The firm’s mergers and acquisitions team members have extensive experience and are regularly involved in significant mergers and acquisitions transactions either locally, within Cyprus or Greece, or regionally extending beyond the boundaries of the jurisdictions. We have expertise in all stages of M&A’s including negotiations and drafting of agreements and supporting instruments, tax advice on the specific transactions (including group re-structuring), legal due diligence and employment related matters as well as on matters of competition and anti-trust law.
Our team advises on the full range of deal structures from public takeovers/tender offers through to divestments, auctions and de-mergers in Cyprus and abroad and is able to coordinate complex transactions successfully, address regulatory requirements, prepare robust documentation, assist in negotiations and offer advice on tax matters. Every such transaction demands the right structure, careful risk analysis and forward planning in order to ensure that the anticipated value of the deal is realized.
The firm’s experience and expertise extends to drafting and negotiating acquisitions and disposals, business and asset purchase and sale agreements, fund structuring and related acquisitions or exits as well as public take-overs including making both unsolicited and recommended offers and defending unwelcome take-over bids.
The basic principle, central prerequisite and condition for the application of the TUPE Law is that the “transfer” must concern: Therefore, in order to determine whether a particular transaction falls within the scope of the TUPE Law, particular importance is attached to whether (a) an organized group of resources has been transferred and, furthermore, (b) […]
Mandatory Electronic Registration: Under the Transparent and Predictable Working Conditions Law 25(I)/2023 and based on Regulation ΚΔΠ455/2024, an important administrative obligation has been imposed on all employers of the private sector to submit the essential terms of employment of all their employees to the government electronic platform “ERGANI”. Employers who fail to comply risk facing […]
This article examines the extensive power of the Attorney General in Cyprus to suspend criminal prosecutions (nolle prosequi), highlighting how the lack of clear legal criteria, transparency, and external oversight raises significant concerns for accountability and public trust in the justice system. It outlines how European institutions and judicial bodies have repeatedly criticized this framework […]