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George Mountis

Co-Managing Partner, Dr. K.Chrysostomides & Co LLC, Nicosia

George Mountis is the Co-Managing Partner at Chrysostomides Advocates & Legal Consultants and Head of the firm’s Litigation, Arbitration and Mediation department. He has a total of 19 years’ professional experience in various fields of commercial, banking, and corporate litigation, with particular expertise in shareholder disputes, commercial and corporate fraud, interim orders, liquidation proceedings and disputes in relation to international and domestic Trusts.

As a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (FCiArb) and an Accredited Mediator (CEDR), George has acquired significant experience in the area of arbitration, both as a legal advisor and counsel, as well as an arbitrator. He guides clients through all stages of the arbitral process, advising at the pre-dispute stage of drafting arbitration clauses and handling any disputes from the outset of arbitral proceedings (including the selection of the tribunal and all preliminary arguments), through to hearings. George is the Secretary of the Court and Registrar of the Cyprus Eurasia Dispute Resolution and Arbitration Center (CEDRAC).

He holds an LLB (Hons) from University of Kent at Canterbury, an LLM (Corporate & Commercial Law) from London School of Economics & Political Science and a Diploma on Economics of Competition Law from Kings College London.

11.45 - 12.45 PM

Monday 22nd May

Second Session - Applicable Laws and Appropriate Seats for MENA Disputes

Moderator

Shai Sharvit, Partner, Gornitzky & Co, Tel Aviv

Panelists

Agis Georgiades, Partner, Christos Georgiades & Associates LLC, Nicosia

George Mountis, Co-Managing Partner, Dr. K.Chrysostomides & Co LLC, Nicosia

Mahmood Hussain, Founding Partner, Mahmood Hussain Advocates & Legal Consultancy LLC, Dubai

Oleg Volodin, Partner, Resolut, Nicosia

Sabrina Aïnouz, Partner, Squire Patton Boggs, Paris