Motaher Chowdhury

Legal Consultant, Limassol 
T: +357 25 110159 | [email protected]


PRACTICE AREA 
• Corporate and Commercial

BIOGRAPHY

Motaher has considerable experience in advising international clients including private clients and entrepreneurs on transactions concerning corporate, company formation, commercial, tax planning and restructuring matters.

Languages: English, Bengali, Urdu, Hindi, Greek.

Relevant experience
  • Acted on behalf of an international food company in connection with the sale of a subsidiary to a UK investment fund
  • Supported the Irish legal advisers of one of the world’s leading food brands with the Cyprus aspects of transactions
  • Provided tax advice to a substantial international religious organisation
  • Assisted with financing of a hotel resort in Moscow
  • Provided advice, due diligence and documentation for merger of two Eastern European paints and adhesives suppliers
  • Provided legal advice and assistance with the establishment of representative entities for a US-based international travel company
  • Provided advice and documentation in relation to acquisition of a substantial shareholding in a large Romanian IT business
  • Involved in numerous legal due diligence exercises performed on Cypriot entities on behalf of global banks
  • Acted for a multinational sports betting and gaming group in relation to re-domiciliation of Cyprus entities to Isle of Man
  • Acquisition of a provider of home and office water solutions in South-Eastern Europe.
Career, skills and qualifications
  • Graduated in law from the University of Wolverhampton, UK in 2002
  • Postgraduate Diploma in Law,  Manchester Metropolitan University, UK, 2003
  • Barrister-at-Law, (Honourable Society of Gray’s Inn) UK, 2004
  • LLM International Business Law, University of Manchester, UK, 2011
  • ACCA (Cyprus Taxation) F6 module, Intercollege, Cyprus, 2013
  • Senior Associate since 2014
  • Speaks English, Bengali, Urdu, Hindi and Greek.
Publications
  • “Recent developments in Cyprus-India double tax avoidance agreement” published by International Law Office, March, 2014
  • “New decision on Cyprus-India double tax treaty” published by Mondaq, July 2014
  • Co-Author of “Taxation of International Shipping Activities – Cyprus-India Double Tax treaty”, published by Accountancy Cyprus, September 2014.
Awards
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