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Harneys is an offshore law firm present in Cyprus. The firm was established in 1960.

 

Focuses / specialisms

The firm’s financial and corporate practice is among the strongest in Cyprus. It is involved in complex, international financings and is often selected by large corporations as local counsel for their high-level acquisitions. The practice also features a pre-eminent investment funds team and a full-service regulatory team. 

 

LC Law Stylianou & Associates is a Nicosia based boutique Cypriot law firm.

 

Focuses / specialisms

The firm is focused on financial and corporate with 80% of its work being in this aera.

Recently the firm has worked on mandates in the banking, capital markets and M&A space.

 

 

Kaimakliotis is a Cypriot boutique law firm. The firm was formed in 2016.

 

Focuses / specialisms

The financial and corporate practice has a distinct emphasis on corporate and M&A, joint ventures, corporate restructuring and general corporate advisory.  

 

G C Hadjikyprianou & Associates is an independent Cypriot boutique commercial law firm. The firm operates offices in both Nicosia and Athens.

 

Focuses / specialisms

The firm’s financial and corporate support capabilities are extensive. It is often seen on banking, corporate (both general corporate support and M&A) and regulatory engagements.

 

E Papandreou & Co is a Cypriot boutique business law firm formed in 2009. The firm’s offices are based in Nicosia.

 

Focuses / specialisms

The firm handles a variety of corporate matters, with strengths shown in re-domiciliations, cross- border mergers and funds. The firm is also well known for its work on the liquidation of companies. 

 

 

 

 

With a history extending back to 1981, Dr K Chrysostomides & Co is one of the largest and most prominent law firms in Cyprus. The firm’s offices are in both Nicosia and Limassol.

 

Focusses / specialisms 

Banking has been a key practice area for the firm ever since its foundation. A sizeable percentage of the firm’s work in the space focuses on financing transactions. Another key focus area is advice to three credit institutions in Cyprus which are carrying out banking business in the country. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Incorporated in January 2020, E Ioannides & Associates is a Cypriot boutique law firm focused on commercial work. 

 

Focuses / specialisms  

Within financial and corporate the team’s focus areas have been in M&A and financing transactional work.  

The firm often advises start-ups and has been especially active in the Cypriot real estate, pharmaceuticals and software development sectors. 

 

 

Marilou Pavlou Christodoulides is a full-service premier law firm based in Nicosia.

 

Focusses / specialisms 

The firm is active in Banking and M&A. It often works as local counsel on international deals with international law firms. The firm was founded and currently led by Marilou Pavlou, a UK qualified solicitor. 

 

 

  

 

Pamboridis was founded in 2003 in Nicosia. The firm has offices in Nicosia, Cyprus, Athens and Greece with 12 lawyers and around 20 staff members. 

 

Focuses / Specialisms 

The firm has broad expertise in corporate, commercial, shipping and international serving a range of local and global clients. 

M. Hadjitofi is a boutique Cyprus law firm, founded by Margarita Hadjitofi. 

 

Focuses / Specialisms 

The firm is known for its expertise in capital markets, mergers and acquisitions, and corporate law with a strong focus on transactional work. 

Nicoletta Kouvara & Partners, also branded as Aptus Legal, was established in 2021 and currently led by managing partner, Nicolleta Kouvara. 

Focuses / Specialisms 

The firm focuses on a range of financial and corporate law matters including banking, corporate and M&A, intellectual property, real estate, construction and financial services. 

Clerides, Anastassiou, Neophytou was founded in 2008 and located in Limassol. 

Focuses / specialisms 

The firm has extensive financial and corporate experience ranging from advice in corporate and commcerial law, private equity deals, capital markets and litigation and dispute resolutions matters. 

Antoniou McCollum has its headquarters in Nicosia and is led by managing partner Christina McCollum. 

Focuses / Specialisms 

The firm has a focus advising on a range of financial and corporate law matters including M&A, private equity, capital markets and financial regulatory matters. 

Chryssafinis & Polyviou was founded in 1903 by N.G. Chrussafinis, making it one of the oldest law firms in Cyprus. The firms main office is located in Nicosia, a network of other offices are located in Limassol, Larnaca and Paphos. 

Focuses and specialisms. 

The firm offers comprehensive advisory and litigation services covering banking and finance, corporate and commercial law and regulatory advice. 

George Z. Georgiou Associates is a full service law firm headquartered in Cyprus with a branch located in Limassol. The firm was founded in 2005 and is led by managing partner George Z Georgiou. 

Focuses and specialisms 

The firm has extensive expertise in domestic and international law, focused on dispute resolution and consultancy. 

Michael Chambers & Co is a full-service firm with an office in Limassol.

