Mr Soteris Costa > STELIOS AMERICANOS & CO LLC > Nicosia, Cyprus > Lawyer Profile

STELIOS AMERICANOS & CO LLC
12TH DEMOSTHENI SEVERI AVENUE
6TH FLOOR
1080 NICOSIA
Cyprus

Work Department

Litigation & Arbitration, Corporate & Commercial, Mergers & Acquisitions

Position

Partner, Advocate, Head of the Litigation & Arbitration Department. He is currently heavily involved in and handles major corporate law disputes with an international element. At the same time, he assists and offers advice on many corporate and commercial-related projects.

Career

Mr. Soteris Costa studied law at the University of Exeter, England (LL.B and LL.M) and started practicing law in Cyprus in 2001, after obtaining the Cyprus Bar Association Qualification the same year. He joined our firm in 2010 and became partner in 2017.

Up to 2010 he was engaged primarily with litigation and dispute resolution thus acquiring excellent knowledge and practice experience as a litigator. After joining our law firm, he was given the opportunity to be involved in numerous corporate law projects, international banking and finance projects as well as mergers and acquisitions, and setting up complex joint-ventures and cross-border structures through the use of Cyprus vehicles, offering related advice to international clients on a daily basis.

This experience allowed Mr. Costa to get further involved in corporate litigation projects and gradually assumed the role of the Head of the Litigation & Arbitration Department. He is currently heavily involved in and handles major corporate law disputes with an international element. At the same time, he assists and offers advice on many corporate and commercial-related projects.

Languages

Greek, English.

Memberships

Cyprus Bar Association

Education

University of Exeter (LLM European Legal Studies), University of Exeter (LLB)

Leisure

Running, and Diving

Lawyer Rankings

Cyprus > Dispute resolution

Soteris Costa, Akis Koumas and George Constantinou jointly head up the practice at STELIOS AMERICANOS & CO LLC, which frequently advises on complex banking and security enforcement claims, in addition to other issues relating to asset tracing measures. The team is skilled at handling winding up and liquidation proceedings, as well as advising on the enforcement of foreign judgements and arbitral awards.