Professional profile
George heads a team of lawyers at CP handling primarily complex, cross-border corporate disputes.
He is specialized in shareholders’ disputes, insolvency matters, oppression of minority claims, tracing actions, fraud and conspiracy claims and trust-related litigation.
He is regularly ranked and has authored a number of articles/ publications on Chambers and Partners.
Selected experience
- Successfully handled an application for recognition, registration and enforcement of an arbitration award (LCIA) in the context of which the applicant secured injunctions in aid of enforcement which were made absolute following a hearing.
- Successfully opposed an application for recognition, registration and enforcement of an arbitration award (LCIA) on the basis of a public policy argument.
- Successfully discharged ex parte freezing orders issued in the context of a shareholder dispute which purported to prohibit corporate actions being taken during the pendency of the trial.
- Successfully set aside an order for service outside the Cypriot jurisdiction of a civil fraud claim on the basis of an argument that the plaintiff had not provided sufficient evidence to show a prima facie good case against the foreign defendants.
- Successfully set aside an order for service outside the Cypriot jurisdiction of an application for recognition, registration and enforcement of an arbitral award against a sovereign state, on the basis of an argument that the applicant had breached its duty of full and frank disclosure.
- Successfully handled a recourse before the Administrative Court against a decision of the Competition Commission annulling the imposition of a multimillion euro fine.
- Successfully handled a recourse before the Administrative Court against a decision of the Competition Commission annulling the imposition of a multimillion euro fine, which was then affirmed by the Supreme Court of Cyprus.
- Argued a case before the Appeals Court involving a mandatory takeover bid of a publicly listed company.
- Is currently handling on behalf of the applicant spouse a multimillion-euro matrimonial dispute with elements of foreign law.
- Is currently handling an application for interim relief in aid of arbitration (ICC) and secured a worldwide ex parte freezing order against the respondents and chabra defendants.
- Currently represents a defendant in multimillion euro case involving allegations of breach of duty of a custodian and fraud allegations.
- Currently represents the applicant to an application for the recognition, registration and enforcement of an English judgment (post Brexit).
- Currently represents a plaintiff in a multimillion-euro recovery claim involving outstanding amounts under a licence agreement.
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