Philippos Aristotelous, Cyprus-based law firm strategist and former senior partner, photographed in a professional setting.

“The greatest risk in life is not taking one.”

With over 20 years in the legal industry — including as a senior partner — Philippos Aristotelous is a law firm consultant, executive coach, keynote speaker, and author

Philippos Aristotelous is a law firm consultant, executive coach, keynote speaker, and author based in Limassol, Cyprus, where he lives with his wife and their three children. Before building his consulting and coaching practice, he spent over 20 years in the legal industry — rising to senior partner and leading teams through growth, change, and the complex interpersonal dynamics that define life inside a law firm. That experience is what makes his work different. Philippos doesn’t bring law firm leaders a framework developed from the outside — he brings insights earned from the inside: as a former senior partner who has, over the past decades, sat alongside the managing and senior partners of some of the most reputable law firms in Cyprus, Greece, and Latvia, and who understands the pressures of firm leadership from the inside out. His clients are law firm founders and managing partners navigating the challenge that defines the second chapter of every successful lawyer’s career: how to build and lead a great firm, not just be a great lawyer.

He is a certified HRDA trainer, the author of two books built on the MARVEL framework, and a regular keynote speaker who has chaired panels and conferences including the BEST LEGAL Annual Conference, the ICPAC Mediterranean Finance Summit, International Bar Association tax committees, and sales conferences for global professional services organisations. He has also delivered seminars in coordination with the Cyprus Bar Association and ICPAC to hundreds of lawyers and professionals.

Legal Career Highlights

  • Senior Partner with Elias Neocleous & Co LLC (until May 2018)
  • Practising advocate licensed by the Cyprus Bar Association (until 2019)
  • Deputy Head of Human Resources (Lawyers Committee) 
  • Acted on the Board of Directors of Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP) (until June 2018)
  • Admitted as a barrister (Inner Temple) in England & Wales in 2004 (non-practising)
  • Graduated from the Inns of Court School of Law, City University (London), 2003
  • LLB, University of Kent, Canterbury, United Kingdom, 2003
  • Robert Kennedy College (Switzerland) Tax Course Graduate
  • Acted as a member of the International Tax Planning Association  
  • Acted as a licensed insolvency practitioner 

Awards / Accreditations

  • Ranked as Leading Lawyer for 2017 by IFLR 1000 in the areas of Financial and Corporate Law
  • Recommended by Legal500 for 2017 in the fields of Banking and Finance and Tax
  • Ranked as Leading Lawyer (Highly Regarded) for 2018 and 2019 by IFLR 1000 in the areas of Financial and Corporate Law

Often commented on by Leading Legal Rating Houses:

  • Philippos Aristotelous is a ‘safe pair of hands on complicated deals’ – Legal 500 (2018 edition) (Commercial, Corporate and M&A)
  • Philippos Aristotelous is ‘vastly experienced’ – Legal 500 (2018 edition) (Tax)
  • The ‘very quick’ Philippos Aristotelous also [has] an excellent reputation – Legal 500 (2017 edition) (Banking & Finance)

He is the published author of the book “The MARVEL of Engagement

Turning Passive Employees into Active Ambassadors” that has been described as “the concise bible of employee engagement theory and practice”

In a world where we are constantly connected those with the best people skills win. The Marvel of Engagement will teach you a set of practical and effective skills that will help you in every area of your life.

Stathis P. Stasis

The MARVEL of Engagement is a book that provides the concepts, the tools and the roadmap required by executives and managers alike to help them reach a calmer state of mind.

Xanthos Sarris

At last, a timely, thought-provoking and hopeful book for leaders on managing into the digital age. Well-structured and balanced with concepts, stories and practical tools for enhancing engagement.

Yangos Hadjiyannis

Written in a conversational style with stories and real-life examples to illustrate key concepts, MARVEL touches on the increasingly challenging topic of employee engagement providing insightful tips and practical tools.

Kyprianos Christofides

The book provides thought-provoking and fascinating insight into the challenging world of future-focused people management. It offers compelling concepts and highly useful tools for improving employee engagement.

Despina Panayiotou

Void of fluff or filler, Philippos Aristotelous cuts to the chase to provide a practical resource to help any leader turn her team of disengaged workers into ambassadors.

Kristin A. Sherry
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Unlock your greatness by tapping into your full potential.

Read more about the firms Philippos has worked with on the Client Engagements page — including Elias Neocleous & Co, Sorainen and Dr K. Chrysostomides & Co.

Where the story leads
The story became a model. The model became a practice.

What I went looking for after resigning became the MARVEL model and two books — and now one-to-one MARVEL coaching for busy law firm leaders: meaning, energy, values and fulfilment, for the person carrying the firm.

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