Mrs Elena Christodoulou > Elias Neocleous & Co LLC > Limassol, Cyprus > Lawyer Profile
Elias Neocleous & Co LLC Offices
NEOCLEOUS HOUSE, 195 MAKARIOS III AVENUE, 1-5TH
LIMASSOL, CY-3030
Cyprus
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Mrs Elena Christodoulou
Work Department
Corporate and Commercial
Position
Senior Associate
Career
Elena is a specialist in corporate and commercial law, specialising in tax and EU law. Elena principally focuses on international and European tax law, particularly as regards state aid, and EU law generally, providing clients from diverse sectors with international tax advisory and business structuring solutions and advice on EU regulatory and compliance matters.
Elena’s experience is as follows:
- Advises trustees of Cyprus trusts on tax-effective structures for acquisition, holding and ultimate disposal of assets
- Advises international companies on advanced business structuring issues
- Hostile mandatory public takeover for a company listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange.
- Providing Cyprus tax advice on the tax treatment of a new alternative investment fund for limited number of persons (AIFLNP), the transfers of various valuable assets to the AIFLNP as well as the various income streams and operations concerning the AIF and its unitholders.
Languages
Speaks Greek and English
Memberships
Admitted to the Cyprus Bar in 2012
Education
Graduated in law from the University of Surrey, UK, 2010, having been awarded a scholarship for all three years
LLM in International Commercial Law, University of Cardiff, UK, 2011
Lawyer Rankings
Cyprus > Tax
(Leading associates)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.
Cyprus > EU and competition
(Leading associates)Brussels-based Nikos Korogiannakis and Nicosia-based Andrea Kallis Parparinou jointly head the practice at Elias Neocleous & Co LLC. The team’s key focus is in notifying the CPC of proposed transactions in order to obtain regulatory clearances. The group is also adept at assisting high profile international clients with implementing a wide range of EU directives, and counts contentious EU law matters, state aid issues, procurement matters and European grant and funding opportunities among its core strengths. The client base includes national government departments, European Commission directorates, and domestic businesses. Cyprus-based senior associates Ramona Livera and Elena Christodoulou are key practitioners.
Lawyer Rankings
- EU and competition Cyprus
- Leading associates Cyprus > EU and competition
- Leading associates Cyprus > Tax
- Tax Cyprus
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Banking and finance
- Commercial, corporate and M&A
- Dispute resolution
- Employment
- EU and competition
- Intellectual property
- Maritime and admiralty
- Real estate and construction
- Tax