Christina Sofocleous

Christina Sofocleous is an Advocate and Head of the Corporate and Commercial Department at Andreas M. Sofocleous & Co LLC, one of the leading corporate and commercial law firms in Cyprus. The firm has been named Commercial Law Firm of the Year in Cyprus at the Corporate INTL Global Awards 2025, an honour that recognises the practice she leads and its standing among the country's most respected advisers to businesses and international investors.

She graduated in Law with Honours from the University of Kent and obtained her LL.M. with Merit from University College London, having also completed Russian language coursework at the Peoples' Friendship University in Moscow. Admitted to the Cyprus Bar in 2014, she went on to obtain the advanced Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission Certification in 2015 and its anti-money-laundering certification in 2020, and is registered in the Public Register of Certified Persons. She is a member of the Cyprus Bar Association and the International Tax Planning Association, and works in English, Greek, Russian and Spanish, reflecting the international character of the firm's clientele.

Her practice spans corporate and commercial law, banking and finance, tax planning, private funds, intellectual property and shipping law, together with the formation of Cyprus and offshore companies, Cyprus international trusts and corporate and administrative services extending to the UAE. As Head of the Corporate and Commercial Department, she sits at the centre of the firm's core offering, advising clients that range from individuals and privately held businesses to multinational companies on the establishment, structuring and day-to-day commercial affairs of their Cyprus operations.

Andreas M. Sofocleous & Co LLC is a full-service practice that has grown from a corporate law foundation to encompass banking and finance, litigation and dispute resolution, property, shipping, immigration and tax. Beyond legal work, the firm and its associated group companies provide company formation and management, secretarial, accounting and escrow services, and EU funding consultation, with operations extended to the UAE through an associated management services entity. This breadth allows the commercial team to coordinate legal advice with the administrative and compliance support that international clients require when doing business through Cyprus.

The recognition of Andreas M. Sofocleous & Co LLC as Commercial Law Firm of the Year in Cyprus at the Corporate INTL Global Awards 2025 reflects the depth of the department Christina Sofocleous heads and the firm's reputation for handling complex corporate and commercial matters. For companies establishing or expanding a presence in Cyprus, she offers a combination of technical qualification, cross-border awareness and integrated corporate services that positions the firm as a trusted partner for commercial legal work.