business.
Founder
Néféli Roupakia is a seasoned legal professional with over a decade of international experience spanning law firms, consulting, and private banking. She brings a multidimensional perspective to legal and regulatory matters, underpinned by deep expertise in banking and financial regulation — including MiFID II, EMIR, SFDR, PSD2, GDPR, the AI Act, AML, and DORA.
As the Founder of Roupakia Law, she provides strategic, business-focused legal counsel to financial institutions, corporations, and professionals across jurisdictions. Néféli is also highly experienced in negotiation strategy and the extrajudicial settlement of complex disputes, helping clients reach effective resolutions with efficiency and foresight.
Dual-qualified in Luxembourg and Greece, Néféli combines legal rigor with a hands-on understanding of the financial sector’s operational dynamics. She holds a Crisis Management certification from ESSEC Business School and is a Certified Information Privacy Professional/Europe (CIPP/E).
She is actively involved in Luxembourg’s financial legal community as a member of the Financial Markets Technical Committee and the Advisory & Investment Services Working Group of the ABBL, as well as the Luxembourg Banking and Financial Law Association (ALJB). Through these engagements, she actively contributes to the evolution of regulatory frameworks and policy dialogue, reflecting her commitment to advancing best practices within Luxembourg’s financial community.
An experienced author and speaker, Néféli has contributed to legal publications and conferences on topics ranging from banking law and international private law to data privacy.
Fluent in English, French, Greek, and Italian, she supports an international client base with clarity, responsiveness, and a results-driven mindset.
Expertise
-
The ever-growing regulatory landscape is sometimes hard to keep up with. Not to worry, we’re here for you!
We can: effectively conduct and assist you with gap analysis, implementation and remediation projects; update your policies and procedures; review client documentation; create and provide tailor made regulatory road maps and trainings.
-
We strongly believe that the extrajudicial settlement of disputes is the best way to resolve a conflict. We would be happy to negotiate on your behalf in order to help you avoid time-consuming, lengthy, psychologically exhausting and costly trials.
Nevertheless, if your counterparty is not willing to settle on a mutually beneficial agreement, we will, of course, ferociously defend your interests in court!
-
We know how tiring it is to review and negotiate lengthy agreements. We will do it for you while ensuring that your interests are preserved.
Want to include clear and intelligible language in your contractual documents? Leave that to us!
-
Need to better understand the impact of any laws and regulations on your business or need help with their interpretation?
Want to enter in a negotiation or a pre-litigation phase with serious back up and substantiated arguments?
We’ve got you covered!
Contact us
Contact us today to schedule a consultation or to inquire about our services. We strive to deliver prompt and effective solutions to your legal concerns.