Direct partner involvement
Two partners, more than forty years of combined experience, and direct contact on every file.
The bulk of the work is property and construction, together with commercial disputes and debt recovery, company and contract matters, and a selected private client practice. That includes complex commercial and construction disputes, among them multi-party and cross-border matters.
We aim to give advice that is clear, properly grounded in the documents and useful in practice. Law firms abroad also instruct us as Cyprus correspondent counsel on the Cyprus element of their matters.
What we commit to
For standard property transactions we give you a fixed completion fee before we take the matter on, so the cost is known in advance. For everything else we agree the basis of our fee with you before any work starts. We aim to reply to every enquiry within one business day.
Areas of Practice
Property
We act for buyers, sellers, landlords and developers on property contracts, title checks, Land Registry searches and leases, from due diligence through to transfer of title.
02Construction
We advise developers, main contractors, subcontractors and consultants on building contracts, permits and project set-up, and act in construction disputes over defects, delay and variations.
03Litigation & Debt Recovery
We act for claimants and defendants in civil disputes before the District Courts and in arbitration, recovering unpaid invoices, loans and rent arrears, and acting in personal injury claims on both sides.
04Corporate & Commercial
We advise Cyprus companies and their shareholders on incorporation, director duties, shareholders' agreements and commercial contracts, from planning through to signing.
05Private Client
We prepare wills and guide families through probate and the administration of estates, with the least possible delay.
06Personal Injury
We act in claims arising from road traffic accidents, accidents at work and on construction sites, accidents in public and private places, and medical negligence, for injured claimants and for insurers.
Meet the team
Andreas Kleanthous
Partner
Andreas has practised law in Cyprus for more than three decades. His work includes litigation, personal injury and insurance claims, debt recovery, administrative law, real estate, wills, probate and administration of estates.
Klitos Platis
Partner
Klitos advises on litigation, corporate and commercial matters, property and construction. His contentious work includes pleadings, interim applications, evidence, negotiations and trial preparation.
Free tools
Four calculators built from the statutes, so you can put a number on a question before you call anyone.
Transfer Fees and VAT on a Property Purchase
The Land Registry scale, the 50 per cent reduction, buying in joint names, and the 5 per cent reduced VAT rate.
Which Limitation Period Applies to a Claim
The claim types under Law 66(I)/2012, with what starts the clock, what suspends it and what starts it again.
How Much of an Estate Can Be Left by Will
The disposable portion under section 41 of Cap. 195 and the spouse's share under section 44, as exact fractions.
Whether a Tenancy Falls Under Rent Control
The three questions that decide it: where the property is, what it is used for, and when the tenant went into occupation.
Each one cites the provision it applies and says plainly where the answer stops being arithmetic and starts needing your documents. What each one does, and what it does not.
News & Publications
Practical guidance on Cyprus property, company and construction law, written by the partners.
Title Deeds in Cyprus: A Complete Guide
What a deed records, how to read a Land Registry search certificate, and why a property may have none.
Building Defects in Cyprus: Legal Remedies
What counts as a defect, the developer's obligations, defects liability periods and the remedies open to you.
Specific Performance in Cyprus
What depositing the contract of sale at the Land Registry gives the buyer, and the protection it offers against the seller.
Directors’ Duties Under Cyprus Law
The duties a director of a Cyprus company owes, the transactions that most often breach them, and the remedies.