Soteris Pittas & Co LLC - Company Profile

SOTERIS PITTAS & CO LLC. is a boutique law firm, in size only, focusing on the areas of law related to business activity and dedicated to providing its clients with outstanding, highly personalized, legal representation.

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2. Company Profile SOTERIS PITTAS & CO LLC. is a boutique law firm, in size only, focusing on the areas of law related to business activity and dedicated to providing its clients with outstanding, highly personalized, legal representation. The lawyers and associates of the firm with their combined skills-set and knowledge can provide comprehensive legal solutions according to the clients’ particular business needs, requirements and objectives. We are committed to representing our clients at all stages of disputes, including negotiation, mediation, arbitration, and litigation, in order to secure just compensation and legal vindication. The Firm has close links and strong associations with reputable audit firms, private equity managers, and fiduciaries in Cyprus, Russia and the former CIS countries. We thank our clients for selecting our firm to represent them, and we will continue to work hard to provide them with top quality legal representation with the personal touch characteristic of a boutique law firm. www.pittaslegal.com Comprehensive legal solutions... Highly experienced and professional Private & Confidential
3. www.pittaslegal.com Soteris Pittas Managing Director Qualification: Law Degree from Athens University, Athens, Greece 1984; L.L.M. in Commercial and Corporate Law, LSE, London, 1988. Expertise: International Trade Law, Trusts and Equity Banking and Finance, Company, Corporate and Commercial Law (local and international), Stock Exchange, Capital Markets, Mergers and Acquisitions, Commercial and Criminal Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Arbitration, Admiralty. Professional Experience: Corporate Litigation Partner, Patrikios Pavlou & Co, Limassol, Cyprus 2002 - 2009. Corporate Litigation Partner, Andreas Neocleous & Co, Limassol, Cyprus from 1994-2002 Associate Advocate, Andreas Neocleous & Co, Limassol, Cyprus from 1988-1994. Memberships: Chartered Institute of Arbitrators of United Kingdom. Association of Fellows and Scholars of the Center for International Legal Studies of Austria International Bar Association Cyprus Bar Association The Association of Banking & Commercial Law Firms Publications: Co-author of the Cyprus chapter on 'International Execution Against Judgment Debtors’ by Sweet & Maxwell (1997) 'ENCYCLOPEDIA of COMMERCIAL LITIGATION’ by KLUWER LAW INTERNATIONAL (2000) 'INTRODUCTION TO CYPRUS LAW’ by ANDREAS NEOCLEOUS & CO (2000) (Co-author) 'Cyprus contribution in an International textbook concerning the extradition of Fugitives (2001). 'Cyprus Chapter on “Arbitration” by Global Arbitration Review. Languages: Greek and English
4. Practices THE FIRM’S PARTNERS AND ASSOCIATES have more than 25 years of vital industry experience and over the years have gained considerable exposure in both contentious and non-contentious aspects of Corporate and Commercial Law, Banking Law, Taxation Law, Shipping and Admiralty Law, Insurance and Re-insurance Law, Merger and Acquisitions etc. The lawyers of the Firm are specialized in dispute resolution of complicate and multi-jurisdictional commercial and corporate disputes and they have been involved in all major litigation disputes raised before Cypriot Courts. All work undertaken by the Firm is partner-led, with lawyers from respective departments, who are involved in the core areas of the law. Our area of practice include amongst others: • Corporate and Commercial Litigation • Admiralty and Maritime Law • International and Domestic Arbitrations • Corporate Law Services • International Business Transactions • International Tax Planning www.pittaslegal.com More information about our firm's practices and clients can be obtained from our website at: www.pittaslegal.com • Corporate and Commercial Litigation The lawyers of the Firm, have an extensive history of representing both, corporate and individual’s clients, in commercial and corporate litigation. We handle a wide range of commercial litigation, including breach of contracts, fraud and misrepresentation, partnership and shareholders disputes, corporate dissolutions, shareholder’s rights and derivative actions, construction disputes, commercial assets recovery, or “collection” cases, etc. Although, we are proud of our aggressive legal handling, we are very pleased with our friendly “boutique” approach to our Clients. We strive to make your problems, our problems and give them our utmost attention. • Admiralty and Maritime Law The Firm's partners and associates have more than 20 years of vital industry experience, and over the years have gained considerable exposure in both contentions and non-conventions aspects, of shipping law, advising on matters, ranging from cargo claims, to marine casualties, and from admiralty processes, to insurance law. The Lawyers of the Firm have acted in every area of shipping business. Our Clients include ship-owners and charterers, P & I Clubs, Shipyards, ship and bunker supply companies, ship and chartering brokers, freight forwarders, hull and cargo insurers, marine engineering companies, salvors etc. All work undertaken by the firm, is partner-led, with lawyers from the respective departments, who are involved in the core areas of the Law.
