The Legal 500

Legal Developments in Cyprus

• LISW 2019 Women in Shipping Summit: “What women bring to the table

  Gina Panayiotou , Global Head of Shipping & Energy at our firm, being a Board Member of WISTA Cyprus and an active supporter of female and youth empowerment, will be a speaker at the inaugural “Women in Shipping Summit” to be held in the context of London International Shipping Week, on the 10th & 11th of September, 2019.
  - Michael Kyprianou & Co

• Head of IP represents Michael Kyprianou & Co LLC at FICPI 18th Open Forum Conference Vienna, Austria

  The International Federation of Intellectual Property Attorneys (FICPI) 18th Open Forum was held in the Austria Trend Savoyen hotel on the 9th - 12th of October of 2019.
  - Michael Kyprianou & Co

• Compendium of Worldwide Enforcement of Foreign Judgments and Arbitral Awards - Multilaw Litigation P

  Our firm is proud to announce its contribution to 2019 Multilaw Litigation Practice Group’s guide on enforcement of foreign judgments and arbitral awards.
  - Michael Kyprianou & Co

• Leading Property and Investment Immigration Lawyer of the Year – Cyprus

  No matter how successful a business or individual may be, it goes without saying that away from its own assemblage of talent and expertise, there will always be a network of trusted lawyers and consultants behind the scenes helping to inform, guide and shape the way in which it operates.
  - Michael Kyprianou & Co

• New horizons in shipping: Mastering change

  Gina Panayiotou , Global Head of Shipping & Energy at Michael Kyprianou & Co LLC, discusses “NEW HORIZONS IN SHIPPING: MASTERING CHANGE” in the September 2019 issue of Gold magazine. The issue features a focus on the upcoming  Maritime Cyprus conference , to be held during the 6th-8th of October in Limassol. Maritime Cyprus, a bi-annual event, is the largest international maritime event that takes place in Cyprus, attracting over 1500 delegates from around the globe.
  - Michael Kyprianou & Co

• https://www.kyprianou.com/en/news/press-releases/view?article=2019/High-Rankings-in-the-new-edition-

  We are proud to announce that our firm’s Banking & Finance and Corporate/M&A practices have been highly ranked, for the second year in a row, by IFLR1000.
  - Michael Kyprianou & Co

• Michael Kyprianou & Co. LLC ranked 4th law firm in Cyprus, by TOP 80 Gold list

  It gives us great pride, that MICHAEL KYPRIANOU & CO. LLC, has once again been ranked among the top 5 law firms in Cyprus, according to GOLD’s leading law firms list. GOLD magazine compiled its first listing of the island’s leading law firms in 2011, titled at the time ‘Top 50’ presenting the firms in alphabetical order and, since then, it has regularly been updated and expanded. In fact, the latest list published on Sunday, 18th August 2019, features more than 80 law firms, ranked according to the number of lawyers employed.
  - Michael Kyprianou & Co

• Global Liner Conference Asia: Exploiting the new generation of sustainability in shipping

  Gina Panayiotou , Global Head of Shipping & Energy at our firm, having great expertise in shipping legal strategy, will be a speaker at Global Liner Conference Asia, to be held in the context of Shipping Transformation Asia, in Singapore on the 17th – 19th of September, 2019.
  - Michael Kyprianou & Co

• Does the recent amendment limit the amount of moral damages granted by the Courts?

  Under the Maltese Civil Code, damages may be awarded for either tortious liability or contractual liability. In respect to the former, an action for damages will aim to place the individual in the same position before the damage occurred, and in respect to the latter, the action may be brought to either enforce the contract, or to liquidate damages for failure to perform such contract.
  - Michael Kyprianou & Co

• Protecting your business from counterfeit goods in Cyprus

  As has been previously noted in the “Trade in Counterfeit and Pirated Goods: Mapping the Economic Impact” report of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development & European Union Intellectual Property Office, counterfeiting hits almost ½ trillion euros a year. This can be traced from fashion and medicine to the fruits market and entails damage to the business reputation, lost sales and litigation costs among others.
  - Michael Kyprianou & Co