Paris Hadjipanayis
Paris is the managing partner of the Firm. His primary areas of expertise are corporate and taxation law, civil and commercial litigation, banking law and trusts.
He specializes in corporate and regulatory structures with an emphasis on SPVs for asset management and tax optimization purposes.
Paris has acquired extensive experience in the blockchain and technology industry and is advising both retail and institutional clients on CASP licenses, tokenization and portfolio management via corporate structuring.
Paris has led the court proceedings in Cyprus (in collaboration with a prestigious law firm in the UK) of a mass class action during 2013 – 2015 where he successfully represented UK clients on CHF – denominated (non performing) consumer loans against banking institutions and developing companies by litigating pre-trial jurisdictional and bad service matters as well as tortious and contractual offences on the merits via a vis consumers’ rights. Paris is advising on estate planning through corporate structuring with an emphasis on Cyprus International Trusts for high net worth individuals.
Articles by Paris Hadjipanayis
Asset protection of beneficiaries in Trusts against claimants
In this article we would like to analyze several key parameters related to the Chabra injunction. In essence it is a freezing order, granted under article 32(1) of the Courts Law L.14/60, but oposed to a Mareva injunction, it is directed to a third party which is not...
Rights of Landlords vis a vis statutory tenants
In this article we will focus on rights of landlords vis a vis their statutory tenants (tenants who have renewed the initial rental period in consensus with the landlord and continue to maintain, legally, possession of the property) according to the Rent Control Law...
Partnership Announcement: PAHALAW & XEROF
We are proud to announce a new partnership with XEROF, a Swiss regulated crypto friendly gateway for real estate and OTC exchange. XEROF is a VQF/ FINMA regulated crypto exchange brokerage in Switzerland and in collaboration with its custodian bank Maerki Baumann Co....
So, how is crypto taxed in Cyprus?
In this article we will be explaining various tax implications related to cryptocurrencies regarding the applicable tax regime in Cyprus in order to assist the public to grasp a basic idea of its tax exposure when submitting its annual tax returns whether on a...
CySEC issues license for Crypto Asset Service Providers “CASPs”.
With reference to the above-mentioned subject, we would like to bring to your attention the Directive (R.A.D. 269/2021) which has been issued by the Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (the “CySEC”) on the 25th of June, 2021 as per article 61E of the Prevention...
Immigration, Tax, Corporate & Regulatory aspects of cryptocurrencies in Cyprus
Cyprus as a full member of the EU is indeed a favorable jurisdiction to set up a Company for the purpose of such trading activities including crypto currencies due to its low corporate tax, being 12,5% on gross income annually. Companies can further take advantage of...
TAX OPTIMIZATION WHEN CRYPTO-TRADING IN CYPRUS. SHOULD I OPT IN?
At PARPARINOS & HADJIPANAYIS LLC, we constantly strive to be ahead of times and follow all regulatory, tax, banking and legislative developments across EU, worldwide and Cyprus to be in position to best advice interested parties while providing turnkey solutions,...
EU legal framework for Markets in crypto-assets & introducing stablecoins. What’s next?
The European Commission has recently issued a draft proposal [https://ec.europa.eu/finance/docs/law/200924-crypto-assets-proposal_en.pdf] for a potential and upcoming Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on Markets in crypto-assets (MiCA) with the...
Conversion of CHF mortgage loans within the EU is a fact. At what cost though?
In a recent high profile case (C-260/18) adjudicated by the first instance court of Warsaw, Poland, a preliminary question was forwarded to the European Court of Justice on the 03/10/2019 to decide on a number of questions regarding the effect of abusive consumer...
How Brexit will affect UK Trademarks’ use in the EU
The EU Trademark Regulation grants no express benefit to any trademark registered outside the European Union. Effectively, in the post Brexit era, UK national trademarks shall no longer enjoy protection from third-party counterfeiting, passing-off, unauthorized use,...
