Costas Philippou
Deloitte Legal | Hadjianastassiou, Ioannides LLC
Deloitte Legal | Hadjianastassiou, Ioannides LLC
Client SatisfactionThe ‘highly supportive, engaged and reassuring’ team at Deloitte Legal | Hadjianastassiou, Ioannides LLC is praised for its ’business orientated’ approach. It is collectively led by Gaston Hadjianastassiou, Kypros Ioannides and recently promoted partner Costas Philippou, and advises many global and local clients on high-value, complex cases in the civil, administrative, family, tax and real estate law spaces. It also covers a wide array of contentious matters relating to intellectual property, competition and public procurement, and is equally adept at handling arbitration.
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‘The team stands out for its expertise, responsiveness, and reliability. They are very easy to work with. Kypros Ioannides is hard-working, practical, and a pleasure to work with.'
‘Partners are very experienced and give the appropriate guidance to others - the team is young and vibrant. Gaston Hadjianastasiou - responsive. Kypros Ioannides - thorough and careful.'
‘Professional, prompt, articulate and always have the clients best interests at heart. Costas Philippou has been extremely helpful, efficient and competent in all dealings we have had with him across several legal requests. ’
‘All partners and associates have been very helpful and prompt in their responses. Kypros Ioannides is a very efficient lawyer who always provides timely advice.’
‘Gaston Hadjianastassiou is extremely responsive and ready to provide his assistance when needed even under extreme short notice. He is also very knowledgeable in respect to insolvency matters as well as great commercial awareness.’
‘Great team of experienced and well versed litigators with high command of local and international law. Kypros Ioannides is a highly regarded colleague with acute understanding of complex cases.’
‘Kypros Ioannides is without doubt one of the best lawyers in Cyprus. He is knowledgeable, efficient and very reliable. Costas Philippou is also a safe pair of hands.’
‘Special Mention: Costas Philippou (Partner) is very knowledgeable and thorough, and was able to work with tight deadlines.'
Key clients
- A. Panayides Contracting Limited
- Abacus Limited
- Adidas
- Alpha Television Cyprus Limited
- Aqua Sol Hotels Public Company Limited
- Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer (UK) LLP)
- Astra Self Drive Cars Limited
- Astro Bank Ltd
- Baker Tilly Klitou & Partners
- Bank of Cyprus Public Company Ltd
- CareerFinders Recruitment Services Limited
- CEE Equity Partners Ltd
- Char. Pilakoutas Group Limited
- COCA-COLA HBC Cyprus Ltd (formally known as Lanitis Bros Ltd part of the Coca-Cola Hellenic Group)
- CSC Group Ltd
- Deloitte Limited
- Elekta EPE
- Galatariotis Brothers Limited
- GPA Vision Drive Ltd
- GQS Services Limited
- HLB Cyprus Ltd
- HSB Engineering Insurance Ltd
- J & A Philippou Architects Engineers E.P.E.
- National Bank of Greece (Cyprus) Ltd
- Nice Day Developments Limited
- PPF Banka A.S
- Sinergatikos Organismos Paragogis Zootrofon Ltd - Cooperative Food Production Organisation - SOPAZ
- Stanleybet Group
- Trade Capital Markets (TCM) Ltd
Work highlights
- Advising and representing several defendants in the context of a civil action brought before the District Court of Nicosia on behalf of an international conglomerate for damages of around €500m and other remedies for conspiracy to defraud.
- Representing a leading administrative services provider within the context of complex litigation proceedings before various Cypriot Courts concerning a shareholders’ dispute with an underlying value of around $243m.
- Advising a number of clients on a dispute over the shareholding and ownership of a large international cosmetics company.
Lawyers
Next Generation Partners
Junior partners with significant recognition from clients and peers in the market and key roles on multiple matters.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Gaston Hadjianastassiou, Kypros Ioannides, Costas Philippou