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Tasos Coucounis

Position

Executive Managing Partner

Expertise-Main Areas of Practice

Litigation & Arbitration, EU & Competition Law, Real Estate & Immovable Property Law, Investment Funds & Asset Management, Oil & Gas-Energy & Construction, Corporate & Commercial Law

Career

Tasos Coucounis is the Executive Managing Partner of the law firm.

He was the Vice-President of the Cyprus Land Development Organisation (2014-209).

He is a member of the Board of Directors of Hellenic Technical Enterprises Ltd since 2009.

He is a licensed Insolvency Practitioner in Cyprus since 2015.

Tasos was also awarded the Financial Services Regulatory Framework: Advanced Examination Qualification by the Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CYSEC) in September 2018, allowing him to advise clients on the Financial Services legal framework of Cyprus, including setting up investment firms and funds. 

Tasos is also a member of the New Technology Committee of the Cyprus Bar Association and has served also as a member of the Shipping Law Committee of the Cyprus Bar Association.

Publications

Tasos was the co-editor of the 8th and 9th and the main editor of the 10th Volume of “Rent Control Court Cases” in 2003, 2005 and 2010 respectively. He regularly publishes articles on many areas of law in newspapers and magazines.

Tasos is a regular speaker on Cyprus as an International Services Centre in many conferences abroad.

Languages

Greek, English, French, Italian

Memberships

Cyprus Bar Association (since 2000) Gray’s Inn Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators International Bar Association (IBA) Association Internationale des Jeunes Avocats (AIJA) Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP) International Tax Planning Association (ITPA) International Fiscal Association (IFA)

Education

King’s College London, United Kingdom

1994-1997

LLB Law

Inns of Court School of Law-CITY UNIVERSITY, United Kingdom

1997-1998

Barrister-at-Law

Postgraduate Diploma in Professional Legal Skills

Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium

1998-1999

Diplômé d’Etudes Specialisées en Droit Européen

European University Institute (EUI), Italy

2002

Diploma in European Union Law

Leisure

-Spending precious time with my wife and children-Visiting new places in Cyprus and abroad-Watching football

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