Firms Presentation 64, Agias Fylaxeos, Aristodemou Building, Office - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

firm s presentation
SMART_READER_LITE
LIVE PREVIEW

Firms Presentation 64, Agias Fylaxeos, Aristodemou Building, Office - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Firms Presentation 64, Agias Fylaxeos, Aristodemou Building, Office 302, 3025 Limassol, Cyprus Telephone: +357 25 745575 , Fax:+357 25 745525, E-mail: info@kourtelaw.com About the firm P. N. Kourtellos & Associates LLC provides a full


slide-1
SLIDE 1

Firm’s Presentation

64, Agias Fylaxeos, Aristodemou Building, Office 302, 3025 Limassol, Cyprus Telephone: +357 25 745575 , Fax:+357 25 745525, E-mail: info@kourtelaw.com

slide-2
SLIDE 2

About the firm

  • P. N. Kourtellos & Associates LLC provides a full

gamut of legal services to businesses and corporations

  • perating and investing in Cyprus. We are an

independent and dynamic law firm, one of the new generation of Cyprus law firms who are breaking ground and rethinking the practice and the substance

  • f law.
slide-3
SLIDE 3

Our Services:

  • Legal Services
  • International Arbitration & Alternative Dispute

Resolution

  • Complex Commercial/Corporate Litigation
  • Business Crime & Commercial Fraud
  • Financial Services Advisory and Counseling
  • Representation before Regulatory Authorities
  • Constitutional Law & Administrative Law
  • Real Estate & Property Law
  • Trusts & Asset Protection
  • Intellectual Property Law
  • Banking & Finance Law
  • Insolvency Law
  • General Corporate & Commercial Law
  • Mergers & Acquisitions
  • Corporate Fiduciary Services
  • Set up and administration of Cyprus Investment

Funds (ICIS & UCITS)

  • Fiduciary Services
  • Companies’ formation
  • Corporate management and administration
  • Provision of shelf-companies
  • Provision of registered office address
  • Provision of nominee corporate or individual

directors and shareholders

  • Company secretarial services
  • Company management and administration services

through appointed directors and company administrators

  • Opening and administration of bank accounts
  • International Trust Services
  • Custodian services
  • Liaising with the Registrar of Companies of Cyprus
slide-4
SLIDE 4

Overcoming the Financial Crisis in Cyprus

Following Greece, Ireland and Portugal, in 2013 Cyprus became the fourth country of the Euro Area to enter into an official borrowing arrangement with the rest of the Euro Area. Yet the Cypriot rescue was extraordinary, the most dramatic among the four. Following the March 2013 bail-in of large bank depositors and the subsequent crisis, Cyprus faces major challenges and risks during 2014 and 2015. The first challenge is to ensure financial stability and lift all capital control restrictions. Another challenge is to move fast with structural reforms, gain credibility in fiscal policy and ensure the recession ends by 2015. Representatives of TROIKA [ EU/IMF/ECB] have approved Cyprus’ bailout progress for the fourth time, saying that the government is on track and meeting fiscal targets for the first quarter of 2014 with considerable margin. With the new, 29th Decree on Restrictions of Banking Transactions, all continuing restrictions on transactions within the Republic of Cyprus were lifted, following the schedule of the relaxations road-map which had been agreed on August 2013. Limits on transactions carried out outside the Republic of Cyprus are still in force as per the last Decree; the Decree affecting International Banking Institutions has been re-issued with no changes as to the restrictions.

slide-5
SLIDE 5

Top Reasons to Invest In Cyprus:

Taxation

  • a) Cyprus offers one of the most attractive tax

systems in Europe. The country provides a simplified, effective and transparent tax regime that is fully compliant with the EU laws and regulations.

  • b) Dividend income for non Cypriots is tax fee.

Profits from overseas permanent establishments and profits from the sale of securities are exempt from

  • tax. Also, there is no withholding tax on dividend,

interest and royalties paid from Cyprus.

  • c) Most international transactions are exempt from

VAT.

  • d) Cyprus has a network of double taxation

agreements with more than 48 countries

Legal Framework

  • Pro-business, based on common law, Accounting and

Legal transparency

  • a) The legal system is based on the U.K. Common

Law principles and aligned with the EU laws and regulations (Acqui Communaitaire).

  • b) Cyprus provides quality legal services in areas

such as international law, corporate administration and management services. Most large legal firms are affiliated or collaborate with international law firms.

slide-6
SLIDE 6

Our Philosophy:

“Fa

Facta cta non

  • n Ver

erba ba”

  • The Latin phrase "Facta non Verba" constitutes our firm's motto meaning "Deeds not

Words". This quote encompasses our firm's philosophy in practicing the law and providing legal service to the client.

