Demetris Roti
Elias Neocleous & Co LLCThe highly skilled and large team at Elias Neocleous & Co LLC advises on a broad array of challenging international, and local financial transactions. Managing partner Elias Neocleous and Demetris Roti co-head the department and are both based in Limassol. Clients include international law firms, leading Cyprus banks, global commercial and investment banks, as well as private equity funds and assets managers. It works with many HNWIs and government bodies too. The department has a wealth of experience in asset recovery work and counts several licensed insolvency practitioners among its ranks. It is well-placed to advise on asset tracing through financial markets worldwide. The firm has a specialised financial services offering and frequently advises on a whole host of regulatory issues. At the Nicosia office, Andrea Kallis Parparinou is highly regarded. Kyriaki Stinga and Michael Pelosi are among the other key members of the department.
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‘Elias Neocleous & Co LLC has a great business acumen and understands very well the wider framework and implications of transactions as well as interconnectivity.’
‘Michael has a strong knowledge and great ability to understand complexities and implications of legal steps. The advice he provides is clear, well-structured and goes to the point without unnecessary ballast.'
- 'Demetris Roti is very responsive and has the ability to find solutions to a plethora of legal issues in the field of banking and finance practice.’
Key clients
- Allwyn Entertainment Financing (UK) PLC
- Alpha Bank S.A
- Altamira Asset Management Limited
- Atterbury Europe B.V
- Avanti Communications Group PLC
- Bank of Cyprus
- Bloomberg
- CPI Property Group
- Credit Suisse
- Deutsche Bank AG
- Eurobank Greece and Eurobank Cyprus
- European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
- Hellenic Public Bank Company Limited
- HSBC Bank Plc
- International Finance Corporation
- JC Flowers & Co LLC
- Jordan Kuwait Bank
- KKCG Group
- Limassol Marina
- Lloyds Bank
- Mediterranean Hospitality Ventures Limited
- Optima Bank
- Prodea Investments Limited
- Raiffeisen Bank International AG
- Revolut
- Sabadell Venture Capital S.L.U
- VISA Europe Limited
Work highlights
- Advised and assisted a syndicate of lenders on the Cyprus law components of a EUR700m financing advanced to a private equity firm for the acquisition of a major stake in a global luxury goods supplier.
- Advised a European property development group on a EUR200m recapitalisation and refinancing of two shopping centres.
- Advised an international licenced betting company on the offering of EUR600m in senior secured notes in order to repay amounts under the group’s existing term loan facility, and to fund various corporate obligations and group restructuring.
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Elias Neocleous, Demetris Roti