Akis Koumas

Mr. Koumas is Senior Associate in our firm since October 2016. He specializes and has a considerable experience in litigation and advocacy with particular expertise and interest in contracts, commercial, corporate litigation, torts, company and banking law. He has also been involved in providing legal advice and representing banks in court, in cases related to matters which include among others credit facilities, receivers and managers, criminal complaints against banks, interpleader actions, CHF loans, garnishee proceedings, allegations of negligence and fraud against banks and other cases. Among his most notable and groundbreaking professional successes, Mr. Koumas has achieved the discharge of interim prohibitory orders against a bank and receivers and managers appointed out of court by the bank, under the terms of a floating charge and also the discharge of interim proceedings against a Cypriot bank by which the applicants sought to prohibit the bank from proceeding with foreclosure of their property. · STELIOS AMERICANOS & CO LLC

CyprusLitigation, Commercial Litigation

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Senior Associate at Stelios Americanos & Co LLC in Cyprus since October 2016, specialising in litigation and advocacy with particular expertise in contracts, commercial and corporate litigation, torts, company and banking law. Experienced in advising and representing banks in disputes including credit facilities, receiverships, interpleader and garnishee proceedings, CHF loans and allegations of negligence and fraud; notable successes include discharge of interim prohibitory orders and interim proceedings preventing foreclosure.

Practice areas

LitigationCommercial LitigationCorporate / M&ABanking & FinanceContractsTorts

Office

Cyprus

STELIOS AMERICANOS & CO LLC · Mr. Koumas is Senior Associate in our firm since October 2016. He specializes and has a considerable experience in litigation and advocacy with particular expertise and interest in contracts, commercial, corporate litigation, torts, company and banking law. He has also been involved in providing legal advice and representing banks in court, in cases related to matters which include among others credit facilities, receivers and managers, criminal complaints against banks, interpleader actions, CHF loans, garnishee proceedings, allegations of negligence and fraud against banks and other cases. Among his most notable and groundbreaking professional successes, Mr. Koumas has achieved the discharge of interim prohibitory orders against a bank and receivers and managers appointed out of court by the bank, under the terms of a floating charge and also the discharge of interim proceedings against a Cypriot bank by which the applicants sought to prohibit the bank from proceeding with foreclosure of their property.

Cyprus

Expertise

Banking disputesCredit facilitiesReceiverships and enforcementInterpleader and garnishee proceedingsCHF loan litigationInterim injunctions and prohibitory ordersCommercial and corporate litigation

Education

LLB (Law), University of Sheffield, 2006 (2:1)

Admissions

Called to the Bar of England and Wales (Inner Temple), 2008
Cyprus Bar Association (called 2010)