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
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,...
Lets’ talk Brexit! Is Cyprus an option for UK based financial firms?
With the current developments on a soft – article 50 (Treaty of Lisbon) based Brexit and talks taking place on a hard Brexit (following the Commons defeat of Theresa May's Brexit Withdrawal Agreement by a stunning margin of 230 votes on January 15), the FCA has...
Δικαστική διαδικασία κατά την επιβολή ευρωπαϊκής διαταγής διατήρησης λογαριασμού στην Κύπρο
Μέχρι πρόσφατα, ένας δανειστής με απαίτηση έναντι οφειλέτη που κατοικεί σε κράτος μέλος της Ε.Ε., έπρεπε πρώτα να ολοκληρώσει με επιτυχία μια αστική αγωγή κατά του οφειλέτη. Μόνο τότε μπορούσε να εκδωθεί ευρωπαϊκός εκτελεστός τίτλος βάσει του κανονισμού 805/2004 της...
Trademark Use vs. Freedom of Artistic Expression
In a high-profile trademark infringement case involving Moët Hennessey Champagne Services (MHCS) – owner of the famous Champagne brand Dom Pérignon – and a Belgian painter, the courts were asked to strike a balance between the right to property, including intellectual...
Collective Investment Schemes / Alternative Investment Funds – Amendments to the Cypriot Tax Laws
The House of Representatives passed legislation which amends the Cypriot Income Tax Law and the Special Contribution for the Defence of the Republic Law. The main purpose of these amendments is to encourage the establishment of funds in Cyprus and to attract foreign...
Taxation on offshore trusts: how can the UK ‘non-doms’ benefit as of 6/04/2017?
• Offshore trustees have to pay Income Tax (IT) arising on UK source assets; however, when UK bank interests and dividends from UK companies are held by the offshore trustees, they are exempt from IT provided that for that tax year the beneficiaries were not UK...
Τι αλλάζει επί του νομικού πλαισίου προστασίας προσωπικών δεδομένων από την 25.05.18
Σε μια εποχή ψηφιοποίησης του τρόπου του βίου του σύγχρονου ανθρώπου, τόσο σε επίπεδο οικονομικών συναλλαγών όσο και προσωπικής έκφρασης (μέσα κοινωνικής δικτύωσης κτλ), τίθεται επιτακτικά η ανάγκη περεταίρω θωράκισης και κατοχύρωσης του δικαιώματος της προσωπικότητας...
Inside peaks on unfair terms included in consumer CHF loan contracts
In September 2017 a case was referred to the ECJ by a Court of First Instance in Romania regarding the validity of certain terms included in a loan contract agreement entered by a Romanian couple with SC Banca Transilvania SA (C-627/15). Although the ECJ’s Advocate...
