Business CrimeA.G. Erotocritou LLC advises individuals, businesses, financial institutions and international counsel on business and financial crime investigations, proceedings and asset recovery matters, with experience in cases involving multiple jurisdictions, substantial assets and sophisticated corporate structures.
Our practice is supported by the firm's leading Dispute Resolution credentials. A.G. Erotocritou LLC is ranked Tier 1 for Dispute Resolution in Cyprus by The Legal 500 and other directories, with the firm recognised for its work on high-value and cross-border commercial disputes, covering both their civil and criminal angles. The firm's practice is also ranked Band 1 by Chambers High Wealth, reflecting its extensive experience advising high-net-worth individuals and families on complex domestic and international matters.
Our practice covers:
Cross-Border Investigations & Mutual Legal Assistance: We assist clients and foreign counsels with the Cyprus aspects of international investigations and proceedings, including Mutual Legal Assistance requests, proceedings for obtaining and preserving evidence, orders for the search and seizure of assets, service of documents, proceedings for the recognition and enforcement of judgments and other forms of cross-border assistance. We regularly coordinate with international counsels, investigators, forensic professionals and other advisers where matters involve assets, individuals, companies or evidence across multiple jurisdictions.
Asset Tracing & Recovery: Our Business Crime practice is closely connected with our established expertise in asset tracing and recovery in complex cross-border civil and commercial litigation. We advise on strategies for identifying, preserving and recovering assets, including through civil and commercial interim relief and remedies, running alongside criminal or regulatory proceedings. The firm's expertise is strengthened, amongst others, by our partner, Andreas Erotocritou, who is the Vice Chair of the IBA Asset Recovery Committee and Cyprus representative of the International Academy of Financial Crime Litigators, and who has extensive experience in international asset recovery, fraud, enforcement, interim measures and complex cross-border disputes.
Extradition & White Collar Crime: We advise and represent high-net-worth individuals and companies in international investigations, extradition proceedings and white-collar and financial crime, including fraud, asset misappropriation, money laundering, corporate misconduct, breaches of fiduciary duties and other offences arising in a business or financial context.
We assist clients throughout the investigation and enforcement process, including in connection with arrest warrants, extradition requests and proceedings, asset tracing and recovery, and related civil and commercial claims. Our work also covers mutual legal assistance requests, cross-border cooperation, INTERPOL matters and assistance in seeking the removal or correction of INTERPOL notices and related international alerts. Our approach combines contentious and investigative expertise with the firm's broader capabilities in Dispute Resolution, Private Wealth, Banking & Finance, Corporate & Commercial and Regulatory matters. This allows us to address not only the underlying criminal investigations or proceedings but also the protection and recovery of assets and any related civil, commercial, enforcement or cross-border proceedings.
International Counsel: We regularly act as Cyprus counsel to international law firms and foreign investigators, forensic professionals and other advisers on cross-border business crime and asset recovery matters. Our experience, international outlook and boutique structure enable us to provide focused and specialised advice on complex and sensitive matters where confidentiality, urgency and effective coordination across jurisdictions are critical.
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