Focusses / specialisms 

Being a full-service firm, Michael Chambers & Co has multiple focuses, especially in the financial and corporate practice area. It represents companies in corporate and acquisition financing, as well as refinancings. The firm also works on M&A transactions and restructuring and insolvency matters.

Established in 1920, full-service firm Pelaghius Christodulou Vrachas has over 100 years of expertise. It maintains one office in Nicosia and is a part of the Globalaw network.

 

Focusses / specialisms 

The firm’s financial and corporate law is focused on banking, capital markets, M&A and restructuring work. It has experience working on all sides on a transaction. In M&A, the team works with buyers and sellers. Shipping is a popular industry for the firm, but it also regularly advices in numerous other industries.

 

Michael Damianos & Co is a full-service Cyprus law firm established in 2010 and based in Nicosia. 

 

Focusses / specialisms 

The firm’s financial and corporate practice is focused on commercial, corporate, M&A, banking and finance, and energy. Most of the firm’s work comes from referrals from international law firms on which the firm advises as local counsel on international transactions. Also, the firm is frequently instructed by local companies across various sectors on their local banking and corporate/commercial work. 

 

 

 

AGPLAW | AG Paphitis & Co. LLC is a full-service law firm founded in 2006. The firm has its offices in Limassol and has a formidable presence in London and Dubai

The firm advises on a wide spectrum of local and cross-border corporate and financial deals where it focuses on acquisitions, financings and licensing matters. It often works for clients in the financial services and technology sectors. 

 

Highlights 

 

The firm advises on a wide spectrum of local and cross-border corporate and financial deals where it focuses on acquisitions, financings and licensing matters. It often works for clients in the financial services and technology sectors. 

 

 

Based in Limassol, AG Erotocritou is a boutique with 15 legal professionals all with US or UK legal experience.

 

Focusses / specialisms

The firm’s expertise lies in financial sector where it acts for banks and financial services on financing, restructuring and insolvency and acquisitions in Cyprus. 

The firm is also strong in multi-jurisdictional restructuring and insolvency cases and acts for both the debtors and creditors.

 

Elias Neocleous & Co LLC
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Elias Neocleous & Co LLC is among the largest firms in southeast Europe and the Eastern Mediterranean, with more than 140 lawyers and other professionals. All are English-speaking and members of staff speak most European languages, as well as major Asian languages. The firm is generally regarded as a regional leader, with a particular forte in cross-border work. It advises international clients on all aspects of Cyprus and European law and handles the largest and most demanding cross-border assignments, strategic public and private mergers and acquisitions, and corporate reorganisations and restructurings.

The firm acts for leading companies across Europe, Asia, USA, South America, China, Israel, and the Middle East. This includes multinational enterprises and corporations, banks and financial institutions, global technology and communications firms, energy companies, consulting firms, governmental/semi-governmental bodies, private equity funds, credit agencies, HNWIs and UHNWIs. The firm is committed to continuous investment in its human resources and its infrastructure to provide clients with service of the highest quality.

Antis Triantafyllides & Sons
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Our law firm, one of the oldest in Cyprus, provides extensive legal services to corporations, institutions, government entities and high-net-worth individuals, with its main practice being corporate and banking/finance law, and also boasting one of the country’s strongest litigation teams. Our highly trained lawyers and legal consultants create a blend of local expertise with an international outlook, providing comprehensive advice to domestic and international clients.

Ioannides Demetriou
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Ioannides Demetriou LLC is a top-ranked, full-services commercial law firm at the forefront of the Cypriot legal services market. In our ranks we have lawyers recognised as leading individuals in their chosen fields.

Our corporate law team has unrivalled experience and has advised on some of Cyprus’ largest business deals to date. Our domestic client base includes some of the island’s largest corporations which operate and conduct business in all areas of the commercial spectrum, public and semi – public bodies, local banks, trade unions, public and private foundations, universities, building contractors, government concessionary holders and a host of local commercial enterprises considered leaders in their fields. The government of the Republic of Cyprus entrusts the firm’s lawyers to advise on international contracts, sit as arbitrators in disputes involving local government contracts and to head public enquiries. The foreign client base is equally enviable. Many of the largest and most reputable international law firms choose Ioannides Demetriou LLC as their preferred firm to work with in Cyprus. Our foreign client base includes foreign governments, multinationals, large corporations and private individuals conducting business in multiple jurisdictions.