5. • International and Domestic Arbitrations We offer Clients, assistance, representation and advice, at all stages of the arbitration process. This includes pre-contentious negotiations, the conduct of arbitral proceedings, advocacy at trial, and the challenge and enforcement of arbitral awards. We also appear before Cyprus Courts, to prosecute or defend applications for interim measures, in support of arbitrations such as injunctions, attachments and orders preserving evidence. Our Lawyers have handled numerous arbitrations in a variety of different fora including the International Court of Arbitration, of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA), the Vienna Arbitration Centre and the Russian International Court of Arbitration (ICCA). We have also conducted numerous ad hoc arbitrations. Lawyers from our Firm, are authors of various publications and articles about arbitration and mediation and furthermore they serve as members of arbitration tribunals, in numerous multi-jurisdictional and complex disputes. In presenting and defending claims in arbitration, we draw upon the skills, which we have developed, handling complex business litigation, always mindful of the somewhat, less formal and procedurally different environment of arbitration. www.pittaslegal.com • Corporate Law Services We offer to our Clients, comprehensive legal advice and services, in general commercial and corporate matters, including: • Drafting of Commercial contracts; • Merger and acquisitions; • Corporate governance; • Strategic legal advice; • Registration and administration of Cyprus Companies; • Establishment and administration of International Trusts; • Incorporation of Funds – (Open and Closed) – and Collective Investment Schemes; • Legal Audits. Our Firm provides reliable, sufficient and professional services, to a wide range of Clients ranging from small enterprises to multi- national corporations. Our Lawyers are fully aware of the need for legal advice, and legal structures to be compatible with the needs of modern commerce, industry and finance. We strive to ensure that the solutions we provide, are cost effective.
6. • International Business Transactions Our Lawyers are uniquely positioned to advise multinational corporations and international investors, on the most complex cross- border business transactions. Our Lawyers regularly structure, negotiate and implement complex cross-border acquisitions, tender offers, joint ventures, private equity investments, workouts and restructuring, and commercial contracting relationships for Clients, around the world. We also handled equity and debt financing, and complex project and structured transactions. Our Lawyers provide Clients, with services tailored to meet their foreign transactional and operational needs. Our Lawyers have assisted, established and emerging companies, from a broad spectrum of industries, including banking, brewing, construction, engineering, high technology, information technology, manufacturing, mining, oil and gas, real estate, resort development, telecommunications and transportation. www.pittaslegal.com • International Tax Planning The Lawyers of our Firm have great experience in international tax planning, strategic consulting and wealth management. Our Lawyers provides tailor-made tax planning and management all over the world. All cross border transactions have a tax implication. Any presence in a foreign jurisdiction becomes more complex, often resulting in unforeseen tax liabilities or missed opportunities of mitigation. The application of double tax treaties is important for international companies because assist them in minimizing their tax burden and maximizing shareholder value. Our tax specialists can assist Clients covert tax traps for the unwary, into opportunities. They can meet the Cyprus and foreign tax sides of a Company’s business into a coherent tax and business strategy.