‘Powerhouse of a lawyer’ Anastasios A. Antoniou leads Antoniou McCollum & Co. LLC‘s EU and competition practice area, advising some of the largest multinational corporations, private equity houses and global institutions on EU regulatory and competition matters. Antoniou is experienced in advising clients on the EU Digital Services Act and on data protection proceedings and is a trusted adviser to some of the biggest tech clients operating in Cyprus. Ifigenia Iacovou bolsters the team’s regulatory ability across data protection, privacy, audiovisual media services, electronic communications and copyright and trade marks.

National government departments, European Commission directorates, multinational and domestic companies and international law firms choose Chrysostomides Advocates & Legal Consultants‘ EU and competition team for its expert ability in EU law and antitrust investigations and merger control matters. The team has deep experience with European business grant schemes, regularly advises investment institutions and has a sector focus on tech, energy, automotive and banking and finance. George Mountis, a disputes and competition law expert, Anna Rossides, a corporate lawyer experienced working before the Commission for the Protection of Competition Law and Victoria-Zoi Papagiannis, a key disputes practitioner, lead the team.

Elias Neocleous & Co LLC‘s ‘proactive’ EU and competition team represents national government departments, European Commission directorates, international law firms and domestic businesses. The team regularly submits notifications to the Cypriot competition authorities, in addition to working across competition and merger issues, advising on the implementation of EU directives, litigation against the government and on data, privacy and cybersecurity issues. Andrea Parparinou Kallis, a key adviser for compliance, EU law and regulation and antitrust, leads the team alongside Ramona Livera, an expert in competition, IP and corporate law. The ‘excellent’ Elena Christodoulou and Demetris Gregoriou are also key contacts on the team.

Merger control, antitrust compliance, state aid and public procurement issues are what Harris Kyriakides‘ EU and competition team specialises in. The team works cross-practice with its IP practice on licensing agreements, tech transfers and the competition aspects of IP rights, often working for clients in the energy sector. At the helm of the ‘knowledgeable, accessible and communicative’ team are Michael Kyriakides, Eleni Neoptolemou and Angela Charalambous. Kyriakides specialises in multi-jurisdictional litigation and arbitration involving competition and regulatory issues; Neoptolemou is a key adviser for clients in energy, IP, public procurement and regulatory compliance; and Charalambous bolsters the practice’s public procurement disputes, tax and judicial review proceedings ability.

Routinely working with some of the largest global private equity houses and international law firms, Georgiades & Pelides LLC advises clients in proceedings before the Cyprus Commission for the Protection of Competition, across merger control filings and in daily competition law and antitrust advice. Bringing a ‘profound knowledge of competition law’ and an expertise in merger control, competition law, M&A and corporate governance, Nicholas Pelides co-leads the team alongside M&A and corporate specialist Marios Pelides.

Pambos Ioannides, Andrew Demetriou and Christina Ioannidou head Ioannides Demetriou LLC‘s EU and competition team, which has a specialism in advising clients before the Committee for the Protection of Competition in complaints against them and investigations for alleged abuse of position. The practice counts semi-governmental organisations, public and private foundations, universities, international and local businesses and insurance, hotel and shipping companies as clients. Ioannides is experienced in policy drafting and banking and insolvency law, Demetriou is a key adviser to major public bodies, while Ioannidou rounds out the team’s offering in banking and M&A and EU law.

Abuse of dominance cases, cartel investigations, merger notifications filings, judicial review applications against the Commission for the Protection of Competition and private actions for breaches of competition law encapsulate the work that Lellos P Demetriades Law Office does. The team works across the pharma, insurance, aviation, food and beverage and tobacco industries. Praised by clients for being a ‘true business partner’, Achilleas Demetriades, with significant experience in competition law, is the practice head.

Across the energy, automotive and banking industries, Antis Triantafyllides & Sons LLC‘s EU and competition team is capable across competition compliance and daily competition advisory, and representing clients before competition authorities. The practice is led by George Triantafyllides, specialising in high-stakes financial, commercial, bankruptcy and restructuring litigation, alongside Stelios Triantafyllides, a key adviser to clients on Cypriot regulatory law.

Standing out to clients for being ‘highly knowledgeable and experienced’, Polyvios Panayides leads Chrysses Demetriades & Co Law Office‘s EU and competition team from Limassol. Merger control and antitrust work before the Cypriot Commission for the Protection of Competition and specialist EU and competition law for international law firms and multinational and domestic corporates are what the team is best at. The team also has a niche in the food, luxury goods and personal care and cosmetics sector.

Michael Kyprianou & Co. LLC‘s EU and competition team advises clients on emerging EU law and policy, infringements of competition, anti-competitive practices and is often instructed by international law firms to obtain freezing orders. Menelaos Kyprianou, the firm’s managing partner and cross-border litigation specialist, leads the team alongside Ioanna Solomou, focused on financial services, capital markets and regulatory law.