Neophytou & Neophytou LLC - Company News
Launch of new web
pages for our Law Offices and updating the information they include.
June 2011.
Purchase of the entire 3rd floor on 49 Metochiou street in Nicosia, to
cover all our professional needs.
May 2011.
Purchase of the entire 3rd floor on 49 Metochiou street in Nicosia, to cover all our professional needs. The total area of our offices in Nicosia is of 350mp. The total area of all our offices, including the regional offices (Nicosia, Larnaca, Paralimni and Piraeus) is of 575mp.
Attendance at the Seminar organized in Journalists' House focussing on the new Cypriot Planning Amnesty Laws. May 2011.
Handling Marine Mortgage cases for our Bank customers. April 2011.
The Litigation Department of our Offices was opened in Larnaca, with an office area of 50mp. January 2011.
The Litigation Department of our Offices was opened in Larnaca, with an
office area of 50mp. Along with our offices in Nicosia (175mp),
Paralimni (85mp) and Piraeus (60mp), the total area of our offices is of
370mp.
Handling the case for the recognition and enforcement of judgment issued by the International Court of Arbitration of Kiev, Ukraine. October 2010.
Handling the case for the recognition and enforcement of judgment issued
by the International Court of Arbitration of Kiev, Ukraine in the
Hellenic Courts, in Thiva on behalf of our Ukrainian clients against a
Greek Company. The case was won at first instance and has a pending
appeal to the Supreme Court in Athens.
Handling Marine Mortgage cases for our Bank customers.
July 2010
Handling complex cases related to Company Law.
May 2010.
Handling complex cases related to Company Law, including counterfeiting, illegal assets, illegal lending from the Company, repression of shareholding rights, etc.
Establishment of a separate Corporate Department of our Offices, that covers all supporting services related to companies. January 2010.
Ms. Georgia Michaelides joins our Law Offices as Advocate in the Litigation Department in Nicosia. December 2009.
Attendance at the Specialized Seminar focusing on Detachment of Employees within European Union. October 2010.
Hellenic Real Estate Law in conjunction to
newly established Hellenic Land Registry Law: A hands on experience on
the island of Crete. Crete Island - Hellas.
15-26 April 2009.
Real Estate Law & Hellenic Land Registry.
Employment Law, Contract Law & EU Law. Court Actions against bad debtors
in Greece. Ownership rights upon land. Registration of land in Greece on
offshore trusts.
Take-over acquisition of Romanian company by Cyprus registered company.
Port of Costanta - Romania.
10 April 2009.
Company Law. Take-over, acquisition of the 100% of the shares of a Romanian registered s.r.l. company by a Cyprus Limited company. Transfer of various assets, employees, etc., from the Romanian s.r.l. onto the Cyprus Limited company.
Attendance at the 8 Hour Course "Cyprus as an International Corporate
Service Centre ...and comparison with International Financial Centers"
of the LexAct business and legal solutions. Nicosia - Cyprus.
24-25 February 2009.
At Neophytou & Neophytou Law Chambers our ever lasting endeavor is to always be way ahead of our competition in providing the best legal solutions for our clients. This course served as an orientation for our personnel for the inner workings and added value of Cyprus as an international service provider centre.
Ms. Viorica Lupascu, BA(Hons) Econ, joins Neophytou & Neophytou Law Chambers as a Customers Relations Officer. Nicosia - Cyprus. 19 November 2008.
Ms. Viorica Lupascu, BA(Hons) Econ, joins the Neophytou&Neophytou Law
Chambers as a Customer Relations Officer. Ms. Lupascu has full command
of the Greek, English, Russian, Romanian, French, Spanish, Italian,
Bulgarian and Serbian languages. She also possesses valuable accounting
skills, thus enabling the Neophytou&Neophytou Law Chambers optimum
possible internal organization, productivity and performance in the
backend. At the same time, Neophytou&Neophytou ever demanding clients
have already appreciated the front-end improvement of service with the
adoption of numerous technological advancements in the every-day
provision of services. These include skype internet telephony
communication, paperless office protocols, recorded transmission of
information, virtual private networks, client-server and ftp facilities
to selected clients, etc.
