About

Economou & Co LLC

At Economou & Co LLC, we seamlessly blend personalized service with unparalleled legal excellence. Our mission is to cultivate enduring relationships with our clients, ensuring every case is handled with meticulous care and dedication.

Our reputation for excellence is reflected in our impressive track record and comprehensive legal service capabilities, bolstered by strong commercial awareness. This has firmly established us as leaders in the legal field. We proudly serve some of the world’s leading international law firms, high-net-worth individuals, banking institutions, and multinational corporations.

Achievements and Expertise

Our stellar reputation is demonstrated through numerous high-profile recent successes:

  1. Securing a worldwide freezing order exceeding €500 million.
  2. Defending a high-net-worth client in a complex cross-border action involving claims of $135 million.
  3. Facilitating recognition of an LCIA arbitral award worth approximately €500 million.

Comprehensive Legal Services

Our unmatched expertise extends beyond dispute resolution. Key projects include:

  1. Advising multinational conglomerates on the implications of international sanctions.
  2. Conducting due diligence for major financial transactions and institutions.
  3. Advising banks on addressing significant instances of misconduct by former shareholders.
  4. Providing legal support to major payment institutions and ICT companies.

Each high-profile case underscores our leadership and exceptional capabilities in handling critical legal projects in Cyprus and beyond.

Leadership and Key Figures

Ioannis Economou

Ioannis is considered a stellar litigator with extensive experience in complex cross-border corporate and commercial disputes. His notable recent achievements include:

  1. Securing an unprecedented freezing order against a state in a multi-million-euro arbitral award recognition proceeding.
  2. Setting new precedents in criminal legal practice by applying for the first time in Cyprus the House of Lords' judgment in R. v. Preddy [1996] W.L.R. 255.
  3. Handling interim injunctions and complex disputes for hundeds of million.

Ioannis represents prestigious clients, including global financial institutions, high-tech conglomerates, private equity funds, international investment firms, and major companies across various sectors. He has a proven track record in multi-million-dollar international fraud and conspiracy cases, intricate contractual and shareholder disputes, and large-scale arbitration proceedings.

Beyond litigation, Ioannis advises on antitrust and competition, cross-border investment, restructuring, corporate insolvency, personal bankruptcy, receivership proceedings, legal capacity opinions, and due diligence reports.

Eleftherios Economou

Eleftherios completed his law studies at Queen Mary University of London where he was awarded the Cambridge University Press Prize i for academic excellence in competition law. Eleftherios has extensive experience in cross-border commercial and financial disputes and has led several significant litigation cases.

His impressive track record includes handling high-value international fraud and conspiracy litigations, fraudulent asset transfers, complex contractual and shareholder disputes, and major insolvency and arbitration proceedings. Additionally, Eleftherios has successfully managed defamation cases, including online defamation, effectively safeguarding clients' reputations from false and malicious statements.

Eleftherios also provides expert advice on corporate governance, intellectual property protection, commercial contracts, consumer protection compliance, antitrust and competition law, mergers and acquisitions. His comprehensive understanding of both contentious and non-contentious legal matters makes him a sought-after legal advisor.

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At Economou & Co LLC, our commitment to legal excellence, coupled with our comprehensive service capabilities and robust commercial awareness, has cemented our status as a leading law firm. We are dedicated to delivering exceptional outcomes for our clients, ensuring every legal challenge is met with unmatched expertise and dedication.

Memberships

  • Cyprus Bar Association
  • Famagusta Bar Association
  • International Compliance Association
  • Mediators' Registry (Ministry of Justice)