Mr Kypros Ioannides > Deloitte Legal | Hadjianastassiou, Ioannides LLC > Nicosia, Cyprus > Lawyer Profile
Deloitte Legal | Hadjianastassiou, Ioannides LLC Offices

11 Michail Paridi
CY-1095 Lefkosia
P.O. Box 21136, CY-1502 Lefkosia
Cyprus
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Mr Kypros Ioannides

Work Department
Corporate and Mergers and Acquisitions
Position
Partner
Career
2008 – Present: Hadjianastassiou, Ioannides LLC (member of Deloitte Legal since 2016), 2003 – 2008 Founding partner / Advocate, KGMC Advocates 2000 – 2003 Advocate / Associate, Montanios & Montanios
Kypros is an experienced corporate and commercial lawyer with substantial litigation background. He is a former non-executive member of the board of the Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission. He currently chairs the Companies and Capital Markets Committee of the Cyprus Bar Association and chaired the Company Law Working Party of the EU Council under the Cypriot Presidency in 2012. Kypros participated in the steering committee of the Ministry of Finance for the modernisation of the Cypriot Companies Law, Cap. 113, following the recommendations of which the Government published in 2021 a call for proposals for the drafting of a new Companies Law. Kypros was a lecturer and examiner of Company Law for the Cyprus Legal Council for 17 years. He is a recommended lawyer by Legal 500 EMEA for Commercial, Corporate and M&A and for Dispute Resolution.
Languages
Greek, English
Memberships
Oct 2013 – current: Member of Disciplinary Committee, Institute of Certified and Public Accountants of Cyprus, Jul – Dec 2012: Company Law Working Party of Council of the European Union, Chairman, 2005 – current: Company Law and Tax Planning Commitee, Cyprus Bar Association, Member, 2005 – 2022: Appointment as Lecturer and Examiner in Company Law, Cyprus Legal Council, 2001 – current: Cyprus Bar Association, member, 2001 – current: Nicosia Bar Association, member, 2000 – current: Honourable Society of the Middle Temple, member, 1997 – current: Cambridge Commonwealth Society, Fellow, 1995 – current: Cyprus National Guard (second lieutenant, reserves)
Education
2000-2001: Cyprus Advocate Pupillage, Cyprus Legal Council, Registration as practicing advocate, Cyprus 1999-2000: Admission to the Bar of England and Wales / Diploma in professional legal skills, Inns of Court School of Law / City University Bar Vocational Course 1996-1999: BA (Law), MA (Hons) University of Cambridge Undergraduate Law Degree 1987-1994: The English School Nicosia
Lawyer Rankings
Cyprus > Dispute resolution
The ‘high-quality legal team’ at Deloitte Legal | Hadjianastassiou, Ioannides LLC has a ‘sharp understanding of complicated cross-border legal issues’. It has an established reputation for its work on a variety of high-value disputes covering many areas, such as civil, criminal and public procurement matters. It excels in other areas, including tax, family, real estate and competition cases. The group excels in arbitration matters too, and has been active in the niche area of EU sanctions-related disputes. Gaston Hadjianastassiou, Kypros Ioannides and Costas Philippou collectively lead the department. In addition, it excels in corporate and commercial dispute resolution, such as shareholder disputes, fraud and white-collar crime cases, as well as covering cases in the betting and gaming arena.
Cyprus > Commercial, corporate and M&A
Kypros Ioannides heads the ‘knowledgeable and professional’ team at Deloitte Legal | Hadjianastassiou, Ioannides LLC. It provides a full range of corporate law services to both national and international companies and groups. The department enjoys a steady flow of work on purchaser and vendor legal due diligence exercises and provides transactional support to key clients on major deals. The group is skilled at handling corporate reorganisations and advising on corporate compliance matters. Additionally, it has a strong reputation for its work on a wide variety of commercial matters. Andreas Thoma and Natalie Kyprianou are among the other names to note.