Costas Stamatiou

Partner, Limassol
T: +357 25 110141 | [email protected]

PRACTICE AREA

• Admiralty and Shipping
• Corporate and Commercial
• Litigation and Dispute Resolution

BIOGRAPHY

Costas has extensive experience in corporate, commercial, finance and shipping law matters and associated litigation. He has been a member of the shipping committee of the Cyprus Bar Association since 2010 and also acts as a visiting lecturer at a local university. He is a Licensed Insolvency Practitioner.

Languages: English, Greek.

Relevant experience

Advising on enforcement and insolvency proceedings including winding up applications, appointment of provisional liquidator, examinership and schemes of arrangement
Advising a leading international bank on the debt restructuring of a major Cyprus based ship owner and operator
Advising the receiver of a group of companies in relation to preferential payments and sale of assets
Acting for a client in multi-million debt recovery and ship arrest proceedings
Acting as local counsel of the Cyprus arm of a global container and logistics conglomerate and advising on disputes concerning the carriage of goods by sea.
Acting for a marine insurer in collision proceedings
Acting for a Swiss-based shipowner in relation to corporate and finance matters and registration of the fleet under the Cyprus flag
Acting for a bidder in the tender process for the privatization of the port of Limassol
Advising leading banks and financial institutions on finance, debt restructuring and securitisation
Advising on shareholder agreements and shareholder disputes
Advising in relation to commercial matters and disputes including the issuance of Mareva injunctions
Advising on white-collar crime including the tracing and freezing of assets
Advising in matters concerning financial institutions under special resolution

Career, skills and qualifications

Graduated in law from the University of Wales, UK, 2001
Admitted to the Cyprus Bar in 2004
Licensed Insolvency Practitioner since 2015
LLM Legal Aspects of Marine Affairs, University of Wales, UK, 2002
LLM European Law, Bristol University, UK, 2003
Frederick University Cyprus (Special Teaching Staff)

Publications

Awards

Band 1 for shipping by Chambers & Partners
Band 2 for dispute resolution by Chambers & Partners
Leading lawyer for financial and corporate category in IFLR1000
Leading individual for dispute resolution in Legal500

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