When business disputes occur, it is essential to identify legal advisors who have the right experience and capability to deal with all the potential issues that may arise. The huge growth in globalised business is associated with a greater scope for complex cross-border disputes. Increasingly, companies need legal advisors who can work effectively and efficiently on both a national and international basis.

Chrysses Demetriades & Co. LLC has the leading commercial litigation practice in Cyprus. We represent clients involved in a wide range of complex national and international commercial disputes. Our practice has extensive experience in the following areas of litigation:

• Regulatory
• Competition/Anti-trust
• Fraud & Asset Recovery
• Insurance
• Pensions
• Product liability
• Securities & Corporate
• Tax
• Property
• Construction and IT

We have a distinguished alternative dispute resolution and international arbitration practice. In all matters, our practice is committed to providing clients with a swift and practical service that is focused on achieving our client's objective in a cost-effective manner.

To find out more on a specific area please choose the relevant core practice area from the list below. For more details please contact: George Christodoulou or Demetris Araouzos.

Administrative and Public law

We advise on international human rights laws, civil actions involving governmental bodies and institutions, public inquiries and judicial review cases. Our experience of administrative and public law includes disputes which have immigration, employment, family, criminal and environmental law dimensions.

Admiralty

We advise ship builders, ship owners, shipping companies, charterers, ship brokers, cargo owners, banks, insurers and other corporate entities and individuals who become involved in disputes which have a maritime law dimension.

Banking Litigation

We advise on a wide range of medium to high value banking disputes. Our extensive experience in this area includes actions on behalf of banks, corporate clients and individuals.

Company & Commercial Litigation

We advise on a wide range of medium to high value disputes which arise between commercial transactions and business relationships. Our clients include all types of corporate entities as well as large and small financial institutions and individuals.

Corporate fraud, investigations and asset recovery

We can advise on all matters concerning a suspected or confirmed white collar crime. This includes complex financial investigations, emergency applications to identify, preserve and trace assets on both a national and international basis, the enforcement of recovery actions and trust law.

Insurance and reinsurance litigation

We advise on all types of disputes involving insurers and policy-holders including disputes involving reinsurers and insurance brokers. In addition, we have experience of dealing with many types of small to medium sized disputes which involve an insurance dimension such as product liability, personal injury and property damage claims.

International arbitration

We advise on arbitrations to resolve disputes of any size in a wide range of industries. We have the expertise to work on ad hoc or administered arbitrations and proceedings under the UNCITRAL rules or the rules of institutions including the LCIA, ICC and ICSID. We can assist at every stage of the arbitration process, from drafting the arbitration agreement to the selection of appropriate arbitrators and the enforcement of arbitral awards in Cyprus and other jurisdictions.

Personal Injury

We are recognised as specialists in the field of injury, accident and medical related legal claims. We deal in all areas of personal injury and medical accidents, including accidents at work, road traffic accidents, injury in public places, injury to children, medical accidents, criminal injuries and assault, fatalities and inquests.

Property Litigation

We advise on large and small property disputes involving vendors and purchasers, landlords and tenants, developers, construction firms, management companies and financial institutions. Our expertise ranges from the litigation of basic contractual disputes to complex multi-jurisdictional measures to protect and enforce our clients' property rights.

Restructuring and Insolvency Litigation

We have the expertise to achieve the efficient practical and commercial resolution of disputes arising from corporate failures. We have experience of working on behalf of a broad range of clients who are creditors, debtors and insolvency practitioners in Cyprus and other jurisdictions.