Antis Triantafyllides & Sons LLC > Nicosia, Cyprus > Firm Profile
Antis Triantafyllides & Sons LLC Offices
CAPITAL CENTER, 9TH FLOOR
2-4 ARCH. MAKARIOS III AVENUE
1065 NICOSIA
Cyprus
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Antis Triantafyllides & Sons LLC > The Legal 500 Rankings
Cyprus > Banking and finance Tier 1
The highly experienced team at Antis Triantafyllides & Sons LLC handles many complex and high-value financing and refinancing transactions, both secured and unsecured. It excels in areas as diverse as project financing, syndicated, subordinated and mezzanine financing. The team, with Stelios Triantafyllides
, at the helm advises numerous high-profile international lenders, arrangers and facility agents as well as borrowers, guarantors and security providers. It has recently been involved in some large-scale restructuring work and has advised on several non-performing loan portfolio sales and participation transactions. Senior managing associate Marios Hadjigavriel is also a regular advisor to major financial institutions and large corporate groups. Christiana Vassiliou Miliou has advised on a substantial number of complex financings and restructurings. James West is another key member of the department. Practice head(s):
Stelios Triantafyllides
Other key lawyers:
Marios Hadjigavriel; Christiana Vassiliou Miliou; James West
Key clients
APS Debt Servicing Cyprus Ltd
AstroBank
Bank of Cyprus Public Company Ltd
Credit Suisse
Deutsche Bank
European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
Goldman Sachs
Hellenic Bank Public Company Ltd
Work highlights
- Acting as legal advisor on behalf of Cerberus European Investments LLC for the acquisition of a non-performing loan portfolio from Alpha Bank Cyprus.
- Advised Avia Solutions Group in connection with an Offer to Purchase whereby ASG Finance Designated Activity Company announced its invitation to eligible holders of certain outstanding guaranteed notes to tender their notes for purchase for cash.
- Appointed by the Central Bank (the banking regulator in Cyprus and a member of the Eurosystem) to provide legal advice on banking, competition law and regulatory matters with respect to a tender procedure that would be initiated by the Central Bank.
Cyprus > Commercial, corporate and M&A Tier 1
The highly regarded team at Antis Triantafyllides & Sons LLC advises local and international clients on a wide spectrum of matters. Stelios Triantafyllides is at the helm and advises on re-organisations and corporate restructurings, rights issues, mergers and equity raising transactions. Clients include commercial and investment banks, as well as insurance companies, pharmaceutical players and high-net-worth individuals. It is adept at handling a broad range of issues from local and cross-border M&A to management buy-outs and earn-outs, capital raising transactions; corporate governance and the re-domiciliation of companies in and out of Cyprus. At associate level, Elvira Georgiou is also recommended.
Practice head(s):
Stelios Triantafyllides
Other key lawyers:
Testimonials
‘A sizeable and diverse team which is hard-working and responsive. They are solid overall and very strong at partner level’.
‘Stelios Triantafyllides is an outstanding M&A practitioner. Charming, practical, an excellent communicator, and a deep understanding of the local market. A real pleasure to work with’.
‘Antis Triantafyllides & Sons LLC combines the quality of service expected from one of the biggest law firms in Cyprus with the client service one would associate with a smaller firm’.
‘The individuals at Antis Triantafyllides & Sons LLC are very knowledgeable and always available and helpful’.
Key clients
AECOM
APS Debt Servicing Cyprus Ltd
AstroBank
Bank of Cyprus Public Company Ltd
Cherkizovo Group
ContourGlobal
Credit Suisse
Cyprus Chambers of Commerce and Industry
Deutsche Bank
Etalon Group
European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
Facebook/Meta
Goldman Sachs
Hellenic Bank Public Company Ltd
Hennes & Mauritz
Intel Corporation
Leggett & Platt
NCH Group
Ozon
Renaissance Group
Schlumberger Oil
Swissport International
Work highlights
- Advised CIAN Plc on the pricing of its initial public offering of 18,213,400 American Depositary Shares (“ADSs”). The ADSs began trading on the New York Exchange and on the Moscow Stock Exchange on Friday, 5 November 2021, under the symbol “CIAN”.
- Provided Cyprus law advice and support in relation to the offering conducted by Renaissance Insurance Group Public Joint Stock Company in Moscow and the participation of certain Cypriot shareholders of the client in the offering, as well as on other issues.
- In the context of the relevant public offering of a company, it carried out extensive due diligence exercise over the client’s 17 Cypriot subsidiaries.
