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Acts on highly complex matters, including those involving terrorism crimes and European Arrest Warrant

A European Arrest Warrant were issued against our client for the alleged offenses of terrorism and/or supporting a terrorist organization in Germany. Efstathios C. Efstathiou had argued successfully that the initial EAW by German authorities was invalid because it was issued at the state level. After a preliminary order to the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), the Court of Justice considered Public prosecutor’s offices in Germany as not sufficiently independent to issue EAWs (Joined Cases C-508/18 and C-82/19 PPU, OG and PI), The initial EAW was revoked by the Prosecution and the same day a second EAW re-issued by...

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Success for Constantinos (Kostis) Efstathiou in the Supreme Court

Success for Konstantinos (Costis) Efstathiou in the Supreme Court had been convicted back in 2014 after the three-judge panel of the criminal court in Paphos had, according to the recent Supreme Court ruling, “wrongfully taken into account the witness testimony of one of the municipal accountants as an expert on how coin parking metres operate”. The Supreme Court had ruled that the witness in question “was obviously not academically qualified to know how these coin-collecting machines work. He admitted himself that he was just an accountant and had only one month to learn how they worked. It appeared that the Criminal...

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Intellectual Property Law – Innovation, Technology and Patent Law

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We aim to lead in each practice and area of law we work in. Coming from in-depth understanding of the law and the industry, capitalizing on extensive experience, we provide hands-on advice that speaks the language of our client’s business. Whether in aviation, sales and distribution, antitrust, corporate and M&A, finance, employment, energy, IP, litigation, TMT, real estate, or any other area of law, our clients can expect excellence and commitment to their objectives. Ensuring the operational functioning of the organisation, the development of external relations, management of press relations and constant communication with the press....

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The Recast Insolvency Regulation (Regulation (EU) No. 2015/848)

Introduction A good point of departure is that Insolvency Law Cyprus constitutes an integral part of a nation’s public Economic order. Although, the various state proceedings differ from nation to nation, the common denominator that the legal order of Insolvency as it appears in the various legal systems, is always consider being a nation specific function. It is for this reason that Insolvency consulations are not easily suitable for internationalization especially when a company, a corporate debtor, is established in several European States, and the opening of insolvency proceedings raise questions as to which court has jurisdiction, what is the applicable...

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Desirable scope of the EC Financial Collateral Directive

We aim to lead in each practice and area of law we work in. Coming from in-depth understanding of the law and the industry, capitalizing on extensive experience, we provide hands-on advice that speaks the language of our client’s business. Whether in aviation, sales and distribution, antitrust, corporate and M&A, finance, employment, energy, IP, litigation, TMT, real estate, or any other area of law, our clients can expect excellence and commitment to their objectives. Ensuring the operational functioning of the organisation, the development of external relations, management of press relations and constant communication with the press....

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