Elias A. Stephanou

Lawyer

Elias Andrea Stephanou is the founder of the Firm.He has been involved in criminal cases both as a prosecutor, representing the Attorney General of the Republic (2002-2008) as well as a defence lawyer (2000-2001 & 2008 onwards). Elias is regularly involved to the most notable and complex criminal cases, as well as represents the interests and provides criminal consultancy to high profile companies and individuals.

He has been the Treasurer of the Nicosia Bar Association, First Secretary and founding member of Transparency International – Cyprus, as well as member of various committees. He is a member of the European Criminal Bar Association and member of the Committee of Experts Government for International Fair Trials.

Elias is a visiting lecturer at the Law School of the University of Cyprus (Evidence Law). Furthermore, Elias’ academic experience includes regular lecturing of Criminal Law and Evidence Law at the Law School of the University of Nicosia, lecturing of Criminal Justice at the Open University, as well as speaker at the Police Academy regarding criminal law-oriented matters.

He has written a significant number of articles on Criminal Law and Justice, Constitutional Rights of Suspects, Investigation and Proof of Evidence.

Education

  • Bachelor of Law, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 1999
  • LLM in Criminal Law and Justice, University of Leicester, 2001
  • Doctor of Law (Cand.) on the “Admissibility of Illegally Obtained Evidence In the Criminal
    Case”, University of Cyprus