Mr Stavros Pavlou > Patrikios Legal > Limassol, Cyprus > Lawyer Profile
Patrikios Legal Offices
PATRICIAN CHAMBERS
332 AGIOU ANDREOU STR.
3035 LIMASSOL
Cyprus
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Mr Stavros Pavlou
Work Department
Dispute Resolution & ADR
Position
Stavros Pavlou is the Executive Chairman of the firm. His practice areas include Commercial Litigation, Arbitration, Corporate, Commercial and M&A, Trusts & Asset Protection, Banking & Finance, Capital Markets, International Tax Planning, Restructuring & Insolvency and Real Estate.
Career
• Executive Chairman, Patrikios Legal, Limassol, Cyprus since July 2010 • Senior & Managing Partner, Patrikios Pavlou & Co, Limassol, Cyprus 2002-2010 • Managing Partner, Patrikios Pavlou & Co, Limassol, Cyprus 1993-2002 • Partner, Patrikios Pavlou & Co, Limassol, Cyprus, 1989-1993 • Advocate, Patrikios Pavlou & Co, Limassol, Cyprus 1986-1989
Languages
Greek (native) and English (fluent).
Memberships
• Honourable Society of Gray’s Inn • International Bar Association • Cyprus Bar Association • Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (Fellow of CIArb) • Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP) • International Tax Planning Association (ITPA) • Association of International Tax Consultants (AITC) • International Law Association (ILA) • International Council for Commercial Arbitration (ICCA) • London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA)
Education
Stavros Pavlou obtained a BSc Degree in Economics of Industry and Trade from the London School of Economics in the UK in 1983 and a Graduate Diploma in Law from City University in the UK in 1984. He was then called to the English Bar by Gray’s Inn in 1985 and he was admitted to the Cyprus Bar Association in 1986. He is a fellow of CIArb since 2017. Mr Pavlou is a very experienced litigator and handles complicated cross-border transactions involving international groups, banks and other organizations.
Lawyer Rankings
Cyprus > Tax
(Leading individuals)Stavros Pavlou and Stella Strati co-head the highly regarded team at Patrikios Legal, which has an established track record in assisting a client base of international entities, large groups of companies and wealthy individuals with a wide spectrum of tax matters. Key areas of instruction for the group include advising on the setting up of efficient tax planning structures, restructuring of shareholding structures, and tax issues arising from major mergers, acquisitions and corporate restructurings. It also has particular strength in advising entrepreneurs on tax planning and implementation of succession planning issues for their businesses and private estates, which often include cross-border elements, as well as handling the execution of high-value financing transactions in complicated loan restructurings.
Cyprus > Commercial, corporate and M&A
(Leading individuals)The practice at Patrikios Legal is recognised for its ability to provide ‘informed, commercial and pragmatic support’. The ‘ever responsive and solutions focused’ team is renowned for handling local and international corporate and commercial matters. Key areas of focus include advising on cross-border mergers and acquisitions, restructurings and re-domiciliation work in and out of Cyprus, as well as company liquidations, trust formations and complex corporate governance matters. At the helm are Stavros Pavlou and Stella Strati. Lia Iordanou Theodoulou is well versed in handling group restructurings and re-organisations.
Cyprus > Dispute resolution
(Hall of Fame)Patrikios Legal‘s dispute resolution practice is home to a ‘fearless and strategic team of civil litigators‘. The department is strong in all areas of dispute resolution, and regularly acts for public and private companies, multinational corporations, banks, entrepreneurs and private individuals in a broad range of matters. The team’s diverse workload includes shareholder disputes, interim orders, insolvency proceedings, and the recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments and arbitral awards. Stavros Pavlou and Chrysostomos Nicolaou are ‘incisive and efficient‘ practitioners; the duo jointly head up the practice, which also receives instructions from significant international law firms. Eleana Christofi fields experience in advising on domestic and international civil, commercial and corporate litigation cases.
Cyprus > Banking and finance
The ‘very cooperative and knowledgeable‘ team at Patrikios Legal is involved in local and international loan restructurings, financing projects and multi-jurisdictional finance work. Under the joint leadership of Stavros Pavlou and Lia Iordanou Theodoulou, the group handles a steady workflow from major banking and financial institutions, international law firms and in-house counsel of large groups of companies. The practice also houses a separate banking litigation department. Additionally, the team advises on the listing of companies on major stock exchanges such as the LSE, the AIM, the Irish Stock Exchange and the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, and is adept at assisting with secondary public offerings and initial coin offerings (ICOs). Stella Strati has established strength in advising private and public local and international companies on cross-border deals and securities issues.
Cyprus > Real estate and construction
The able team at Patrikios Legal advises on the full range of real estate issues. Property sale/lease contracts are a core strength of the group, as well as handling the establishment of complicated trust structures involving real estate assets, property litigation, and the legal aspects of debt to asset swaps. Restructurings involving commercial and residential land and properties are another key driver of work for the department. Stavros Pavlou, Stella Strati and recently promoted partner Stylianos Trillides collectively head up the practice.
Lawyer Rankings
- Banking and finance Cyprus
- Commercial, corporate and M&A Cyprus
- Dispute resolution Cyprus
- Hall of Fame Cyprus > Dispute resolution
- Leading individuals Cyprus > Commercial, corporate and M&A
- Leading individuals Cyprus > Tax
- Tax Cyprus
- Real estate and construction Cyprus