Elena Christodoulou is a specialist in corporate and commercial law, specialising in tax and EU law. Elena principally focuses on international and European tax law, particularly as regards state aid, and EU law generally, providing clients from diverse sectors with international tax advisory and business structuring solutions and advice on EU regulatory and compliance matters. International tax expertise gained from advising many blue-chip clients and high net worth individuals over the years.

Recent transactional highlights

• Hostile mandatory public takeover for a company listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange.
• Providing Cyprus tax advice on the tax treatment of a new alternative investment fund for limited number of persons (AIFLNP), the transfers of various valuable assets to the AIFLNP as well as the various income streams and operations concerning the AIF and its unitholders.
• Advising client in relation to the reimbursement of withholding taxes suffered in Austria in relation to dividends received from the client’s subsidiary, an Austrian entity listed in the Frankfurt stock exchange.
• Advising client on the offering of 130 million of Time Tokens to potential investors, via crowdfunding, through which the company would be raising an amount of USD24 million.