Christos Panayides
Senior Associate Advocate – Corporate, Commercial & Finance
Christos maintains a corporate, commercial and finance practice with a particular emphasis on shareholder arrangements, joint ventures, share transactions and real estate financing, drawing on more than eight years of Cyprus corporate practice and an LL.M. in Maritime Law from the University of Southampton.
He regularly advises companies, investors and financing entities on corporate structuring, company law matters and the acquisition, sale and restructuring of shareholdings, as well as on the security that sits behind lending and property transactions in Cyprus.
His work includes shareholders' agreements, share sale and purchase agreements, joint venture agreements, commercial contracts and real estate sale agreements, together with the related due diligence, filings with the Registrar of Companies and dealings with other public authorities.
Christos also advises on company incorporations, trusts, anti-money laundering and KYC compliance, and on court applications for share capital reductions, amendments to memoranda and company restorations.
Experience
- Advising on the restructuring of a Cyprus joint venture company and drafting a new joint venture agreement for its majority participant.
- Advising an offshore finance entity on its real estate financing transactions in Cyprus, including the structuring and registration of mortgages and related security.
- Drafting and negotiating shareholders' agreements for private companies, covering governance and the rights and obligations of the shareholders.
- Advising on and drafting share sale and purchase agreements, including due diligence and completion arrangements.
- Advising buyers and sellers on real estate transactions, including sale agreements, due diligence and the transfer of title at the Land Registry.
- Assisting clients with the incorporation of companies and the establishment of trusts, and with their ongoing corporate administration.
- Preparing court applications for share capital reductions, amendments to memoranda of association and the restoration of struck-off companies.
- Advising on corporate structuring and day-to-day company law matters, including AML and KYC compliance for high-value clients.