Ms Ioanna Solomou > 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.

The ‘reliable’ team at Michael Kyprianou & Co. LLC, led by the triumvirate of Savvas Savvides, Lambros Soteriou and Ioanna Solomou, advises employees and employers on a diverse range of matters, spanning employment and settlement agreements, disciplinary proceedings, redundancies, unfair and constructive dismissal claims, and terminations of employment. The group is also well known for its expertise in advising on the safeguarding of employees’ rights in the event of a merger or acquisition of a business. The client base includes high-profile international companies from a range of sectors, including beverages, healthcare, financial services, and shipping.

The experienced team at Michael Kyprianou & Co. LLC is jointly led by Menelaos Kyprianou and Ioanna Solomou. The group has an excellent track record in assisting local and international clients with all aspects of local and EU competition law, and has particular strength in advising on potential competition law infringements resulting from M&A deals. In addition, the department handles a steady workflow of data protection compliance mandates and matters concerning anti-competitive practices.

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.