·     Advanced expertise in legislative and regulatory drafting for defence sector (minimum 12 years professional legal experience, with at least 8 years in defence, export control, or strategic industries regulation);

·     Deep knowledge of EU defence law instruments:

  Directive 2009/81/EC on defence procurement and compliance mechanisms;

  NIS Directive (cybersecurity and critical infrastructure protection);

  Defence Readiness Omnibus and related EU defence policy frameworks;

  PESCO and collaborative defence development initiatives.

·     Mastery of international export control regimes:

  EU dual-use regulation (428/2009 and successors): control lists, licensing procedures, enforcement;

  Wassenaar Arrangement: participation requirements, control commitments, information-sharing obligations;

  MTCR (Missile Technology Control Regime): scope and applicability to defence technologies;

  Arms Trade Treaty: implementation and transparency requirements.

·     Proficiency in defence procurement law: understanding of public procurement procedures for defence equipment, NATO standards and interoperability requirements, security and classified information protocols in defence contracting.

·     Expertise in DTIB protection mechanisms: foreign ownership and control restrictions, technology transfer safeguards, critical infrastructure and supply-chain security, investment screening legal frameworks.

·     Knowledge of classified information protection and cybersecurity regulation: classification systems, access control, personnel security clearances, information compartmentalisation, cyber-security standards for defence-critical systems.

·     Capacity to design complex regulatory systems: establishing national defence company registers, designing and implementing production oversight and quality assurance mechanisms, creating export control licensing systems, structuring international cooperation legal frameworks.


·     Understanding of defence industry financing tools: direct public investment structures, R&D subsidies and grants, export credit guarantees, tax incentives, public–private partnerships, compliance with EU state-aid rules.

·     Demonstrated experience in legislative reform and inter-governmental coordination: experience drafting and shepherding major legislative packages through government and parliamentary processes, managing multi-stakeholder consultations, adapting international standards to national contexts.

·     Excellent written and verbal communication in English and ability to present complex regulatory concepts to diverse audiences (government officials, industry, international partners).

Note: The Defence Law Expert is the primary technical lead responsible for all substantive legal and regulatory design work on the project. The scope of activities may, when appropriate, be coordinated with a Cyprus Law Expert at various stages of the project, particularly for constitutional transposition and administrative feasibility assessment.