Ms Tonia Antoniou > Michael Kyprianou & Co. LLC > Nicosia, Cyprus > Lawyer Profile

Menelaos Kyprianou, Tonia Antoniou, Ioanna Solomou and Peter Schodder are at the helm of Michael Kyprianou & Co. LLC‘s practice. The team acts for ship owners, managers, and financial institutions in a wide range of maritime matters. Transactional work is a core area of instruction, with particular focus on shipping finance, and the group is also highly experienced in advising on contentious matters, including litigation arising from shipbuilding contracts and charterparty disputes.

At Michael Kyprianou & Co. LLC, the team is well versed in advising on the tax aspects of restructurings and reorganisations, M&A and liquidations. Transfer pricing matters are another key driver of work for the group, which is also adept at assisting with a wide spectrum of contentious tax issues. Lambros Soteriou and Tonia Antoniou co-head the practice, in which Ioanna Solomou is a key name to note.

At Michael Kyprianou & Co. LLC, the intellectual property department is led by Nick Kounoupias, who joined the firm in May 2023. With notable expertise in mediation, Kounoupias is active in IP mediation matters, and also has considerable experience in anti-piracy and anti-counterfeiting issues. The team stands out for its ‘exceptional expertise in intellectual property‘, including assisting with the protection and enforcement of intellectual property rights and high-value IP litigation. Tonia Antoniou and associate Agis Charalambous, who is adept at advising on international trade mark applications, are key practitioners to note.

At Michael Kyprianou & Co. LLC, key areas of expertise for the team include mergers, restructuring matters and intragroup corporate acquisitions. The group also excels at advising leading corporate entities on commercial agreements and day-to-day operations, to name a couple of areas, and has a solid track record in representing clients in the healthcare, food and beverage, transportation and infrastructure sectors. The practice is led by the triumvirate of Lambros Soteriou, Tonia Antoniou and Ioanna Solomou.

The agile team at Michael Kyprianou & Co. LLC is often involved in complex, cross-border financing transactions. Under the joint leadership of Tonia Antoniou and Lambros Soteriou, the group is adept at acting for borrowers, lenders and security providers, and often advises on multi-jurisdictional deals involving financing in multiple currencies. The diverse client base includes entities from the mining, energy, and shipping sectors. Ioanna Solomou and Lorena Charalambous, who fields expertise in handling international leveraged acquisition financings, asset-based financings, and trade financings, are key names in the department.