Mr Elias Neocleous > Elias Neocleous & Co LLC > Limassol, Cyprus > Lawyer Profile

Elias Neocleous & Co LLC is home to a tax team with established strength in supporting the firm with the development and implementation of innovative and tax-efficient structures for international transactions, as well as providing standalone tax advice to clients. The group’s workload includes advising on a broad spectrum of domestic tax matters and cross-border mandates, particularly relating to devising and implementing tax-efficient holding and finance structures for cross-border investments. Other key areas of instruction include tax litigation, assisting very high-net-worth-individuals with personal tax issues, and handling the tax aspects of employment matters. The department is co-led by Elias Neocleous and Kyriacos Xenophontos; Elena Christodoulou and Kyriaki Stinga are singled out for their contributions.

The ‘commercial, practical and very responsive’ team at Elias Neocleous & Co LLC garners praise for its ‘truly proactive approach’ and ability to ‘provide quick-fire advice under pressure’. Under the joint leadership of Elias Neocleous and Andrea Kallis Parparinou, it has an enviable position in the market for its strength in handling prominent public and private mergers and acquisitions, as well as complex restructurings, insolvencies, regulatory matters and corporate finance work. The group is also noted for advising on large cross-border matters for globally renowned corporates, high-net-worth individuals and ultra-high-net-worth individuals. Demetris Roti, Michael Pelosi and Costas Stamatiou are prominent names in the practice.

Elias Neocleous & Co LLC has an excellent reputation for acting on wide range of cross-border and local financial transactions. The group’s client base includes global commercial banks, investment banks and private equity funds, as well as hedge funds, asset managers, and government bodies. The team has considerable expertise in advising on asset-tracing measures through global financial markets. Demetris Roti heads up the practice, in which firm managing partner Elias Neocleous and Andrea Kallis Parparinou are prominent names. Dimitris Papoutsis has left the firm.