Ellen Karakoussis.

About Ellen.

Ellen's experience spans income tax and state-tax advisory work and successful objections, transfer pricing advice and the intercompany agreements that document it, structuring for start-ups from inception to global expansion, establishing multiple managed investment schemes with full offer and governance documentation, and preparing the transaction layer: term sheets, loan agreements, shareholder and unitholder agreements.

At Neo Legal she works across the firm's tax practice in the corporate tax era: group structuring under the UAE regime, transfer pricing positions and documentation for multinationals with UAE entities, fund and investment-vehicle structures, and the tax planning that should travel with any relocation to the UAE, including the exit-tax exposure clients bring with them from their home jurisdiction.

Her second specialisation completes the picture for private clients: wills, estate planning and intergenerational succession, including family agreements across trust, partnership and corporate structures for large private groups. In the UAE context that work maps directly onto foundations, family constitutions and the succession documentation that keeps wealth structures durable across generations.

Frequently asked.

What does Ellen Karakoussis advise on in the UAE?
Ellen works across Neo Legal's tax practice in the corporate tax era: group structuring under the UAE regime, transfer pricing positions and documentation, fund and investment-vehicle structures, and the tax planning that should travel with any relocation to the UAE — including home-country exit-tax exposure.

Does Ellen handle succession and estate planning?
Yes — it is her second specialisation. She has advised large private groups on family agreements across trust, partnership and corporate structures for intergenerational succession. In the UAE context that maps onto foundations, family constitutions and the succession documentation that keeps wealth structures durable across generations.

What recognition has Ellen received?
She won the Taxation category at the Lawyers Weekly 30 Under 30 Awards in 2026, after being a finalist in 2022, 2024 and 2025 — recognition of a tax practice that pairs technical analysis with genuine transactional drafting. She also speaks Greek.