Areas of Practice
- Banking & Finance
- Capital Markets
- Corporate, Commercial and M&A
- Direct and Indirect Tax Law
- Dispute Resolution & ADR
- Private Client
- Real Estate, Trusts & Asset Protection
- Restructuring & Insolvency
Stavros Pavlou
Executive Chairman
Qualifications
Memberships
Recommendations
Sample Work
Qualifications
- BSc Economics of Industry and Trade (LSE, London, UK), 1983
- Postgraduate Diploma in Law (City University, London, UK), 1984
- Barrister at Law (Gray’s Inn, London, UK), 1985
- Admitted to the Cyprus Bar, 1986
- Trust and Estate Practitioner (Member of STEP)
- Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (FCIArb)
- Fellow of the Asian Institute of Alternative Dispute Resolution
- Practicing Barrister before the Dubai International Financial Center (DIFC)
Memberships
- Honourable Society of Gray’s Inn
- International Bar Association (IBA)
- Cyprus Bar Association
- International Bar Association, Regional Representative of the Litigation Committee for Middle East and Africa, 2024-2025
- International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) – Cyprus, Delegate to the ICC Commission on Arbitration and ADR, 2024-2027
- Dubai International Financial Center Courts (DIFC)
- Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP)
- Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb) – Fellow
- Asian Institute of Alternative Dispute Resolution – Fellow
- Cyprus Arbitration Forum
- Cyprus Arbitration and Mediation Center
- Association of International Tax Consultants (AITC)
- International Council for Commercial Arbitration (ICCA)
- London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA)
- AEA International Lawyers Network
- Global Advocaten
Recommendations
- Chambers & Partners 2024: Band 1, General Business Law–Dispute Resolution
and Band 2, General Business law - The Legal 500, 2024: Hall of Fame – Dispute Resolution, Leading Individual –
Commercial, Corporate and M&A, Leading Individual – Tax - IFLR1000, 2023: Highly regarded lawyer in Banking, M&A and Capital Markets
- Who’s Who Legal 2024: Global Elite Thought Leader – Asset Recovery and
Recommended – Commercial Litigation, Arbitration, Private Client and Real
Sample
Work
- Stavros Pavlou led a team of arbitration lawyers who participated in a hearing as co-counsel on behalf of a majority shareholder in a pending LCIA arbitration, handling the cross-examination of the counterparty’s expert witness.
- Represented the owner of a large project in an arbitration with the contractor with complex legal issues regarding termination of a construction contract.
- Appointed under the ICC as arbitrator in a contract dispute for a claim over 140 Million Euros.
- Acted as Co-Arbitrator in an arbitration between a hotel owner and the lessor on complex issues related to the lease agreement.
- Acting as co-arbitrator in a complex construction dispute between an owner and contractor involving a claim and counter claim including complex questions related to extension of time and quantum of damages.
- Acted as legal counsel to arbitrators in an international construction dispute offering opinions on service and due process.
- Acted as arbitrator in a construction arbitration involving claim and counter claim with regards to difficult issues of contractual interpretation.
- Acted as co-counsel in a dispute in the energy sector, under ICSID assisting a magic circle law firm in handling a successful dismissal of a claim against our client country for several billion.
- Acted as a co-counsel with a magic circle firm in two LCIA arbitrations involving disputes between shareholders of a group of companies with assets in Ukraine in access of 100 Million.
- Successfully handled a claim by a Vienna based client against the state of Ukraine for a breach of contract of supply of goods in excess of 400 million euros that was subsequently satisfied.
- Acted as expert witness before the LCIA court in an arbitration with a Subject matter in access of 700 Million Dollars on complex issues of jurisdiction and application of mandatory rules under the Rome I EU Regulation.
- Acted as expert witness in an LCIA Arbitration concerning a shareholders’ dispute and the right of the minority to obtain the purchase of their shares under Cyprus law.
- Acted as expert witness, on behalf of an EU state in an Arbitration involving a claim against it related to public procurement.
- Acted as arbitrator in a case concerning a multi-million dispute to a major infrastructure project in Cyprus.
- Acted as an arbitrator representing one of the largest international manufacturers and producers of industrial automation system with regards to a breach of contract of a sale purchase agreement for approximately 1 Million Dollars.
- Acting as Arbitrator in a large Construction Arbitration between the contractor and the developer of a large construction project worth more than 10 million euros.
- Successfully represented the Cyprus Republic as advocate in a large construction arbitration with the international contractors of a very large infrastructure project where the claim 2 / 3 was for €13.5 million.
- Successfully represented one of the largest international Banks in an arbitration in Cyprus for a claim of US$40 million.
- Acting as Arbitrator in a dispute between the owners and the managers of a very large resort situated in Paphos related to the termination of the management agreement.
- Assisted a Cypriot company debtor in filing a winding-up petition under Companies Law Cap.113 due to the company’s insolvency, while also securing an interim order to prevent alienation of pledged shares in a related breach of contract action. The company contested the petition, disputing the debt, with hearings scheduled for May and September 2024.
- Assisted a fund in enforcing Greek payment orders under EU Regulation 44/2001 by obtaining a Cypriot court order, annulling a fraudulent share transfer, and freezing assets for enforcement. Respondents have filed to set aside these orders, with a hearing pending.
- Represented the newly appointed liquidator in a complex 20-year liquidation, handling court proceedings to realize a key asset and successfully opposing the ex-liquidator’s attempt to stay his removal.
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Advised an ultra-high net worth individual on setting up a Cyprus International Trust for succession planning, including drafting documents, registering the trust, and transferring assets.
