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Christopher Lytras
Managing Partner
Christopher is a dual qualified lawyer — Advocate (Cyprus) and Solicitor (England & Wales).
His practice covers a broad range of contentious and non-contentious matters with a multijurisdictional element.
He specialises in corporate & commercial, corporate finance, civil fraud, asset recovery, international arbitration, intellectual property, blockchain and tax.
Experience
- Advising an ultra-high-net-worth (UHNW) family on cross-border estate planning.
- Advising a leading international bank on the refinancing of a $50 million facility to a Cyprus group of companies.
- Advising a State-owned company in relation to complex corporate and finance matters.
- Advising a blockchain company for its ICO and IP rights.
- Advising a Magic Circle firm on the enforceability of a $2 billion scheme of arrangement in Cyprus.
- Acting for the Claimant in a multimillion-euro complex conspiracy claim, breach of trust and dishonest assistance claims.
- Acting for the Applicant and obtaining a €10 million Worldwide Freezing order and Chabra order, in support of arbitration proceedings.
- Acting for an eminent Russian client in a complex conspiracy/fraud claim of €300 million and successfully discharging a Worldwide Freezing order.
- Acting as an arbitrator in a series of complex commercial and contractual disputes.
- Acting for a HNW individual and successfully dismissing a $90 million Worldwide Freezing order and extensive ancillary disclosure orders.
- Acting for a UK company and successfully obtaining a post-judgment Norwich Pharmacal order along with ancillary gagging orders, to avail a complex multimillion fraud.
- Leading a multi-jurisdictional €2 million shareholder dispute relating to a global financial services company, involving claims of unlawful means conspiracy, dishonest assistance and fraud.
- Acting for the Claimant before an ad-hoc arbitration proceeding in Cyprus for a €2 million claim.
- Acting for a world-famous photographer in a copyright infringement claim and successfully obtaining an interlocutory prohibition order.
Publications
- Cyprus: Asset Tracing & Recovery — Legal 500 Comparative Guide, 2025/2026
- Cryptoassets Law Over Borders, Cyprus chapter — Global Legal Post
- Crypto Asset Tracing & Recovery in Cyprus (2024) — Mondaq
- Interim Injunctions in Romania and Cyprus — co-authored with Sarbu Partners
- Free-Standing Freezing Injunctions in Cyprus (2023) — Mondaq
