The ‘highly accessible, reliable and dependable’ team at Karamanolis & Karamanolis LLC is ’comprised of very experienced lawyers who are proactive and commercial’. Yiannis Karamanolis spearheads the practice, which focuses on commercial and corporate litigation and arbitration. The team has considerable experience advising on a wide range of contentious matters, including fraud cases and cross-border asset recovery proceedings. Andreas Karamanolis is another eminent practitioner.

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Testimonials

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  • ‘Yiannis Karamanolis is extremely well-versed in dispute resolution. He exerts a polite and supportive demeanour, and responds to queries promptly. At the same time, he has a solid grasp of the technicalities of legislation and legal processes, which bodes well for steering cases in favourable directions for the client.’

  • ‘A small but well managed practice with personal attention, for clients who want to have the direct personal attention by the partners.’

  • ‘Yiannis Karamanolis can analyse the legal facts of the case and advise the strengths and weaknesses and fight for the best outcome.’

  • ‘Yiannis Karamanolis guided us with great confidence and assuredness. We appreciated his availability, reliability, honouring the agreed deadlines, knowledge of the applicable regulation and local practices, and the ability to anticipate the steps of the counterparty.’

  • ‘Very strong technical expertise combined with a pragmatic approach. Andreas Karamanolis has outstanding expertise combined with deep knowledge of litigation environment in Cyprus.’

  • ‘Yiannis Karamanolis is extremely reactive and available. His advice is both legally sound and commercially oriented.’
  • ‘The team is hardworking and extremely responsive. The team is very personable and are excellent strategists, always looking to find the best solution for the client. The combination of Yiannis Karamanolis and Andreas Karamanolis is what makes this firm the best in Cyprus. Their knowledge in the area of commercial litigation is unmatched. ’

Key clients

  • Ancoria Investments PLC
  • Let Petit-Fils de L.U. Chopard & Cie S.A
  • Playgendary Limited
  • HOMA Games SAS
  • Nuscience Belgium NV
  • AXON Neuroscience SE
  • 3Commas Technologies Cyprus Ltd
  • Alexandrion Group
  • Paphos Public Transport Ltd
  • Cyprus National Oil Gas (C.N.O.G) Co Ltd
  • C&M Energy Management Ltd
  • Dario Advertising Ltd
  • Allied Asset AG
  • Vasos Matolis Ltd
  • Municipality of Agios Theodoros Larnaca
  • Tsolias Coral Bay Hotels Ltd
  • Ruslan Travel Ltd
  • Avantway Properties Ltd
  • Timlin Investments Ltd
  • Archimides & Pavlos Paraskevaides Ltd
  • Cosmo Developers Ltd

Work highlights

  • Representing several video game developers and publishing companies in various contentious matters including intellectual property infringement disputes.
  • Acting for a group of shareholders of a prominent technology company in a dispute pertaining to the removal of the current directors, the enforcement of deadlock provisions and the enforcement of buy-out provisions, contained in a shareholders’ agreement.
  • Advising a famous Swiss luxury watch and jewellery brand, with a worldwide presence, on a dispute concerning its distribution and franchise agreement with previous local distributors as well as in relation to a breach of their intellectual property rights and trespass to goods by previous local distributors.

Lawyers

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Yiannis Karamanolis  

Other key lawyers

Andreas Karamanolis