Chris Georghiades

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Leaders in Law endorses Chris Georghiades as our exclusively recommended Commercial Law expert in Cyprus. If you wish to get in touch with Chris, please use the contact information provided above.

Chris has extensive experience of corporate and commercial matters, particularly in relation to company and business acquisitions and sales of both public and private companies, joint ventures, shareholder disputes, corporate reorganisations, insolvency, banking and taxation. He also advises on construction law, sports law, aviation law and administrative law.

He has assisted a number of entities including banks, captive and general insurance companies, offshore financial services companies, international funds and ship management companies to establish themselves in Cyprus and continues to advise them on corporate matters, tax and regulatory compliance. He has advised foreign financiers on a wide range of issues relating to foreign lending in Cyprus with respect to borrowings by the Cyprus government, government institutions and local companies.

Chris is playing a central role in the development of sports law in Cyprus and is currently a member of the International Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) in Lausanne, chairman of Judicial and Disciplinary Committee of the Cyprus Swimming Association and of Cyprus Sailing Association and President of the Anorthosis Famagusta Football Club.

Chrysses Demetriades & Co:

Chrysses Demetriades & Co. LLC is a Cyprus law firm providing a comprehensive range of legal services to local and international clients.We have been instrumental to the development of Cyprus as an offshore and international financial centre and are widely acknowledged as one of the leading law firms in Cyprus in the key areas of corporate activity.

We have long established relationships with many of the world’s leading international financial institutions, professional advisers and regulatory bodies, are consistently highly rated in independent research studies and regularly lead offshore league tables.

Our success is founded on our ability to provide practical, creative and cost-effective advice, combined with an uncompromising service commitment to our clients and a strong dedication to our lawyers, staff and the communities in which we practice.

 

Agis Agapiou

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Leaders in Law endorses Agis Agapiou as our exclusively recommended Acquisition Finance Law expert in Cyprus. If you wish to get in touch with Agis please use the contact information provided above.

Agis deals with commercial, company, taxation, banking and the acquisition of immovable property. He has participated and spoken in Business Seminars in Cyprus and abroad.

Agis was a Member of the House of Representatives (2001 to 2006), deputy chairman of the Standing Parliamentary Committee on Institutions, Merit and the Commissioner of Administration (Ombudsman), a member of the committees on European Affairs and on Legal Affairs and he represented the House in COSAC

Acquisition Finance Law Practice:

We advise major banks and other debt providers, as well as corporate borrowers and private equity investors in the structuring and documentation of leveraged buyouts, public-to-privates, bid financing, investment grade financing and other acquisition-related financing transactions.

Chrysses Demetriades & Co:

Chrysses Demetriades & Co. LLC is a Cyprus law firm providing a comprehensive range of legal services to local and international clients.We have been instrumental to the development of Cyprus as an offshore and international financial centre and are widely acknowledged as one of the leading law firms in Cyprus in the key areas of corporate activity.

We have long established relationships with many of the world’s leading international financial institutions, professional advisers and regulatory bodies, are consistently highly rated in independent research studies and regularly lead offshore league tables.

Our success is founded on our ability to provide practical, creative and cost-effective advice, combined with an uncompromising service commitment to our clients and a strong dedication to our lawyers, staff and the communities in which we practice.

 

Christos Mavrellis

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Leaders in Law endorses Christos Mavrellis as our exclusively recommended Capital Markets Law expert in Cyprus. If you wish to get in touch with Christos, please use the contact information provided above.

Christos is the Head of the Company & Commercial Department. He specialises in general corporate work, banking, capital markets and private equity transactions, as well as the tax aspects of such transactions. Christos has also acted domestically and internationally for many companies involved in debt restructuring and recapitalisation as well as working for administrators and liquidators on several high profile insolvencies.

Christos has been the Secretary of the International Tax Planning Association (I.T.P.A.), is a member of the Offshore Institute, founding member of the Mediterranean Maritime Arbitrators Association and is an associate member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators.

He has published numerous articles in international magazines and has presented various legal issues at international conferences and seminars. He is a member of the board of directors of Cypriot and foreign public companies as well as of many private limited liability companies.

 

Chrysses Demetriades & Co:

Chrysses Demetriades & Co. LLC is a Cyprus law firm providing a comprehensive range of legal services to local and international clients.We have been instrumental to the development of Cyprus as an offshore and international financial centre and are widely acknowledged as one of the leading law firms in Cyprus in the key areas of corporate activity.