Further expansion of the range and spectrum of legal and management services provided by Neophytou&Neophytou Piraeus Regional Law Office, with the co-housing of a ship-management, a ship-repairs, a real-estate, and a Service Provider company. Piraeus - Hellas. July-August 2008.
The Neophytou&Neophytou Piraeus Regional Law Office is housed along with
a Publication Company, a Ship-Management Company, a Ship-Repairs
Company, a Real Estate Company, and a Law Office, thus being able to
facilitate and to handle a wide spectrum of cases in many areas of law.
These companies are affiliated, or, they are under the direct, or direct
control of the Neophytou&Neophytou Piraeus Regional Law Office thus
enjoying central administration directly from Cyprus, while keeping the
overhead expenses to the absolute minimum.
Ms. Georgia Ch. Liasides, LLB(Hons) joins Neophytou&Neophytou Law Chambers as a trainee advocate. Nicosia - Cyprus. 23 June 2008.
Ms. Georgia Ch. Liasides, LLB(Hons) joins the Neophytou&Neophytou Law
Chambers as a trainee advocate. Her main areas of interest are 1)Land
Law, 2) Contract Law, 3) Defamation, 4) Patent/Trademarks, 5) Family
Law, 6) Labor Law, 7) EU Law and 8) Company Law.
Acquisition of the new Neophytou&Neophytou Office Headquarters. Nicosia - Cyprus. 17 June 2008.
The Neophytou&Neophytou Law Chambers acquire their new temporary office
Headquarters. The new temporary headquarters are housed in a spacious
175m2 office
located at 49 Metochiou Avenue, 3rd Floor, Office 301, Nicosia 1011,
Cyprus. They are comprised of 8 separate offices, including a reception,
a conference room and an archive/servers/telephone center room. The
temporary headquarters of Neophytou&Neophytou Law Chambers shall serve
our needs up until the withdrawal of all illegal Turkish troops from
occupied towns of Kyrenia and Famagusta, Neophytou&Neophytou Law
Chambers main headquarters.
Information Technology (IT) Law: Acquittal of 18 Charges.
CYPRUS: District Court of Nicosia, Criminal Division: The
Case of "Nicosia Police Superintendent v. P.S. Tsiakkis Ltd, Charalambos
Tsiakkis C.L.R 17126/06".
Presiding: Hon. Mrs. Justice O.A. Loizou
For the Prosecution: Mrs. Yiallourou, Mrs. Shiapani
For the Defense: Mr. Christos A. Neophytou
10 June 2008
The defendants were accused with 18 charges for illegally possessing and
illegally distributing computer software contrary to Articles 2,3,4, 7B,
12, 13, 14(1)(5) and (6), 14A(1)(α)(β)(2),
22 of the Cyprus Intellectual
Property Act N.59/76 as amended by Article 20 of the Cyprus Criminal
Code Cap. 154.
Thanos A. Neophytou and Christos A. Neophytou acted for the defendants.
Christos A. Neophytou challenged the credibility of all 5 witnesses for
the prosecution including the credibility of the Cyprus Police Officer
and the "expertise" of the Cyprus Police IT expert. The witnesses for
the Prosecution, including the "spy" used by Microsoft Corporation were
all undermined due to effective cross-examination exercised by Christos
A. Neophytou on technical IT matters. As an effect, the prosecution
failed to substantiate a case at first instance for 9 out of 18 charges
for which the defendants were acquitted at once. The Defense then called
their own witnesses.
Upon callings their own defense witnesses and with clear and rounded
closing submissions, the defendants were acquitted of all 18 charges.
Attendance at Poseidonia International Shipping Exhibition and
Conference in Piraeus, Hellas. Piraeus - Hellas.
June 2008.
Contacted and strengthened our relations with many clients in the shipping industry, especially with marine engineers, ship owners, ship operators, ship managers, ship charterers and ship insurers. Attended various meetings, parties and events of Ship-owners, P&I Clubs, Charterers, Insurers, Publishing advertisers, etc.
