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
Our take on estate planning for UK nationals and ex-pats in Cyprus
‘’At PAHALAW we strive to deliver tailor cut estate planning solutions for tax optimization, asset management and succession law purposes to protect our clients’ hard-earned savings while taking care of the stressful uncertainties of tomorrow ’’. Paris Hadjipanayis,...
Corporate substance for Cyprus Companies: a game changer as of 2019
In June 2017 Cyprus has become a signatory to the Multilateral Convention to Implement Tax Treaty – Related Measures to Prevent Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (“beps”). This instrument will effectively amend existing double tax treaties between the signatory...
Key actions to consider when restructuring for your UK real estate portfolio post 06/04/2017
As an immediate effect of the newly arrived Finance Bill 2017, in this article we analyze the effect of the rules concerning taxation matters for UK residential or non-residential properties to help investors and tax planners dealing with their client real-estate...
Ten things you need to know for curving the road towards a successful estate planning:
‘’At PAHALAW we strive to deliver tailor cut estate planning solutions for tax optimization, asset management and succession law purposes to protect our clients’ hard-earned savings while taking care of the stressful uncertainties of tomorrow ’’. Paris Hadjipanayis,...
PAHALAW & TITANUS WEALTH PLANNING business trip to UK for promoting tax & asset planning services to non-doms realized with success.
The joint venture created under PAHALAW’s initiative in promoting international trust and insurance related services to the UK’s non domiciles whose tax exempt treatment (income tax – capital gains and inheritance tax) shall be affected with the upcoming tax changes...
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...
Asset planning optimization for UK ‘non-doms’ (CIT & Insurance Wrapper Combo)
In order to obtain an even stronger structure for asset protection purposes, we propose a solution based on the combination of a Cyprus International Trust (CIT) and an Insurance Wrapper which is basically a life assurance policy (Proposed Solution). In accordance...
Tax changes for UK ‘non-dom’ residents leaves a time window open for asset planning till April 2017
Description: Changes to rules for non-UK domiciled clients represent a window of opportunity for financial advisers before April 2017. This opportunity comes from current legislation which allows non-domiciled clients to gift their asset of a life assurance or capital...
Electronic Money Institutions (EMIs) – Cyprus
Introduction The purpose of this Legal Briefing is to provide an overview of the legal, regulatory and operational framework relevant for Electronic Money Institutions (EMIs) established in Cyprus. The Electronic Money Law of 2012 (the “Law”) regulates the issue of...
Parliament voted yes to permanent property transfer fees and immovable property gain tax reduction
The implementation of the Lands and Surveys Department (Fees and Rights) (Amendment) (No 2) Law on the 14th July 2016 has made the reduction of the Property Transfer Fees by 50% permanent. The decision was taken following the pack of measures launched by the...
