Biography: Corporate Tax

Andreas Neocleous, who was born in 1939 in Paphos, Cyprus, is the founder and managing partner of Andreas Neocleous & Co, the leading Cyprus international law firm, with overseas offices in Moscow, Brussels, Budapest, Kiev, Prague and Sebastopol. He graduated from Athens University in 1964 and was admitted to the Cyprus Bar in 1965. He is a former member of both the Cyprus parliament and the Cyprus Bar Council and is currently a member of the Cyprus Bar Association and the International Academy of Tax Advisers. He is also a member of the Congress of Fellows of the Center for International Legal Studies and the Cyprus national reporter for the American Bar Association. He is vice chairman of the Mediterranean Maritime Arbitration Association and a board member of several major international companies.

Mr Neocleous is ranked as one of the leading lawyers of the world by reputable rating houses. His particular expertise lies in international corporate tax law and cross-border investments. His clients include banks and financial institutions, multinational corporations and high net worth individuals in Western and Eastern European countries and other jurisdictions.

His practice is focused on cross-border commercial, banking, arbitration, tax and corporate law.

Mr Neocleous frequently participates as a speaker at international conferences. He is the author of numerous contributions to leading law journals and publications, including the Cyprus chapter of International Tax Planning published by Longman, 2nd Edition (1991): he is co-author of Introduction to Cyprus Law by Andreas Neocleous & Co (2000) and of the Cyprus chapters of International Taxation of Low-Tax Transactions published by The Bureau of National Affairs Inc (1996); International Execution Against Judgment Debtors published by Sweet & Maxwell (1997); and International Banking Law & Regulation published by FT Law & Tax (1998).