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Announcing the 2021-2022 Best Lawyers™ in Cyprus

Celebrating Excellence: Recognizing Cyprus’s Leading Lawyers in Corporate, Litigation, Tax, and More

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May 13, 2021 12:00 AM

For 40 years we have highlighted the extraordinary accomplishments of those in the legal profession; completely unbiased legal referrals from the best attorneys in the world.

The 2021-2022 Edition of The Best Lawyers in Cyprus recognizes the professional excellence of more than 180 lawyers in 25 practice areas, including 16 “Lawyer of the Year” recipients. For the 5th Edition, Best Lawyers honored approximately 3% of practicing lawyers in Cyprus*. “Lawyer of the Year” honors are awarded annually to only one lawyer per practice area in each region with extremely high overall feedback from their peers, making it an exceptional distinguishment.

Lawyers who are nominated for consideration are voted on by currently recognized Best Lawyers working in the same practice area and located in the same geographic region. Our awards and recognitions are based purely on the feedback we receive from these top lawyers. Those who receive high peer reviews undergo a thorough verification process to make sure they are currently still in private practice. Only then can these top lawyers be recognized by Best Lawyers.

Publication Statistics

Here are highlights from the 2021-2022 5th Edition of The Best Lawyers in Cyprus:

Top 10 Practice Areas

Searched in Cyprus on BestLawyers.com

By Number of Recognized Lawyers

  • Corporate Law
  • Litigation
  • Arbitration and Mediation
  • Tax Law
  • Banking and Finance Law
  • Maritime Law
  • Mergers and Acquisitions Law
  • Labor and Employment Law
  • Intellectual Property Law
  • Real Estate Law

Top Metro Areas by how many lawyers are recognized:

  • Nicosia
  • Limassol
  • Larnaca
  • Northern Cyprus

The 2021-2022 “Lawyer of the Year” recipients are:

  • Anastasios Antoniou, Antoniou McCollum & Co. LLC
    • Competition / Antitrust Law, Nicosia
  • Despina Americanou, Stelios Americanos & Co.
    • Banking and Finance Law, Nicosia
  • Eleftherios Montanios, Montanios & Montanios
    • Maritime Law, Nicosia
  • Eleni Papacharalambous, Koushos Korfiotis Papacharalambous
    • Intellectual Property Law, Nicosia
  • Elias Neocleous, Elias Neocleous & Co
    • Tax Law, Limassol
  • George A. Triantafyllides, Antis Triantafyllides & Sons
    • Labor and Employment Law, Nicosia
  • George Christodoulou, Chrysses Demetriades & Co.
    • Litigation, Limassol
  • Katia Kakoulli, Chrysses Demetriades & Co.
    • Arbitration and Mediation, Nicosia
  • Louiza Protopapa, LP Legal
    • Mergers and Acquisitions Law, Limassol
  • Marion Coukidou-Madella, Chrysses Demetriades & Co.
    • Maritime Law, Limassol
  • Menelaos Kyprianou, Michael Kyprianou & Co.
    • Litigation, Nicosia
  • Pambos Ch. Ioannides, Ioannides Demetriou
    • Corporate Law, Nicosia
  • Pavlos Aristodemou, Harneys Aristodemou Loizides Yiolitis
    • Banking and Finance Law, Limassol
  • Soteris Pittas, Soteris Pittas & Co
    • Corporate Law, Limassol
  • Stavros Pavlou, Patrikios Pavlou & Associates
    • Arbitration and Mediation, Limassol
  • Stelios A. Triantafyllides, Antis Triantafyllides & Sons
    • Tax Law, Nicosia

Use the Find a Lawyer in Cyprus page to connect with experienced lawyers, and visit the Find a Lawyer page to explore additional legal expertise and resources worldwide.

*Based on information published by the European Commission for the Efficiency of Justice.

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