The 'very professional, dedicated and expert' team at A.G Erotocritou LLC is praised for its ‘broad and deep knowledge of national and international finance’. Practice head Alexis Erotocritou has extensive experience in advising on banking and finance transactions and security structures. The team regularly works with leading international law firms, large local and international corporations and banks. The group continues to advise on the restructuring of large groups of companies. Grigoris Sarlidis has a particular focus on financial services matters, and acts for large international banks, investment firms, asset managers, funds and other market participants in the space.

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  • ‘The team has deep understanding of financial transactions and regulation, as well as commercial understanding of the related matters. Alexis Erotocritou is a brilliant lawyer, he is very commercially aware.’

  • ‘Working on projects with A.G Erotocritou LLC has been great, they were always proactive with consultations and guidance. The team has highly qualified people that are efficient and pay attention to the small details. We felt it was part of our team and we had a great rapport with all their members.’

  • ‘Grigoris Sarlidis -his knowledge of the legislation concerning the financial services has been a significant plus. He is exceptional in all aspects of legal advice and I always reach out when needed. He always finds the time and that was really appreciated.’

  • ‘Clear advice in often a difficult jurisdiction to navigate. Accessible, and strong connection with a major law firm in the UK meant that advice was also coordinated for cross-border projects.'

  • ‘Grigoris is outstanding for clear, pragmatic and precise advice. Compared to peers, he has good knowledge of his subject matter (cryptocurrencies and blockchain work) and does not then fill his advice with meaningless repetition of law/regulation. He cuts to the key issues that need answering, is clear about where the grey zones are, and offers practical risk adjusted advice on how to manage those issues.’

  • ‘Alexis Erotocritou is exceptional to work with, as with his experience, expertise and highly professional way of leading projects it is of great reassurance to have him on board as an adviser. It is of great pleasure to work with Maria Papatheodoulou, as her in-depth knowledge and thorough work is of most support to our cases.’

  • ‘Alexis Erotocritou - responsive, efficient, accommodating, pleasant to work with on a personal level. Grigoris Sarlidis - very punctual, efficient, able to work under pressure.'

  • ‘Alexis Erotocritou has the ability to think outside the box. Together with his wide experience, and deep knowledge, is what every client would wish for. He and his exceptional team, all UK qualified lawyers, are most responsive and always have their clients best interests at heart. Dafni and Grigoris are equally excellent lawyers and professionals.’

Key clients

  • Eureka
  • Cyprus Shipping Association
  • Gevorest
  • RPT Group
  • Primetel
  • Skywell Capital Partners
  • Kuehne + Nagel
  • Grecian Group
  • Johnsof
  • AAS
  • Match Trade
  • Iliaktida
  • Wojnar
  • Alibaba
  • Unicredit Bank
  • Ancora, sro
  • Equity – i
  • Orphanos Group
  • IKTINOS
  • CapitalXtend
  • Kitendo Capital
  • Tactics Group
  • Kaleide Property Group
  • AWS
  • JD Sports
  • Pandomus Group
  • Aksioma Tech
  • Finstella
  • Alter Domus

Work highlights

  • Advised on the local regulatory considerations pertaining to an investment in units of alternative investment funds, structured and facilitated through personal investment vehicles in Cyprus, worth more than EUR400m.
  • Advised one of the largest hotel groups on a global level on the acquisition of a hotel in Limassol, Cyprus.
  • Advised large banks, investment firms, assets managers, funds and other market participants in the financial services sector doing business in Cyprus on a range of banking and regulatory matters relating to financial services and products in Cyprus.

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Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Alexis Erotocritou

Other key lawyers

Grigoris Sarlidis, Maria Papatheodoulou, Dafni Loizou