Mrs Stella Strati > Patrikios Legal > Limassol, Cyprus > Lawyer Profile

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.

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.

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.

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.