Cyprus > Dispute resolution Tier 1
The litigation department at Antis Triantafyllides & Sons LLC is led by the highly regarded George Triantafyllides. It covers a broad spectrum of disputes before all national courts and tribunals, and also handles domestic and international arbitration under internationally recognised arbitration bodies. It has particular strength in interim order applications, Norwich Pharmacal orders and other types of disclosure orders. The group excels in multi-jurisdictional disputes though also handles many cases before the Employment Tribunal and other bodies such as the Family Court. Another core area of expertise lies in handling cases before the Tenders Review Authority and the Commission for the Protection of Competition. Theodoros Economou is also sought after for his work on all aspects of litigation, arbitration and mediation. Practice head(s):
George Triantafyllides
Other key lawyers:
Testimonials
‘Personal attention by partners. George Triantafyllides’.
‘They are an excellent firm, with top people, particularly George Triantafyllides an Oxford graduate and a very respected and experienced lawyer in Cyprus’.
‘Experience, education, excellent manners, and a sterling reputation in Cyprus.’
‘This law firm is one of the most celebrated and reliable law firms on the island of Cyprus. It enjoys an excellent name and good fame amongst the citizens and is much respected by the courts and by the other lawyers. They are very professional, and they always act according to the rules of ethics and the etiquette’.
‘I personally cooperate with Mr. George Triantafyllides who is one of the senior partners who enjoys an excellent reputation amongst the profession. He has on many occasions handled very serious cases of constitutional and general legal importance before the higher courts of the Republic with great success’.
Key clients
Public Joint Stock Company “PrivatBank”
AB PCO Investment Limited
Hongkong Delsk Business Co. Limited
PPF Group N.V.
Cargill Financial Group INC.
Mechel Group of Companies
Glencore Group of Companies
Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission
Hennes & Mauritz AB
Bluehouse Capital
Work highlights
- Acting for Public Joint Stock Company “PrivatBank”, it filed an action against a leading audit firm for $3bn for breach of statutory, contractual and fiduciary duties and responsibilities primarily in auditing financial statements and negligence.
- Filed an action on behalf of AB PCO Investment Limited against various parties claiming damages for, inter alia, conspiracy, fraud, misrepresentation, conspiracy to defraud, cause of financial discomfort for the amount of EUR 176,542,231.
- Represents PPF Group N.V. in proceedings whereby an application for protective measures was filed in accordance with Article 35 of the Regulation (EU) 1215/2012 pending the adjudication of an action based on a loan and a guarantee agreement before the Court of the Czech Republic.
Cyprus > Tax Tier 2
The dynamic team at Antis Triantafyllides & Sons LLC has highly experienced tax practitioners who are integrated into the firm’s transactional teams. The practice frequently advises corporations and individuals on a wide range of local tax issues pertaining to domestic and international deals and is co-led by Stelios Triantafyllides and George Triantafyllides. The practice also represents financial institutions and excels on high-profile contentious matters. Practice head(s):
Stelios Triantafyllides; George Triantafyllides
Other key lawyers:
Olga Adamidou; Riana Pasiourtidi
Testimonials
‘The firm’s Tax team excels in providing tailored service to its clients, the main characteristics of which consist of promptness and efficiency. The firm prides itself in tackling complex tax-related legal situations head on, with the most practical and client-friendly solution’.
‘An advantage of the firm is that both its Litigation department and its corporate/banking department have vast experience in tax issues’.
‘The firm’s managing partners, Stelios Triantafyllides and George Triantafyllides, always put their clients’ needs first and have a strong track record in delivering high-quality legal advice, in a timely fashion’.
‘They are very knowledgeable when it comes to tax law and always provide complete and precise analyses of all issues relating to a particular issue’.
Other members of the team that deserve praise are Olga Adamidou and Riana Pasiourtidi, both of whom are extremely responsive and knowledgeable in this area of law’.
Key clients
Builder’s Provident Fund
Work highlights
- Currently handling four court appeal cases filed against the Republic of Cyprus in the Supreme Court of Cyprus, on behalf of the Builder’s Provident in Cyprus, in connection with the tax imposed on hundreds of property transactions carried out between 1991 and 2007 involving the Builder’s Provident Fund.
Antis Triantafyllides & Sons LLC > Firm Profile
The firm: The law firm of Antis Triantafyllides & Sons LLC was founded in 1955. It is one of the oldest and best established law firms in Cyprus providing high-quality legal services in all areas of law to corporations, institutions, government entities and high-net-worth individuals. Its main practice focuses on domestic and international corporate and banking and finance law, it also boasts one of the strongest litigation teams in the country and a leading tax department. The firm currently employs 72 staff, including 35 lawyers and legal consultants.
