Areas of Practice
- Dispute Resolution & ADR
Marina Hadjisoteriou
Partner – Head of International Disputes
Marina Hadjisoteriou is a Partner and the Head of International Disputes at Patrikios Legal, a top-tier law firm in Limassol, Cyprus.
Her core areas of practice include asset recovery, cross-border commercial litigation, international arbitration, and insolvency.
She has significant experience in handling high-value, complex fraud and asset tracing cases, often involving worldwide freezing orders, disclosure orders, and gagging orders.
She is also well-versed in shareholder disputes, breaches of fiduciary duty, professional negligence, and obtaining recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments and arbitral awards in Cyprus.
Marina frequently acts for local and foreign liquidators, provisional liquidators, receivers, and bankruptcy trustees, and has successfully filed and defended liquidation and oppression proceedings.
She has authored various publications and she is often invited to speak at international conferences.
She is a member of the Cyprus Bar Association (CBA), an officer (Levant Regional Representative) of the Asset Recovery Committee of the International Bar Association (IBA), a member of the Steering Committee of IWIRC Europe (International Women’s Insolvency & Restructuring Confederation), a member of the board of directors of IWIRC Cyprus, a member of the board of directors of the Cyprus Arbitration Forum (CAF ) and the organising committee of CAD.
She is consistently recognised by leading legal directories. Marina is ranked by The Legal 500 EMEA as a Leading Partner and is also ranked by Chambers and Partners. She is recognised as a leader in asset recovery, commercial litigation, arbitration, and insolvency in Cyprus by Lexology (formerly Who’s Who Legal).
Peers and clients alike describe her as “one of the best dispute resolution practitioners in Cyprus”, someone who “crafts a legal case like a spider crafts his web”, “handles complex disputes across multiple jurisdictions well”, and “has an eye for business and is adept at spotting the issues quickly and understanding the commercial realities for her clients”. She is noted to be “very well-known far beyond Cyprus” and “a real asset for the firm.”
- BSc Accounting & Economics – First Class Honours (University of Southampton, Southampton, UK) 2007
- Graduate Diploma in Law (University of Law, London, UK) 2008
- Bar Vocational Course (BVC) (University of Law, London, UK) 2009
- Barrister-at-Law (Middle Temple Inn, London, UK) 2009
- Admitted to the Cyprus Bar, 2010
- Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (FCIArb) 2020
- Honourable Society of Middle Temple Inn
- International Bar Association (IBA)
- International Bar Association (IBA) Officer – Levant Representative of the Asset Recovery Committee
- Cyprus Bar Association
- Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb) – Fellow
- Cyprus Arbitration Forum (Director)
- IWIRC (International Women’s Insolvency & Restructuring Confederation) Europe (Member of the Steering Committee)
- IWIRC Cyprus (Director)
- Member of the Organising Committee of the Cyprus Arbitration Day (CAD)
- The Legal 500, 2025: Leading Lawyer – Dispute Resolution
“Marina Hadjisoteriou is a Cypriot dispute resolution practitioner with the solid profile that is very well known far beyond Cyprus. She is a real asset for the firm. We had a real pleasure of working with Marina: both, during the process and, of course, extremely pleased with the result that she helped to achieve.”
“In all the years of co-operation with Marina she has performed extremely well. She has a strong ability to draw reasonable assumptions and quickly gets to core issue. She has strong perseverance to achieve the successful outcome for the client. She possesses excellent communication skills and inspires confidence.”
“Marina Hadjisoteriou is highly experienced in international asset tracing matters. She is the first person I call when I have a difficult issue to resolve in Cyprus.”
“Marina Hadjisoteriou is charming, client-focused and a highly experienced litigator with great judgment”.
- Chambers & Partners 2025: Band 3, General Business Law–Dispute Resolution
“Marina Hadjisoteriou is a highly intelligent person with a deep legal knowledge. She is quick to understand the core points of the matter and is dependable and success-oriented.”
- Lexology 2025:
.Thought Leader – Asset Recovery
.Thought Leader – Commercial Litigation
.Recommended – Restructuring & Insolvency
.Recommended – Arbitration
Marina Hadjisoteriou
Marina Hadjisoteriou
Partner – Head of International Disputes
mhadjisoteriou@pavlaw.com
+357 25 871599
Area(s) of Practice
- Dispute Resolution & ADR
- BSc Accounting & Economics – First Class Honours (University of Southampton, Southampton, UK) 2007
- Graduate Diploma in Law (University of Law, London, UK) 2008
- Bar Vocational Course (BVC) (University of Law, London, UK) 2009
- Barrister-at-Law (Middle Temple Inn, London, UK) 2009
- Admitted to the Cyprus Bar, 2010
- Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (FCIArb) 2020
- Honourable Society of Middle Temple Inn
- International Bar Association (IBA)
- International Bar Association (IBA) Officer – Levant Representative of the Asset Recovery Committee
- Cyprus Bar Association
- Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb) – Fellow
- Cyprus Arbitration Forum (Director)
- IWIRC (International Women’s Insolvency & Restructuring Confederation) Europe (Member of the Steering Committee)
- IWIRC Cyprus (Director)
- Member of the Organising Committee of the Cyprus Arbitration Day (CAD)
- The Legal 500, 2025: Leading Lawyer – Dispute Resolution
“Marina Hadjisoteriou is a Cypriot dispute resolution practitioner with the solid profile that is very well known far beyond Cyprus. She is a real asset for the firm. We had a real pleasure of working with Marina: both, during the process and, of course, extremely pleased with the result that she helped to achieve.”
“In all the years of co-operation with Marina she has performed extremely well. She has a strong ability to draw reasonable assumptions and quickly gets to core issue. She has strong perseverance to achieve the successful outcome for the client. She possesses excellent communication skills and inspires confidence.”
“Marina Hadjisoteriou is highly experienced in international asset tracing matters. She is the first person I call when I have a difficult issue to resolve in Cyprus.”
“Marina Hadjisoteriou is charming, client-focused and a highly experienced litigator with great judgment”.
- Chambers & Partners 2025: Band 3, General Business Law–Dispute Resolution
“Marina Hadjisoteriou is a highly intelligent person with a deep legal knowledge. She is quick to understand the core points of the matter and is dependable and success-oriented.”
- Lexology 2025:
.Thought Leader – Asset Recovery
.Thought Leader – Commercial Litigation
.Recommended – Restructuring & Insolvency
.Recommended – Arbitration