Maria Tsoumita Thomas
Senior Legal & Compliance Counsel | Zurich
Maria (or Mania) is ISP Group’s Senior Legal and Compliance Counsel, bringing extensive cross-border legal and regulatory experience gained across Switzerland, Germany, and Greece.
At ISP, she advises the Group across compliance, regulatory and sanction-related matters affecting its activities. Before joining ISP, Maria held the role of Manager, Financial Services & Regulatory at KPMG, advising financial intermediaries on Swiss regulatory compliance; served as external Legal & Compliance Officer at Bank Hapoalim in Zurich; and contributed to a major compliance remediation program at Credit Suisse.
Mania began her legal career with traineeships at law firms in Berlin, before building over a decade of experience in private practice in Athens, advising and representing international clients on a broad range of commercial, corporate and intellectual property disputes.
Maria holds a Bachelor of Law from Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, including an exchange at Karl-Franzens University of Graz, and a Master of Laws (LL.M) from Humboldt University in Berlin. She is admitted to the Athens Bar Association and is fluent in English, German and Greek, with conversational French.
At ISP, she advises the Group across compliance, regulatory and sanction-related matters affecting its activities. Before joining ISP, Maria held the role of Manager, Financial Services & Regulatory at KPMG, advising financial intermediaries on Swiss regulatory compliance; served as external Legal & Compliance Officer at Bank Hapoalim in Zurich; and contributed to a major compliance remediation program at Credit Suisse.
Mania began her legal career with traineeships at law firms in Berlin, before building over a decade of experience in private practice in Athens, advising and representing international clients on a broad range of commercial, corporate and intellectual property disputes.
Maria holds a Bachelor of Law from Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, including an exchange at Karl-Franzens University of Graz, and a Master of Laws (LL.M) from Humboldt University in Berlin. She is admitted to the Athens Bar Association and is fluent in English, German and Greek, with conversational French.