Menelaos Kyprianou, Tonia Antoniou, Ioanna Solomou and Peter Schodder are at the helm of Michael Kyprianou & Co. LLC‘s practice. The team acts for ship owners, managers, and financial institutions in a wide range of maritime matters. Transactional work is a core area of instruction, with particular focus on shipping finance, and the group is also highly experienced in advising on contentious matters, including litigation arising from shipbuilding contracts and charterparty disputes.

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Testimonials

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  • ‘The very knowledgeable team keeps in close contact with clients, and proactively advises on new regulations.'

  • 'Ioanna Solomou is an exceptional person and very professional.’

  • ‘Collaboration, technology, professionalism.’

  • ‘Ioanna Solomou and Andria Kouloumi are exceptional, very professional and outstanding with regards to their assistance and experience.'

  • 'They have always been willing to help with any questions we may have.'
  • ‘Quick responses.'

Key clients

  • EMAR Offshore Services
  • Abys Yachting

Work highlights

  • Provides ongoing assistance to a maritime stakeholder entity concerning maritime, regulatory and corporate issues.
  • Acts as leading local counsel to a major group of shipping companies, assisting with all the clients' corporate and commercial, banking and finance and regulatory matters in Cyprus, as well as acting as the group's representative with the Shipping Deputy Ministry.

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Menelaos Kyprianou, Tonia Antoniou, Ioanna Solomou, Peter Schodder

Other key lawyers

Andria Kouloumi