EU and competition

Elias Neocleous & Co LLC

The team at Elias Neocleous & Co LLC regularly works with government departments, European Commission Directorates, major international law firms, and domestic businesses. Its primary focus is notifying the Cyprus CPC of proposed transactions to obtain regulatory clearance. It regularly provides advice to multinational businesses ahead of any prospective transactions. The group is active in specialist areas, such as shipping and more recently in betting. It often advises clients on the implementation of a wide variety of EU directives and regularly undertakes litigation for these clients. The team also excels in advising on state aid issues and procurement matters. Additionally, it remains busy advising on European grant and funding opportunities. Andrea Kallis Parparinou and Ramona Livera co-head the excellent practice. Elias Neocleous plays a pivotal role in the practice too, alongside Elena Christodoulou and Demetris Gregoriou.

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Testimonials

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‘Great team, highly responsive and helpful.’
‘Demetris Gregoriou is a great associate, very responsive and helpful.’
‘The team was very responsive and professional. They showed a deep knowledge of Cypriot law and procedure and proposed ways to streamline our case.’
‘Ramona Livera was our main contact at Elias Neocleous & Co. Llc. She is an outstanding lawyer with a good business approach.’
‘I have worked with the team in the past on merger control matters and they delivered good results and were easy to work with.’
‘Ramona Livera is my go-to person for antitrust.’
‘Very good client service, easy to work with, great collaboration overall.’
‘Easy partner access, very responsive, on point with developments.’

Key clients

Allwyn Group
Amazon Web Services
Avanti Communications Group
British High Commission, Nicosia
Credit Suisse
Cyprus Tourism Development Corporation Ltd
CPT Cyprus Public Transport Limited
European Investment Fund
Huawei Technologies
H&M
Invel Real Estate Partners
Jordan Kuwait Bank (Cyprus Branch)
KKCG Group
Limassol Marina
Mitsubishi Motors
Mall of Cyprus
Malta Lines Limited
MOL Chemical Tankers
OPAP S.A
SOLEK Holding SE
Samsung Group
Volkswagen Group

Work highlights

Advised Salesforce on Cyprus merger control law and competition law obligations concerning a proposed acquisition of Informatica.
Provided competition law advice to Ultrabulk A/S for its proposed acquisition of the share capital in the operating subsidiaries of M.T.Beheer B.V. and several subsidiaries of CTP.BIZ GmbH.
Acted for Proximus S/A in its acquisition of a controlling interest in Route Mobile, including providing all competition law advice on the transaction and attending to a merger control filing in Cyprus.