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.
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‘Responsive and technically capable team. Excellent professionals and prompt in their work. Easy to work with.’
‘Professional and very to the point. Capable of delivering and executing the agreed work.’
‘Efficient and practical.’
‘The Patrikios Legal Banking and Finance Team is always professional and efficient providing practical advice. Always available and efficient in all their doings.'
'Very knowledgeable and experts in the Banking and Finance field. Definitely a team of lawyers from Patrikios Legal that go above and beyond.’
‘Stella Strati is a very professional and ethical lawyer, always on top of her work and her field. She always offers expert advice in a timely manner with excellent skills.'
'Mr Stavros Pavlou is the best in his field, offering a vast amount of knowledge.’
Key clients
- Bank of Cyprus Ltd
- Alpha Bank Ltd
- Eurobank
- Securities Lending Association
- International Capital Markets Association
- Chabrier Avocats
- MAP S. Platis
Work highlights
Facilitated an international financing transaction with a value of more than U$1bn, whereby a bank provided financing to a global group of companies operating in the natural resources and technology sectors.
Assisted a Cyprus professional trustee of a Cyprus international trust in relation to the banking relations with a Swiss Bank, along with Swiss counsel, to regain access to the bank account of the trust which was blocked by the bank.
Involved in the structuring of the financing documentation for a EUR 15m financing of an airline by private investors in the shipping and broker industries.
Lawyers
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Practice head
Stavros Pavlou
Other key lawyers
Stella Strati; Angeliki Epaminonda