We have long established relationships with many of the world’s leading international financial institutions, professional advisers and regulatory bodies, are consistently highly rated in independent research studies and regularly lead offshore league tables.

Our success is founded on our ability to provide practical, creative and cost-effective advice, combined with an uncompromising service commitment to our clients and a strong dedication to our lawyers, staff and the communities in which we practice.

 

 

 

 

Eleni Philippou

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Leaders in Law endorses Eleni Philippou as our exclusively recommended Immigration Law expert in Cyprus. If you wish to get in touch with Eleni please use the contact information provided above.

Eleni obtained her LLB (Honours) from the University of Nottingham in 2000 and obtained a Masters (LLM) in Commercial Law from the University of Sheffield with Distinction. She has been a member of the Cyprus Bar Association since 2002.

Eleni is the Managing Partner of Polycarpos Philippou & Associates LLC.

She heads the Conveyancing & Immigration Department and the Estate Planning & Probate Department of the firm. Her expertise also includes commercial agreements and corporate and trusts administration.

Eleni has extensive experience in Immigration and Conveyancing matters helping many private clients, including high net worth individuals, from non-EU countries to obtain permissions for Permanent Residency and Cypriot Passports from an EU member state through the investment schemes provided for in the relevant Cyprus Laws.

Eleni speaks English and Greek fluently and has a working knowledge of French and Spanish.

 

Nikos A. Rotsides

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Mr Nikos A. Rotsides received his LLB (Hons) in 2007 from the City Law School in London. In the same year he trained for the Bar Vocational Course at the Inns of Court School of Law and in 2008 he was called as a Barrister to the Utter Bar of England and Wales by Lincoln’s Inn.

During the same period Mr Rotsides accepted offers from City Law School and from Cass Business School and taught as a visiting lecturer Criminal Law and Business Law at a graduate and undergraduate level.

Mr Rotsides returned to Cyprus in 2008 where he has been practicing in private practice ever since. After practicing his first years as a general litigation practitioner he later focused exclusively in personal injury and medical negligence litigation.

In his years of practice as a Cyprus Lawyer he has handled a plethora of cases and has managed to achieve an excellent track record and a remarkable reputation amongst the public and his peers. In 2010 he handled a landmark case for Cypriot Courts where acting as head litigator in a €500 million dispute on behalf of the ultimate beneficial owner of a Cyprus International Trust involving property worldwide he managed to obtain a series of rarely issued worldwide Mareva injunctions providing for the protection of the Trust Property.

Mr Rotsides set up N. Rotsides & Co LLC in June 2011. Ever since Mr Rotsides has focused his practice in personal injury and compensation law and works together with clients that have suffered injuries in order to recover their fair compensation for their pain and suffering.

Stella Timotheou

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Stella Timotheou was born in Paphos in 1985. She has earned her Bachelor of Laws degree with Honours, from Middlesex University in London in 2006. She became a member of Cyprus Bar Association in 2008.

She joined the firm as an associated lawyer in 2008 and she is the managing Partner of M. TIMOTHEOU & CO LLC. Stella is the head of the Real Estate and Immigration Department of the firm which provides private clients assistance on acquisition of property, sale agreements, estate planning and administration, wills, probate, obtaining Cyprus Citizenship and Permanent Residency.

The Firm

Our boutique firm offers extremely effective and efficient legal services with extensive experience in numerous areas. Our firm specializes in Real Estate and Property law, assisting you with the purchase of a Property in Cyprus, Property and legal investment assistance for those who wish to obtain Cyprus Citizenship and Permanent Residency permits thought investment, Incorporation and Administration of Cyprus Companies and other jurisdictions and Fiduciary & Trustee Services.  We are proud to provide investors and businesses a safe pathway into Cyprus and Europe.

Our main priority is the expedient care and the satisfaction of both our local and overseas clients through achieving success as a result of our professionalism. We seek to provide our clients with comprehensive and efficient advice.

The firm was established in 1981 by its managing member Mrs Maria Tsolia- Timotheou. Throughout this period our office has achieved a reputation characterized by respect and integrity.

With over 20 years experience, our firm has attained an enviable client base, including Commercial Banks, Local and International Residents, Businessmen, Local and International Commercial Firms, Building Contractors, Developers and Electrical and Mechanical Consultants.

Our offices are located in central Paphos in an area with convenient accessibility to for the District Court in a new building with a pleasant ambiance for our solicitors and clients to confer in.