Antis Triantafyllides, the founder of the firm, was the Cyprus member of the Court of Arbitration of the International Chamber of Commerce throughout the greater part of his legal career.
The firm offers an optimum service to clients in terms of high-quality transactional work combined with practical advice, demonstrating a depth of knowledge and technical expertise in a number of fields including financial services and regulation, structured finance and debt capital markets, and public and administrative law.
The highly trained team successfully provide a blend of local expertise with an international outlook to provide exact and comprehensive advice to both domestic and international clients.
Areas of practice:
Banking and finance: the highly experienced banking and finance team handles secured and unsecured lending, international high-value financing and refinancing transactions, including project financing, syndicated, subordinated and mezzanine financing, and related securities such as share pledges, floating charges and financial collateral. The firm regularly advises on compliance and banking regulatory and licensing requirements, asset preservation and security enforcement and procedures. The highly experienced members of the team bring the wealth of their experience to the department, making it one of the strongest in the country.
Capital markets: the capital markets practice specialises in debt and equity capital markets, derivatives and structured finance, securitisation, corporate trust and agency. The team regularly acts on public offerings for regulated and non-regulated markets internationally and locally, as well as private placements, Eurobond issues, reverse takeovers etc, acting for issuers, underwriters and lenders.
Corporate and commercial: the corporate department constitutes the cornerstone of the firm’s practice. The experience of the highly reputable and exceptionally specialised team is second to none in Cyprus. The department’s practice covers the formation, acquisition and sale of Cyprus companies, shareholder agreements and corporate governance issues, capital raising transactions, local and cross-border mergers and acquisitions, management buy-outs and earn-outs, corporate management, and redomiciliation of companies in and out of Cyprus. The firm also possesses great experience, inter alia, in legal drafting and reviewing and providing legal advice in a range of areas such as intellectual property, data protection and GDPR, regulatory issues and anti-money laundering matters.
Financial services regulation: the firm has unprecedented expertise in this area of Cyprus law, and can advise on set-up and structure, licensing requirements, as well as provide legal advice and support with respect to the licencing application, taxation, M&A transactions, regulatory development and cross-border regulatory issues and on any other regulatory, compliance, employment, consumer protection, data protection, anti-money laundering regulation and contentious matters concerning investment services, payment services, e-money, digital currencies and funds.
Litigation, arbitration and mediation: the litigation team is considered one of the best in Cyprus and covers all areas of general and commercial law. The firm offers a wide range of dispute resolution and mediation, representation of clients before all national courts and tribunals as well as domestic and international arbitration under internationally recognised arbitration bodies. The team also specialises, non-exhaustively, in interim order applications, Norwich Pharmacal orders and other types of disclosure orders, as well as freezing orders.
Tax: the tax department has a reputation for developing effective solutions that are both tax-efficient and practical. The firm’s tax practitioners are integrated into transactional teams and advise corporations and individuals on a wide range of Cypriot tax issues arising in the context of international and local transactions, including court disputes.
Main Contacts
| Department | Name | Telephone | |
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| Banking and finance | +357 22 360 000 | ||
| Capital markets | +357 22 360 000 | ||
| Competition | +357 22 360 000 | ||
| Constitutional, public and administrative | +357 22 360 000 | ||
| Contract | +357 22 360 000 | ||
| Corporate and commercial | +357 22 360 000 | ||
| Data protection | +357 22 360 000 | ||
| Employment | +357 22 360 000 | ||
| Energy | +357 22 360 000 | ||
| Financial services regulation | +357 22 360 000 | ||
| Fintech, Digital assets & Crypto currencies | +357 22 360 000 | ||
| Immigration | +357 22 360 000 | ||
| Insolvency | +357 22 360 000 | ||
| Intellectual property | +357 22 360 000 | ||
| Litigation, arbitration and mediation | +357 22 360 000 | ||
| Mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures and corporate restructuring | +357 22 360 000 | ||
| Real estate and construction | +357 22 360 000 | ||
| Sanctions | +357 22 360 000 | ||
| Shipping & Maritime | +357 22 360 000 | ||
| Tax | +357 22 360 000 | ||
| Trusts | +357 22 360 000 |
Lawyer Profiles
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Ms Elvira Georgiou | Elvira Georgiou completed her vocational training with the law firm of Antis… | View Profile |
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Ms Dina Kanga | Dina Kanga joined the law firm Antis Triantafyllides & Sons LLC in… | View Profile |
Staff Figures
Number of lawyers : 34Languages
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Managing Partner : George Triantafyllides Managing Partner : Stelios Triantafyllides- Banking and finance
- Commercial, corporate and M&A
- Dispute resolution
Top Tier Firm Rankings
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