Stavros Pavlou
Stavros Pavlou
Executive Chairman
spavlou@pavlaw.com
+357 25 871599
Area(s) of Practice
- Banking & Finance
- Capital Markets
- Corporate, Commercial and M&A
- Direct and Indirect Tax Law
- Dispute Resolution & ADR
- Private Client
- Real Estate, Trusts & Asset Protection
- Restructuring & Insolvency
Qualifications
Memberships
Recommendations
Sample Work
Qualifications
- BSc Economics of Industry and Trade (LSE, London, UK), 1983
- Postgraduate Diploma in Law (City University, London, UK), 1984
- Barrister at Law (Gray’s Inn, London, UK), 1985
- Admitted to the Cyprus Bar, 1986
- Trust and Estate Practitioner (Member of STEP)
- Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (FCIArb)
- Fellow of the Asian Institute of Alternative Dispute Resolution
- Practicing Barrister before the Dubai International Financial Center (DIFC)
Memberships
- Honourable Society of Gray’s Inn
- International Bar Association (IBA)
- Cyprus Bar Association
- International Bar Association, Regional Representative of the Litigation Committee for Middle East and Africa, 2024-2025
- International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) – Cyprus, Delegate to the ICC Commission on Arbitration and ADR, 2024-2027
- Dubai International Financial Center Courts (DIFC)
- Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP)
- Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb) – Fellow
- Asian Institute of Alternative Dispute Resolution – Fellow
- Cyprus Arbitration Forum
- Cyprus Arbitration and Mediation Center
- Association of International Tax Consultants (AITC)
- International Council for Commercial Arbitration (ICCA)
- London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA)
- AEA International Lawyers Network
- Global Advocaten
Recommendations
- Chambers & Partners 2024: Band 1, General Business Law–Dispute Resolution
and Band 2, General Business law - The Legal 500, 2024: Hall of Fame – Dispute Resolution, Leading Individual –
Commercial, Corporate and M&A, Leading Individual – Tax - IFLR1000, 2023: Highly regarded lawyer in Banking, M&A and Capital Markets
- Who’s Who Legal 2024: Global Elite Thought Leader – Asset Recovery and
Recommended – Commercial Litigation, Arbitration, Private Client and Real
Sample Work
- Stavros Pavlou led a team of arbitration lawyers who participated in a hearing as co-counsel on behalf of a majority shareholder in a pending LCIA arbitration, handling the cross-examination of the counterparty’s expert witness.
- Represented the owner of a large project in an arbitration with the contractor with complex legal issues regarding termination of a construction contract.
- Appointed under the ICC as arbitrator in a contract dispute for a claim over 140 Million Euros.
- Acted as Co-Arbitrator in an arbitration between a hotel owner and the lessor on complex issues related to the lease agreement.
- Acting as co-arbitrator in a complex construction dispute between an owner and contractor involving a claim and counter claim including complex questions related to extension of time and quantum of damages.
- Acted as legal counsel to arbitrators in an international construction dispute offering opinions on service and due process.
- Acted as arbitrator in a construction arbitration involving claim and counter claim with regards to difficult issues of contractual interpretation.
- Acted as co-counsel in a dispute in the energy sector, under ICSID assisting a magic circle law firm in handling a successful dismissal of a claim against our client country for several billion.
- Acted as a co-counsel with a magic circle firm in two LCIA arbitrations involving disputes between shareholders of a group of companies with assets in Ukraine in access of 100 Million.
- Successfully handled a claim by a Vienna based client against the state of Ukraine for a breach of contract of supply of goods in excess of 400 million euros that was subsequently satisfied.
- Acted as expert witness before the LCIA court in an arbitration with a Subject matter in access of 700 Million Dollars on complex issues of jurisdiction and application of mandatory rules under the Rome I EU Regulation.
- Acted as expert witness in an LCIA Arbitration concerning a shareholders’ dispute and the right of the minority to obtain the purchase of their shares under Cyprus law.
- Acted as expert witness, on behalf of an EU state in an Arbitration involving a claim against it related to public procurement.
- Acted as arbitrator in a case concerning a multi-million dispute to a major infrastructure project in Cyprus.
- Acted as an arbitrator representing one of the largest international manufacturers and producers of industrial automation system with regards to a breach of contract of a sale purchase agreement for approximately 1 Million Dollars.
- Acting as Arbitrator in a large Construction Arbitration between the contractor and the developer of a large construction project worth more than 10 million euros.
- Successfully represented the Cyprus Republic as advocate in a large construction arbitration with the international contractors of a very large infrastructure project where the claim 2 / 3 was for €13.5 million.
- Successfully represented one of the largest international Banks in an arbitration in Cyprus for a claim of US$40 million.
- Acting as Arbitrator in a dispute between the owners and the managers of a very large resort situated in Paphos related to the termination of the management agreement.
- Assisted a Cypriot company debtor in filing a winding-up petition under Companies Law Cap.113 due to the company’s insolvency, while also securing an interim order to prevent alienation of pledged shares in a related breach of contract action. The company contested the petition, disputing the debt, with hearings scheduled for May and September 2024.
- Assisted a fund in enforcing Greek payment orders under EU Regulation 44/2001 by obtaining a Cypriot court order, annulling a fraudulent share transfer, and freezing assets for enforcement. Respondents have filed to set aside these orders, with a hearing pending.
- Represented the newly appointed liquidator in a complex 20-year liquidation, handling court proceedings to realize a key asset and successfully opposing the ex-liquidator’s attempt to stay his removal.
-
Advised an ultra-high net worth individual on setting up a Cyprus International Trust for succession planning, including drafting documents, registering the trust, and transferring assets.