Nicos Georgiades heads the offering at Georgiades & Pelides, which is well-equipped to handle urgent and large-scale commercial disputes. Its clientele includes foreign governments, international banks and financial institutions, insurance companies, as well as technology firms. The firm has been expanding at the partner level with the promotions of George Charalambous and Sotos Kasinos to the partnership in January 2024.
Testimonials
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‘The team paid full attention to our case from the first meeting. The communication was very professional replying to all our enquiries in a timely and documented manner. The final output was of a very high standard requiring very few comments from us.’
‘The individuals that we mostly dealt with were Nicos Georgiades, Sotos Kasinos and Athina Athanasiadou. They were all available on short notice.’
‘GP's dispute resolution practice is respectable and well established. They represent local banks but also high-net-worth individuals and international corporate clients. Their approach in Court is diligent and careful. They are well resourced and have an eye for the detail.’
‘George Charalambous and Sotos Kasinos are excellent advocates.’
‘Very hands-on and experienced team.’
‘Nicos Georgiades has great instincts for the courts. Important is preparing winning arguments.’
‘George Charalambous is providing us with Cypriot advice in the context of a case involving proceedings in London, Dubai, Cyprus and Switzerland. I have found George user-friendly, clear and extremely competent.'
‘George is particularly excellent for international matters as, having trained in the UK, he is familiar with English law and therefore is able to make helpful distinctions as to where Cypriot law is different and how Cypriot courts are likely to behave compared to English courts.’
Key clients
- Hellenic Bank Public Company Limited
- Themis Portfolio Management Limited
- Central Bank of Cyprus
- Pancyprian Insurance
- Hellenic Alico Life Insurance Co Ltd
- Bank of Cyprus Public Company Limited
- Cyprus Popular Bank Public Co Ltd (in Liquidation)
- O1 Group Limited (in liquidation)
- G.N. Terminal Enterprises Ltd (in receivership)
- The Cyprus Development Bank Public Company Ltd
- National Bank of Greece (Cyprus) Ltd
- Alpha Bank
- PHC Franchised Restaurants Public Ltd
- Pancyprian Organisation of Cow Breeders
- EPIC Limited
- Gordian Holdings Ltd
- Quantuma
- HLB Cyprus Limited
- Fiduserve Asset Management LTD
- Photos Photiades Group
- Aepias Real Estate (Greece) Ltd
- Lante Enterprises Limited
- Eurogate Container Terminal Limassol
- Multipro Limited
- AMS Advanced Management Solutions Ltd
- Sky Cac Limited
- Interwetten Gaming Ltd
- Montrio Holdings Ltd
- Wargaming
Work highlights
- Currently defending a foreign audit company in a $3bn professional negligence claim filed against it.
- Successfully discharged an injunction preventing the receiver of a Cypriot holding company from taking action to place under his control the grain terminal and the dry port of the port of Odesa, Ukraine.
- Successfully obtained a mandamus prerogative order from the Supreme Court compelling the Registrar of Companies to register changes in a company despite its inability to comply with the Registrar’s formal requirements.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Nicos Georgiades