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

The banking and finance team at Patrikios Legal enjoys an excellent reputation for its work across the entire spectrum of local and international loan transactions. It regularly works on loan restructuring and financing projects. Under the leadership of Stavros Pavlou, it handles a range of multi-jurisdictional corporate financing matters for major banking and financial institutions, international law firms, and in-house counsel of large groups of companies. Additionally, the firm maintains a separate banking litigation department which represents banks in banking recovery work. The department also helps with the listing of companies on international stock exchanges. Stella Strati is another prominent member of the practice, along with Angeliki Epaminonda. Lia Iordanou Theodoulou left the firm in early 2025.

The ‘professional’ team at Patrikios Legal works on a broad array of local and international corporate and commercial matters. Areas of focus include handling multi-jurisdictional mergers and acquisitions, restructurings, and re-domiciliation in and out of Cyprus. The group frequently works on company liquidations, advises on trust formation, and on complex corporate governance issues. It is well-versed in IP matters too. The firm is continuing to expand its services in the UAE. Stavros Pavlou and Stella Strati are at the helm. Lia Iordanou Theodoulou left the firm in early 2025.

Stavros Pavlou, Stylianos Trillides and Stella Strati collectively lead the team at Patrikios Legal. It is vastly experienced in advising on all issues relating to immovable assets. It remains busy advising on the sale, acquisition and financing aspects of real estate. The team is adept at handling property disputes, and restructurings involving commercial and residential land and properties. The able team covers a host of issues relating to real estate developments, as well as frequently handling the legal aspects of debt-to-asset swaps. Its work encompasses drafting wills, obtaining probate, and working on estate administrations where there are property components.

The skilled team at Patrikios Legal is well-versed in all aspects of cross-border transactions. It advises international corporate entities, large groups of companies and HNWIs on the implementation of effective tax planning structures and tax disputes. The group is well-equipped to advise on the tax aspects of major restructurings, the execution of multi-million financing transactions and complicated loan restructurings. Stavros Pavlou and Stella Strati spearhead the practice, which is highly rated for its work on a variety of private client and trust law matters too. Angelos Onisiforou has considerable expertise in indirect tax and VAT matters.