EUROPE Boutique Law Firm of the Year - Corporate & Commercial
SOTERIS PITTAS & CO LLC providing its clients with highly personalized legal representation for complex commercial & corporate contentious matters.
of a boutique law firm.
committed to representing clients at all stages of disputes, including negotiation, mediation, arbitration, and litigation, Headed by Soteris Pittas, who has over 25 years of experience in commercial & corporate litigation, the firm is
in order to secure the right compensation and legal vindication. companies in Russia and Ukraine.
The Firm has close links and strong associations with reputable law firms, private equity managers, and investment
Recent major cases assigned to Firm include: • Handling on behalf of the Russian Investment Group A1, for the enforcement of rights acquired by A1 over the 50% of the shares in the Russian publisher AST Group and obtaining ex parte interim relief ($50 million).
• Handling on behalf of a Cypriot Company owned by a large Russian energy company in objecting and defending a tax claim raised by German authorities against the Cyprus company of more than Euro 1.2 billion
and advising on, inter alia, the principles applicable for ascertaining the place of effective management or the place of central management and control of a company under Cyprus law (€1.2 billion).
• Handling on behalf of a Luxembourg Fund for the enforcement and registration of an ICC arbitral award amounting to €17.500.000 in Cyprus, and obtaining ex parte freezing order and the ex parte appointment of an interim
equitable receiver over assets beneficially owned by debtor.
• Handling on behalf of a Cypriot minority shareholder of the Ukrainian FRUNZE GROUP of Companies in an action filed in Cyprus to recover losses sustained due to abuse of rights by the Cypriot majority shareholders of the Ukrainian
Companies, obtaining ex parte freezing orders, and succeeding to dismiss jurisdictional objections raised by the local defendants ($150 million).
P.O.Box 53415 CY - 3302 Limassol Cyprus
Tel. +357 25 028460 Fax +357 25 028461 Email:
info@pittaslegal.com
www.pittaslegal.com is a boutique law firm, in size only, focusing on the areas of law related to business activity, and dedicated to
according to the clients’ particular business needs, requirements and objectives, always with the personal touch characteristic The lawyers and associates of the firm, with their combined skills-set and knowledge, can provide comprehensive legal solutions
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