Mr Tasos Coucounis > Andreas Coucounis & Co LLC > Larnaca, Cyprus > Lawyer Profile
Andreas Coucounis & Co LLC Offices
9 ARCHBISHOP MAKARIOS III AVENUE, LAZAROS CENTRE
SUITE 101-104, PO BOX 40519
6305 LARNACA
Cyprus
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Mr Tasos Coucounis
Position
Executive Managing Partner
Expertise-Main Areas of Practice
Litigation & Arbitration, EU & Competition Law, Real Estate & Immovable Property Law, Investment Funds & Asset Management, Oil & Gas-Energy & Construction, Corporate & Commercial Law
Career
Tasos Coucounis is the Executive Managing Partner of the law firm.
He was the Vice-President of the Cyprus Land Development Organisation (2014-209).
He is a member of the Board of Directors of Hellenic Technical Enterprises Ltd since 2009.
He is a licensed Insolvency Practitioner in Cyprus since 2015.
Tasos was also awarded the Financial Services Regulatory Framework: Advanced Examination Qualification by the Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CYSEC) in September 2018, allowing him to advise clients on the Financial Services legal framework of Cyprus, including setting up investment firms and funds.
Tasos is also a member of the New Technology Committee of the Cyprus Bar Association and has served also as a member of the Shipping Law Committee of the Cyprus Bar Association.
Publications
Tasos was the co-editor of the 8th and 9th and the main editor of the 10th Volume of “Rent Control Court Cases” in 2003, 2005 and 2010 respectively. He regularly publishes articles on many areas of law in newspapers and magazines.
Tasos is a regular speaker on Cyprus as an International Services Centre in many conferences abroad.
Languages
Greek, English, French, Italian
Memberships
- Cyprus Bar Association (since 2000)
- Gray’s Inn
- Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators
- International Bar Association (IBA)
- Association Internationale des Jeunes Avocats (AIJA)
- Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP)
- International Tax Planning Association (ITPA)
- International Fiscal Association (IFA)
Education
King’s College London, United Kingdom
1994-1997
LLB Law
Inns of Court School of Law-CITY UNIVERSITY, United Kingdom
1997-1998
Barrister-at-Law
Postgraduate Diploma in Professional Legal Skills
Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium
1998-1999
Diplômé d’Etudes Specialisées en Droit Européen
European University Institute (EUI), Italy
2002
Diploma in European Union Law
Leisure
-Spending precious time with my wife and children
-Visiting new places in Cyprus and abroad
-Watching football
Lawyer Rankings
Cyprus > Employment
Led by Tasos Coucounis, the skilled team at Andreas Coucounis & Co LLC advises employers and employees on the full spectrum of employment matters. The group has an excellent reputation for assisting with employee rights and benefits, and has a solid track record in acting for clients before the labour tribunals. Recent instructions for the group include handling redundancies, social insurance issues, discrimination claims and collective agreements.
Cyprus > Commercial, corporate and M&A
At Andreas Coucounis & Co LLC, the team continues to advise multinational corporations with a presence in Cyprus on a wide spectrum of corporate and commercial matters, including restructurings. The client base includes large corporates, funds and individuals based in Europe, the Far East and Middle East. Practice co-heads Dimitria Coucouni and Tasos Coucounis are the key names.
Cyprus > Dispute resolution
Tasos Coucounis leads the ‘responsive and helpful’ team at Andreas Coucounis & Co LLC, which continues to work with several UK law firms to provide expert opinions and reports on Cypriot law. The group is skilled at handling a diverse range of contentious matters, with established expertise in advising on personal injury/package holiday claims, extradition proceedings and reports on conditions in local prisons. Alexandros Coucounis is a highly regarded practitioner.
Cyprus > Real estate and construction
At Andreas Coucounis & Co LLC, the versatile team has a solid track record in acting for real estate portfolio companies in Cyprus in matters involving the re-possession of properties arising from foreclosure. Other key areas of instruction include advising on the administration of estates of foreign and local individuals in Cyprus, property litigation and the sale and acquisition of residential and commercial properties. Tasos Coucounis and Dimitria Coucouni-Andreou are the practice heads.
Lawyer Rankings
- Dispute resolution Cyprus
- Employment Cyprus
- Real estate and construction Cyprus
- Commercial, corporate and M&A Cyprus