The team at Elias Neocleous & Co LLC regularly works with government departments, European Commission Directorates, major international law firms, and domestic businesses. Its primary focus is notifying the Cyprus CPC of proposed transactions to obtain regulatory clearance. It regularly provides advice to multinational businesses ahead of any prospective transactions. The group is active in specialist areas, such as shipping and more recently in betting. It often advises clients on the implementation of a wide variety of EU directives and regularly undertakes litigation for these clients. The team also excels in advising on state aid issues and procurement matters. Additionally, it remains busy advising on European grant and funding opportunities. Andrea Kallis Parparinou and Ramona Livera co-head the excellent practice. Elias Neocleous plays a pivotal role in the practice too, alongside Elena Christodoulou and Demetris Gregoriou.
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Testimonials
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‘Great team, highly responsive and helpful.’
‘Demetris Gregoriou is a great associate, very responsive and helpful.’
‘The team was very responsive and professional. They showed a deep knowledge of Cypriot law and procedure and proposed ways to streamline our case.’
‘Ramona Livera was our main contact at Elias Neocleous & Co. Llc. She is an outstanding lawyer with a good business approach.’
‘I have worked with the team in the past on merger control matters and they delivered good results and were easy to work with.’
‘Ramona Livera is my go-to person for antitrust.’
‘Very good client service, easy to work with, great collaboration overall.’
‘Easy partner access, very responsive, on point with developments.’
Key clients
- Allwyn Group
- Amazon Web Services
- Avanti Communications Group
- British High Commission, Nicosia
- Credit Suisse
- Cyprus Tourism Development Corporation Ltd
- CPT Cyprus Public Transport Limited
- European Investment Fund
- Huawei Technologies
- H&M
Work highlights
- Advised Salesforce on Cyprus merger control law and competition law obligations concerning a proposed acquisition of Informatica.
- Provided competition law advice to Ultrabulk A/S for its proposed acquisition of the share capital in the operating subsidiaries of M.T.Beheer B.V. and several subsidiaries of CTP.BIZ GmbH.
- Acted for Proximus S/A in its acquisition of a controlling interest in Route Mobile, including providing all competition law advice on the transaction and attending to a merger control filing in Cyprus.
Lawyers
Leading associates
Leading associates with regular involvement in their team's key work, and recognition from peers or clients as being ones to watch.
Practice head
Andrea Kallis Parparinou; Ramona Livera
Other key lawyers
Elena Christodoulou; Demetris Gregoriou; Elias Neocleous