  • We have a sophisticated understanding of business and corporate law and the implications of

commercial and business litigation and we provide legal advice, counsel and aggressive litigation services and legal advice to individuals and corporations. Commitment to these principles enhances our reputation both within the judiciary, other lawyers and the clients. That is exactly what is offered by our law firm.

  • Our legal team specializes, among other, in complex commercial disputes with particular

focus on corporate disputes, business crime and commercial fraud. The recent years have seen

  • ur firm securing precedent-setting victories in the area of disclosure of information and

confidentiality, the tracing of assets, arbitration law and insolvency proceedings.

slide-7
SLIDE 7

Our Deeds: testimonial of our work

Commercial Litigation

  • Obtaining WFO/ Mareva type order (world-wide freezing order) against Cyprus and foreign companies under the

control of a major Russian group dealing with media and pictures distribution, subject matter in excess of USD 400m.

  • Handling before Cyprus Courts and obtaining on behalf of foreign entity on ex parte a world-wide Mareva injunction
  • ver the Defendants’ assets, Norwich Pharmacal type orders (disclosure orders) and Gagging orders against Cyprus

Bank based on fraud and conspiracy grounds and alienation of assets.

  • Successfully representing the Defendant-Respondent in respect to fraud and conspiracy claims raised by entities

affiliated to Rusal Group, a leading, global aluminum producer and one of the world’s major producers of alumina, and obtaining judgment against the use and/or an order preventing the use inside jurisdiction and abroad of confidential documents illegally obtained and/or disclosed on behalf of a Cyprus Bank. The judgment sets a case precedent in respect to the issues resolved.

  • Acting on behalf of the Defendant-Respondent in contempt proceedings relating to the jurisdiction of the Cypriot

Courts to issue disclosure orders (Norwich Pharmacal) following disclosure of a number of documents and information in accordance with the judgment in Avila Management Services Ltd e.a. –v-Frantisek Stepanek e.a. Civil Appeal 54/2012, 27/6/2012, (the “STEPANEK”) one of the very few adjudicated cases of this nature on appellate level. After hearing judgment delivered in favour of all the Defendants-Respondents the contempt proceedings therefore being dismissed and rejected.

slide-8
SLIDE 8

International Commercial Arbitration related disputes

  • Currently acting for he Receiver/Manager of a Cyprus Company, we have obtained a world-wide freezing injunction,

the main dispute to be referred soon to an LCIA Arbitration to be handled jointly by our firm and a UK based law

  • firm. Subject matter in excess of USD 110 m.
  • Advising and offering continuous support to a Cyprus Investment Firm, subsidiary of major Russian entity, in

relation to LCIA Arbitration proceedings along with Steptoe & Johnson of London, initiated against the company by Alliance Bank of Kazakhstan concerning the alleged misappropriation and/or breach of fiduciary duties seeking damages of Euro 500m. Attending the proceedings as an Expert Witness.

  • Representing and handling the LCIA proceedings on behalf of an Austrian company in respect to misappropriation of

assets and achieving settlement of the dispute before hearing.

  • Representing, along with an international law firm, the Claimant in shareholder dispute arbitration in London,
  • btaining interlocutory relief in Cyprus in aid of the arbitration proceedings. Subject matter in excess of USD 150

million.

  • Obtaining Norwich Pharmacal/Disclosure order in aid of LCIA Arbitration proceedings and in aid of Civil

proceedings in Israel. The disclosure order obtained is a hybrid order, the first of its nature in support of intended Arbitration proceedings.

slide-9
SLIDE 9

Corporate Finance & Investment Services

  • Continuing legal support and advising on various projects pertaining to financing and re-financing of companies

(drafting pledges, agreements, various instruments, opinions, corporate approvals and resolutions).

  • Advising and assisting in relation to security provided by Cyprus companies concerning the refinancing of subsidiary

companies in Russia, Austria and Poland.

  • Advising on the cross-border merger of Lithuanian based companies valued at EUR 30 million with a Cyprus based

company, involving drafting of necessary documents, review of Articles of Association, liaising with the Registrar of Companies for publication of terms of merger at the Cyprus Official Gazette and filing of all necessary applications before the Cyprus courts for the sanctioning and approval of the cross-border merger.

  • Advising and representation of various Cyprus Investment Firms (CIFs) before the Cyprus Securities and Exchange

Commission (Cysec).

  • Advising on matters related to Cyprus International Trusts settlements and asset protection vehicles.
slide-10
SLIDE 10

Awards Recognition

  • f our Firm’s expertise
  • Named as “Cyprus – Litigation Law Firm of the Year” by

Acquisition Finance Magazine (ACQ) at its ACQ5 Global Awards 2014.

  • Selected as “Commercial Litigation Law Firm” of the Year

2014 in Cyprus by Corporate INTL Magazine.