Our highly-qualified team assist our clients with all legal aspects of shipping/maritime and aviation industry, including but not limited to:

- Acquisition of aircrafts and vessels
- Registration of aircrafts, ships and yachts under the Cypriot flag
- Shipping taxation
- Ship security

Our banking and finance team provides specialised advices to our clients based on their individual needs in line with the financial services regulations and the developments in banking and finance law of Cyprus and abroad. It is with pride to mention that we have as clients some of the leading Banks in Cyprus. Our team is expert in banking and finance matters, including but not limited to:

- Secured loans
- Unsecured loans
- Security transactions
- General banking
- Investments
- Refinancing of existing debts

Cyprus is an ideal place for investments for companies due its strategic location and low taxes. We have a specialized team of lawyers, corporate managers and accountants that offer support and consultation from the incorporation of a local or international company to its dissolution, including the maintenance of the company and all the day to day business activities, including but not limited to:

- Incorporation and formation of company
- Registration of company
- Provision of directors
- Secretarial services
- Provision of registered office’s address
- Provision of shareholders
- Dissolution services
- Sale of companies
- Administration services
- Accounting and Bookkeeping services
- Banking services

Our office is specialised in drafting, reviewing and executing contracts of individual and corporate clients. We are very careful regarding the terms and conditions of each contract and we emphasize to the details of each contract, in order to ensure that the rights of our clients are always protected.

Our team of lawyers and professional corporate managers, is expert in local and international corporate and commercial practice, including but not limited to:

- Company formation and registration
- Taxation
- Partnership formation and dissolution
- Corporate management
- Corporate reorganization
- Mergers and acquisitions
- Insolvency
- Shareholder agreements
- Trusts
- Competition law

Nowadays, technology is constantly evolving and it provides us with many new opportunities, but this also comes with several risks. Our experience lawyers provide advices and support on the full spectrum of cyber issues, including but not limited to:

- Implementing appropriate measures, policies, and procedures to ensure the protection of your data
- Advice on legal issues in order to be in compliance with relevant regulations
- Data sharing agreements

Dispute resolution is the process of settling disagreements between parties. There are three basic types of dispute resolution:

Litigation: Our litigation department helps clients, who range from global businesses to private individuals, to defend their legal rights in the protracted timescales for actions, with the least possible risk and cost. We handle all the kind of complex cases before District Court, Criminal Court, Military Court, Family Court, Administrative Court and Supreme Court.

Examples are civil cases, criminal cases, road traffic offences, personal injury claims, insurance claims, bankruptcy, insolvency, professional liability claims, accidents claims, family cases, company cases, banking and commercial construction, human rights claims, torts, negligence cases, employment cases, traffic accidents, cross-border litigation, defamation cases etc.

International Arbitration: Our licensed arbitrators, with excellent negotiating skills, receive the evidence and compelling arguments of the disputing parties and take a proper decision about each dispute, such as for shareholders’ disputes, commercial disputes, judicial proceedings in aid of arbitration etc.

Mediation: Our licensed mediation team assists the parties through the use of specialized communication and negotiation techniques, in order to help them resolve their conflicts as efficiently and cost effectively as possible, in matters relating to family law, banking law, labour law etc.

Our team has a long, in-depth experience in providing litigation representation and advisory services for employees and employers of local and multinational companies according to the Employment Law. We offer services for a range of employment-related topics, including but not limited to:

- Drafting and negotiating contracts and other relevant documentation (e.g. offer letters, termination letters)
- Providing advice on employment issues (e.g. collective agreements, employment agencies)
- Negotiating with trade unions
- Termination of employment
- Social Insurance contributions
- Discrimination at work
- Health and safety at work

Considering that sometimes these kind of cases are sensitive, the philosophy of our office is to try to reach an agreement through mediation and an early settlement, in order to avoid long legal procedures. Our office provides litigation representation and advisory services for a range of family law issues, including but not limited to:

- Divorce procedures of Political or Religious marriage
- Cohabitation of spouses
- Matrimonial relations
- Mutual marriage agreements
- Issues relating to children (e.g. child custody and guardianship, adoption, child support)
- Division of matrimonial assets

Due to the strategic position of Cyprus, many people choose Cyprus for work or relocation. Our immigration team, by collaborating with the advisers of clients in their country of origin, offers services to both individual and corporate clients, regarding several matters of immigration law and offers assistance in applications for:

- Immigration permits
- Permanent residence permits
- Employment permits
- Visas

Our expert team strives to protect the rights of our clients’ intellectual property. For example we can help you with:

- Registering and protecting your intellectual property rights
- Franchising and licensing
- Patent and trade mark protection
- Competition and agency law

Collecting debts from international customers relating to good or services rendered, is a really hard process. Our team of professional debt collectors can help you collect your debts fast without necessarily resort to litigation, by using several methods like negotiation practises or dispute resolutions. To achieve this we collaborate with trusted overseas partners, especially since the legislation that is being used in such cases is the debtor’s local legislation.

The procedure is as follows:

- We initially get informed about the history of debts, including how much is owed, who is the debtor, any agreements or communications between the parties.
- We run a research about the debtor.
- Then we reach out the debtor officially and we negotiate with him to provide the most effective solution for our client.

The team of Andreas Y. Panayiotou & Co LLC, provides services to help the clients to grow their enterprise and increase the market share of their company. We can assist you with all legal and regulatory matters, including but not limited to:

- Banking regulations
- Merges and Acquisitions services
- Investment services
- Capital market regulation

The real estate specialists of our firm provide coherent solutions and advisory services to real estate owners of freehold or leasehold property, as well as assistance to the purchase and sale of commercial and residential properties, both in Cyprus and abroad. Our office provides services for a range of real estate issues, including but not limited to:

- Sale agreements and contracts
-Assisting in Land Registry Departments
- Acquisition of property by EU and third-country citizens
- Resolving tax law issues
- Wills
- Investment Advice

Our office is licenced to provide services, such as:

- Provision of directors
- Secretarial services
- Provision of registered office’s address
- Provision of shareholders
- Opening and regulating bank accounts
- Dissolution services
- Sale of companies
- Administration services
- Formation and management of trusts
- Acting as trustees and nominees
- Trust administration services

The specialised team of Andreas Y. Panayiotou & Co LLC, provides services such as:

- Drafting of wills
- Estate Planning and Administration
- Dispute resolution