Our firm’s practice in the field of banking & finance and corporate and M & A is very extensive with unprecedented and in-depth experience. We have been acting as lead counsel in Cyprus in many of the most important banking, syndicated and other financing structures for projects in the country and also in financing projects in many other countries involving Cyprus corporate vehicles or otherwise related to Cyprus. We currently act as senior local law firm of major Cypriot and international banks operating in Cyprus, advising on all major corporate and banking transactions, buy-outs and on all compliance and regulatory requirements, including drafting and advising on all relevant documentation (e-banking, retail, MiFID, PSDII, depositary services agreements, term loan and syndicated lending, securities etc). Similarly, work undertaken in the corporate and M & A department constitutes some of the most preeminent legal matters conducted in Cyprus in the recent years, including corporate restructurings of major enterprises in the country.

Soteris Pittas & Co
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SOTERIS PITTAS & CO LLC is a boutique law firm, in size only, focusing on the areas of law related to business activity and dedicated to providing its clients with outstanding, highly personalized, legal representation.

The lawyers and associates of the firm with their combined skills-set and knowledge can provide comprehensive legal solutions according to the clients’ particular business needs, requirements and objectives. We are committed to representing our clients at all stages of disputes, including negotiation, mediation, arbitration, and litigation, in order to secure just compensation and legal vindication. We have a petite, however, very experienced team in the M&A department. We provide due diligence reports, issue legal opinions, review and draft various corporate documents depending on the deal in question i.e., shareholders agreements, memorandum and articles, investment agreements, pledges, escrow agreements, SPAs etc., We have wide experience in complex transactions including escrow, both with the monetary and documentary elements.

The Firm has close links and strong associations with reputable audit firms, private equity managers, and fiduciaries in Cyprus, Russia and the former CIS countries.

We thank our clients for selecting our firm to represent them, and we will continue to work hard to provide them with top quality legal representation with the personal touch characteristic of a boutique law firm.

Michael Kyprianou Law Firm
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Founded in 1991 in Nicosia, Michael Kyprianou & Co LLC has grown over the years to become one of the leading law firms in Cyprus, with offices in Nicosia, Limassol and Paphos. In addition, the firm has developed internationally over the years and currently counts eleven offices in nine countries – Nicosia, Limassol, Paphos in Cyprus, Athens in Greece, Dubai in the United Arab Emirates, Kiev in Ukraine, Birkikara in Malta, London in the United Kingdom, Frankfurt in Germany Tel Aviv in Israel and Warsaw in Poland.  Across its offices, the firm employs over 115 people, 60 of whom are qualified lawyers.

It is a top-ranked firm and firm of choice in Cyprus for many major international law firms based in London and Europe a and, over the years, the firm has acted in a large number of complex cross-border projects. The quality of its lawyers, its size and its international affiliations enable it to produce excellent results on a consistent basis.

Patrikios Pavlou & Associates
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With a remarkable legacy, Patrikios Legal proudly celebrates 62 years of delivering exceptional legal services. Established in 1963 our firm has evolved into one of Cyprus' largest and most successful law firms.

We are a top-tier, multi award winning law firm, with significant expertise in the local and international legal marker, offering services in a wide spectrum of practice areas. Throughout our journey, we have consistently demonstrated unwavering commitment, exceptional service, and dedication to our clients. Our team of proficient lawyers specializes in providing comprehensive legal solutions for national and international matters. With an esteemed network of associates and a strong client portfolio worldwide, we have earned numerous accolades and recognition for our top-tier services.

As we mark this significant milestone, we reaffirm our pledge to continue delivering unparalleled legal services, innovation, and professionalism and to actively contribute to society. Our core principles are the provision of continuing value, quality, respect, integrity and professionalism towards our clients and associates. Our 62-year journey is a testament to our unwavering pursuit of excellence in the ever-evolving legal landscape.

Harris Kyriakides
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Established in 1976, Harris Kyriakides is a law firm with over 50 years of continuous growth and excellence, having evolved into one of the largest and most respected law firms in Cyprus. The firm’s development has consistently been grounded in integrity, professionalism and the pursuit of the highest standards, while remaining dynamic and responsive to clients’ evolving needs through the adoption of modern practices and technology.

The firm comprises 34 lawyers and over 60 professionals in total. It is structured across 16 specialised departments, including administrative and public law; banking and finance; competition, procurement and regulatory; corporate and commercial advisory; corporate dispute resolution; data protection and cyber law; debt collection; intellectual property; insurance and personal injury; private client (trusts, funds, estate and matrimonial); private client (citizenship and residence); real estate; employment; sanctions, anti-corruption and AML; shipping and admiralty; and tax.

