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Private banks, family offices and law firms have a process to complete before they can introduce a client. Rather than make them ask, we publish it — corporate standing, scope, conflicts, due diligence, insurance and complaints, in one place.
Last updated 6 August 2026
This page exists because the professionals who refer clients to us — private banks, family offices, wealth managers and law firms — have an internal process to complete before they can make an introduction. Rather than ask them to request that information, we publish it.
| Item | Position |
|---|---|
| Legal entity | Pelagos Private Office Ltd |
| Incorporation | Registered in England & Wales |
| Company number | Available on request |
| Registered office | 45 Albemarle Street, Mayfair, London W1S 4JL |
| Operational bases | Corfu · Athens · Paros · London |
| Advisers | Marcus Gondolo-Gordon, Founder & Principal Adviser (Corfu, Paxos and the Ionian) · Aristi Liakopoulou, Aegean Adviser (Athens Riviera, Paros and Mykonos) |
| Governing law | Client engagements are governed by English law |
| ICO registration | Available on request |
Pelagos Private Office is an independent advisory practice. We act for buyers of property in Greece, and for no one else. Being clear about the limits of that role matters as much as describing it:
We accept a deliberately small number of active briefs across the practice as a whole — not per adviser — and we will not act for two clients searching in the same location at the same price point simultaneously, whichever adviser holds each brief. Before accepting a referred client we confirm to the referring adviser that no conflict exists with an existing mandate; where one does, we decline the engagement and say why.
Any commission share offered to us by a seller-side party is either declined outright or disclosed to the client in writing and credited in full against our fee. We never accept an undisclosed payment from any party to a transaction in which we act.
We carry out identity verification and source-of-funds enquiry on every client before an engagement begins, and we maintain records of those checks. Where a client is introduced by a regulated firm that has already completed its own checks, we will accept reliance on those checks where it is appropriate and permitted to do so, and we will say so in writing.
Greek property transactions are additionally subject to due diligence by the acting notary and by the client’s Greek lawyer and bank, each independently of us.
Our supervisory registration position is confirmed in writing to any referring firm on request, together with our client due diligence procedure. Contact Marcus directly at hello@pelagosprivateoffice.com.
Details of our professional indemnity cover, including insurer and limit of indemnity, are provided in writing to clients and to referring firms on request.
Every mandate is governed by a signed Engagement Letter and our Terms of Business, which set out scope, fees, duration, confidentiality provisions, conflict policy and termination rights. Both documents, together with our full fee schedule, are provided before a client commits to anything — and we are glad for a client’s own lawyer, accountant or family office to review them first. See How We Are Paid for the structure.
Client briefs are held by the adviser responsible for the engagement and are not circulated. Every partner receives a written confidentiality undertaking before any client information is shared, and no introduction is made without the client’s explicit consent to that specific introduction. We publish no transaction records. Our full data handling position is set out in our Privacy Policy.
If something goes wrong, we would rather hear it directly and early.
A due diligence summary covering corporate standing, terms of engagement, confidentiality provisions, insurance, conflict policy and professional references is available directly from Marcus. It is sent the same day it is requested. See also For Professional Advisers.
If your compliance process needs something this page does not cover, ask for it directly. We would rather answer the question than have an introduction stall.
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