WHY US

Our expertise

ANASTASIOS ANTONIOU LLC was established to address significant gaps in the legal services market, particularly as regards efficient legal solutions to contemporary legal challenges. These challenges emanate from the changing landscape of the business environment and the unstoppable developments in fields such as energy, aviation, oil and gas,  new technologies, online business, the environment, life sciences, infrastructure and telecommunications. Amidst an increasingly fierce competitive business world, we are fully aware of modern legal needs and render our legal support and services to meet these needs on a heavily personal relationship with our Clients.

Our cross-area expertise and specialization in areas such as competition law and merger control,  private nvestment funds, financial services law and corporate law, ensures that our Firm successfully navigates our Clients through the hurdles of modern challenges and that all of your legal needs, even the ones you might have not laid particular emphasis on, are satisfied at the highest value for your resources. Our main priority is to provide the full-range of legal services in relation to our practice areas, from legal drafting, advising and reviewing to full-scale dispute resolution, including litigation before any Cyprus Court.

Our recognition and global network

The Firm has been recognized, awarded and ranked amongst the leading legal services providers in Cyprus. It has been included in the eminent legal directories such as The Legal 500, Martindale and Hieros Gamos, while it is also listed or featured in International Law Office, Linex Legal and Global Law Experts, amongst others. The Firm has achieved the highest ranking of ‘Preeminent’ by Martindale through Client Reviews. Recent awards include the World Finance 2011 Legal Award, Corporate INTL’s Global Award 2010 for Competition Advisory Excellence and the same publication’s Legal Awards 2010 for Competition Law and Telecommunications Law, while Lawyer Monthly has awarded the Firm with the Leading 100 Lawyer accolade. ACQ’s 2011 Awards saw our Firm being awarded as the best Competition/Antitrust Law Firm for Southern Europe, along with the same accolade for Capital Markets Law. The Global Law Experts forum has accorded definitive recognition to the Firm by choosing it as the Recommended Corporate Law and Energy Law Firm in Cyprus.

Our Senior Partner Anastasios Antoniou has been honoured with inclusion in the European Competition Lawyers Forum, a group of the leading practitioners in competition law from law firms across the European Union and a forum for senior practitioners and officials from DG Competition to engage in an open dialogue on the topical competition law issues of the day and to discuss areas for reform. Our Lawyers are Members of their respective local bar associations, the Cyprus Bar Association and the International Bar Associations, while they belong to various legal forums such as the American Society of International Law, the European Society of International Law and Avocats Sans Frontieres.

The quality of our services has led the Firm to join EUROJURIS, the leading network of law firms in Europe, comprising of only the best law firms in more than 40 countries. Being a EUROJURIS member, ANASTASIOS ANTONIOU LLC and its Clients benefit from the truly global presence this leading alliance facilitates through access to its world-wide network of the leading lawyers. We are also proud to be a Founding Member of International Referral, a global network founded on ethical values and standards, while our corporate responsibility policy has been awarded with entry into the Legal Sector Alliance.

The recongition of our work has also led to significant contributions to prominent legal publications and jurisprudence in general. Our Firm Members author articles and chapters in leading practitioners’ guides such as Getting the Deal Through and ICLG as well as in leading legal journals. Our Lawyers are also commentators in the media, particularly the largest national coverage newspapers.

Our human capital

ANASTASIOS ANTONIOU LLC has been designed to operate in full alignment with modern evolvements in the law and the industries to which it provides its legal services and ensures that it can attract the brightest legal minds who can be thrilled to be part of its team.

We treasure diversity and strive to operate in a truly democratic environment in respect of anyone who interacts with our Firm, from our Clients to State Authorities and from Colleagues in the wider legal community to our very own Staff. We believe it is only within such a corporate culture that we can effectively understand, identify and address the precise needs of our Clients, saving them both time and money.

Our values irrevocably stipulate that we conduct all of our business with the highest sense of responsibility of being both servants of Justice and providers of legal services. As a result, apart from being professionals of the highest calibre, it is our Firm’s commitment that our lawyers are also active contributors to Law through both the provision of clear, practical and innovative legal solutions and their own input to jurisprudence.

Our vision

Our vision towards the provision of the highest quality of legal services in an accurate, practical and unambiguous manner is the cornerstone of how we practice the law. We expect from our Clients to seek the highest quality of legal services at the highest value and they should expect from us the provision of clear, customized solutions to their legal needs.

Our values are the first element we want our Clients to be aware of before, during and following our cooperation. This allows them to know the levels of our ethos and embark confidently in forming a fruitful relationship with our Firm that can outlast the provision of our services.

Properly identifying our Clients’ needs is an imperative aspect of formulating accurate legal solutions at a high value for them. We always seek to clarify our Clients’ requirements and expectations and challenge them when necessary so as to introduce customized solutions which suit their needs and serve their targets, having their best interests in mind. Our Firm strives to create and maintain unique lawyer-client relationships that are based on trust, integrity and reliability.

More about our Firm

• Read about our values and corporate ethos.
• Browse through our Information Papers on our practice areas of specialization.
• Discover our contribution to jurisprudence and the legal science through our Publications.
• Find out about media coverage of our work.

Contact us to discuss your legal needs at info@antoniou.com.cy or visit our offices to meet with our lawyers.

Media enquiries should be addressed to our public relations desk at pr@antoniou.com.cy.