Panayiotis is a Director with the International Tax Services of EY Cyprus. He has completed the Cyprus Bar Association examinations and is admitted to the Supreme Court of Cyprus
Joined Ernst & Young in 2015 after a career in International Taxes in another Big4 firm in Cyprus. He is based in the Nicosia Office supporting the Limassol Office on a regular basis.
Panayiotis is a regular speaker in international tax seminars both in Cyprus and abroad
Responsible for the issuance of International Tax alerts and publications at EY Cyprus
He holds an LLB in Law from the University of Bristol, an LLM in European Law from the University of Leiden and an Advanced LLM in International Taxation from the International Tax Centre of the University of Leiden
Panayiotis participates as a Secretary to the Tax Technical Committee of the Cyprus Investment Fund Association (CIFA), which is responsible for the overview of the Cyprus tax regime of the Asset Management Industry and the monitoring of tax developments in the European and international asset management industry
Fluent in both Greek and English languages.
Experienced in tax advisory matters with a focus in international tax law.
Experienced in tax compliance engagements of Cypriot holding and financing companies.
Involved in projects relating to the structuring and the set‐up of alternative investment funds (AIFs) and fund management companies.
Panayiotis has more than 10 years of experience in Cypriot and international tax advisory matters.
Panayiotis has considerable experience in automatic exchange of information regimes and assisted companies in relation to requests in the context of bilateral tax agreements.
He has participated in engagements with Cypriot and Greek financial institutions in different FATCA and CRS engagements. Panayiotis’ clients in this field include major banking institutions and investment funds.
He has up to date advised Cypriot banking institutions in their DAC6 compliance initiatives. The services rendered include Impact Assessment, Training/Education, Design of policies and procedures, Recommendations on Governance Structure, Regulatory and Best Practices updates and Tooling solutions
He is designated as one of the DAC6 champions of EY Cyprus responsible for external DAC6 training and publications as well as delivery for internal trainings and education.
How Panayiotis is building a better working world
" My goal is to contribute in building a safe, inclusive and transparent environment in which a diverse team of tax professionals can operate. A diverse and multiskilled team that can share, promote, and discuss ideas is necessary in order to keep up with the never-ending developments in the field of tax.
Creating an environment where innovative solutions can flourish and people will be encouraged to share their perspective, is my way of building a better working world. "