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Deal Name Deal Date Firm Name Jurisdiction Deal Type Lawyer Names Client Names Client Role
Atrium Finance Ltd - Bond Issue
2021-02-01
Appleby
Cyprus
Bond issue
Atrium Finance Ltd
Issuer
Interpipe Holdings plc (Cyprus) - Bond Issue
2021-05-01
Avellum
Cyprus
Bond issue
Interpipe Holdings plc (Cyprus)
Issuer
Atrium Finance Ltd - Bond Issue
2021-02-01
A&O Shearman
Cyprus
Bond issue
Atrium Finance Ltd
Issuer
Atrium Finance Ltd - Bond Issue
2021-02-01
Clifford Chance
Cyprus
Bond issue
Morgan Stanley, Deutsche Bank, HSBC, Raiffeisen Bank SA, ING Bank, Citigroup
Underwriter
Interpipe Holdings plc (Cyprus) - Bond Issue
2021-05-01
Linklaters
Cyprus
Bond issue
Interpipe Holdings plc (Cyprus)
Issuer
Interpipe Holdings plc (Cyprus) - Bond Issue
2021-05-01
Mouaimis & Mouaimis
Cyprus
Bond issue
Interpipe Holdings plc (Cyprus)
Issuer
Interpipe Holdings plc (Cyprus) - Bond Issue
2021-05-01
Sayenko Kharenko
Cyprus
Bond issue
JP Morgan Chase, Goldman Sachs
Underwriter
Interpipe Holdings plc (Cyprus) - Bond Issue
2021-05-01
Latham & Watkins
Cyprus
Bond issue
JP Morgan Chase, Goldman Sachs
Underwriter
Interpipe Holdings plc (Cyprus) - Bond Issue
2021-05-01
Pestalozzi
Cyprus
Bond issue
Interpipe Holdings plc (Cyprus)
Issuer
Atrium Finance Ltd - Bond Issue
2021-02-01
SA Evangelou & Co
Cyprus
Bond issue
Atrium Finance Ltd
Issuer
Embracer Group AB - M&A
2021-02-03
Baker McKenzie
Cyprus
M&A
Embracer Group AB
Buyer
Marlin Equity Partners LLC - M&A
2021-05-11
DLA Piper
Cyprus
M&A
Marlin Equity Partners LLC
Buyer
Certares Management LLC - M&A
2021-09-13
Cyprus
M&A
Certares Management LLC
Buyer
ABBYY Solutions Ltd. - M&A
2021-05-11
King & Spalding
Cyprus
M&A
Alla Naglis, Charles Katz, Jeremy Schropp, Marcus Young
ABBYY Solutions Ltd.
Seller
Apptio Inc. - M&A
2021-02-11
Kirkland & Ellis
Cyprus
M&A
Heidi Quach, Jean Lee, Stuart Casillas
Apptio Inc.
Buyer
Nexters Global Ltd. - M&A
2021-01-31
Latham & Watkins
Cyprus
M&A
Adam Czernikiewicz, Charles Claypoole, David Stewart, Deborah Kirk, Jessica Burke, Jiyeon Lee-Lim, Joshua Holian, Les Carnegie, Olga Ponomarenko, Paul Dudek, Ryan Maierson, Shruti Hazra, Viktoria Petukhova, Yoseph Choi
Nexters Global Ltd.
Seller
Easybrain Ltd. - M&A
2021-02-03
Latham & Watkins
Cyprus
M&A
Aoife McCabe, Catherine Drinnan, David Little, Deborah Kirk, Edward Barnett, Hanno Kaiser, Jamie Mansour, Jan Hoft, Jennifer Cadet, Karl Mah, Kristen Previto, Leonie Spangenberger, Liz Longster, R. Gregory Roussel, Victoria Wan, William Temple-Smith
Easybrain Ltd.
Seller
Kismet Acquisition One Corp. - M&A
2021-01-31
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
Cyprus
M&A
Denis Klimentchenko, Dmitri Kovalenko, Eve-Christie Vermynck, Gregg Noel, Inara Blagopoluchnaya, James Anderson, Ken Kumayama, Maria Protopapa, Pranav Trivedi, Victor Hollender
Kismet Acquisition One Corp.
Buyer
Baring Vostok Capital Partners Ltd. - M&A
2021-12-09
Morgan Lewis & Bockius
Cyprus
M&A
Artem Tamaev
Baring Vostok Capital Partners Ltd.
Buyer
Avia Solutions Group PLC - M&A
2021-09-13
White & Case
Cyprus
M&A
Avia Solutions Group PLC
Seller
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Firm Name Jurisdiction Total Deals Deals (Last 12 Months)
Michael Kyprianou Law Firm
Cyprus
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Morgan Lewis & Bockius
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Mouaimis & Mouaimis
Cyprus
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Patrikios Pavlou & Associates
Cyprus
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Pestalozzi
Switzerland
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Reed Smith
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SA Evangelou & Co
Cyprus
1
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Sayenko Kharenko
Ukraine
1
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Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
2
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Soteris Pittas & Co
Cyprus
5
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White & Case
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