Elena Christodoulou

• Corporate and Commercial

• European Union and Competition Law

• Tax Law – Tax Planning and Advanced Business Structuring

Elena Christodoulou is a specialist in corporate and commercial law, focusing on tax and EU law. She primarily concentrates on international and European tax law, particularly in relation to state aid, as well as EU law more broadly. Elena provides clients from diverse sectors with international tax advisory services, business structuring solutions, and advice on EU regulatory and compliance matters. She has gained extensive international tax expertise through advising many blue-chip clients and high-net-worth individuals over the years.

Elena has successfully completed the second stage of the Advanced Diploma in International Taxation (ADIT). The ADIT is regarded as the benchmark for quality in international tax matters, and passing this stage brings her one step closer to becoming a fully qualified practitioner.

Cyprus Bar Assosiation

• 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.

University of Surrey, UK, 2010

University of Cardiff, UK, 2011

LLM in International Commercial Law