Further expansion of the range and spectrum of legal and management services provided by Neophytou&Neophytou Law Office, with the establishment of the Piraeus - Hellas Office - Specializing in Company Formations, Taxation Planning, Employment Law, Real Estate, Banking, Shipping/ Admiralty Law, and other related legal, accounting and operational services. Piraeus - Hellas. March 2008.
Established a solid presence in Hellas (Greece) by establishing the
Neophytou&Neophytou Piraeus Regional Law Office in the heart of the
business district of the port of Piraeus, Hellas (Greece). The Neophytou&Neophytou
Piraeus Regional Law Office is located at 11 Sachtouri Street, 2nd
Floor, Piraeus 185 36, Hellas, opposite the Greek Orthodox Church of St.
Nicholas and with a sea-view of the Piraeus Sea Port. The Neophytou&Neophytou
Piraeus Regional Office can be contacted at Tel: +30 210 45 17 544, Fax:
+30 210 45 18 890, or by email at piraeus@neophytou-law.com The
Neophytou&Neophytou Piraeus Regional Law Office is aimed to offer
international company formations in jurisdictions such as the state of
Delaware USA, Belize Central America, British Virgin Islands, Hong Kong,
Hellas/N89/67, Cayman Islands, Cyprus, et. al., international company
management, ship/yacht registrations, marine insurance and marine
chartering services, ship-management services, ship-repairs services,
international trusts, international taxation planning, international
contract agreements, real estate agreements, secretarial and auxiliary
services, etc.
Employment Law - E.U. Directive for borrowing Employees in two or more
EU Member States -
Bucharest - Romania.
December 2007.
Contacted and strengthened our relations with many employment agencies
in Romania. Discussed ways to safely borrow personnel from one EU member
state to another. Discussed EU inter-state Employment Law issues such as
social security insurance, unemployment benefits, disability benefits,
medical insurance, family matters, custody of children, Personal Injury
(P.I.) Law issues and other social insurance and Family Law issues.
Special consideration is always given in the safeguard of the social
security and personal safety of the employees and their children and the
avoidance of their exploitation when working abroad.
Attendance at Maritime City - United Arab Emirates - Dubai. December 2007.
Contacted and strengthened our relations with many clients in the
shipping industry, specifically in the marine engineering industry.
Visited shipyards, and warehouses and attended various meetings and
events of Ship-suppliers. Discussed jurisdictional problems, drafting of
international contracts, finding suitable legal forums and making
provisions for arbitration clauses in order to safeguard the respective
rights of all parties in any international contract dispute.
Attendance at MarineTec 2007 - International Shipping Exhibition and
Conference in Shanghai, China.
November-December 2007.
Contacted and strengthened our relations with many clients in the shipping industry, specifically in the marine engineering industry. Visited shipyards, factories, warehouses and show-rooms, and attended various meetings and events of Ship-suppliers and ship-spare-parts-manufacturers. Discussed jurisdictional problems, drafting of international contracts, finding suitable legal forums and making provisions for arbitration clauses in order to safeguard the respective rights of all parties in any international contract dispute.
Shipping, Dry Claim - Piraeus, Hellas: Shipmanagement dispute, Arrest of
a ship, Restraint order, Change of Shipmanagment. PIRAEUS, HELLAS: ΠΡΩΤΟΔΙΚΕΙΟ
ΠΕΙΡΑΙΩΣ
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ΤΜΗΜΑ ΑΣΦΑΛΙΣΤΙΚΩΝ ΜΕΤΡΩΝ.
Case No. 11555/2007
Presiding: Hon. Mrs. Justice Sophia Doulkidou
For the Claimants: Mr. Kyriacos Liasides
For the Defendant: Mrs. Vassiliki Klosides
November-December 2007.
We have been instructed to arrest a ship of Cyprus interests that was
sailing in Hellas. The source of the dispute were allegations of bad
shipmanagement exercised by the shipmanagement company. After thorough
legal study we decided to apply for a restraint order that would bar any
change in the legal and/or actual status of the vessel and further an
order for the change of the shipmanagement company of the vessel. After
a Court hearing, and with the help of our associates in Piraeus, Hellas,
we achieved and secured both Court orders.
Information Technology (IT) Law: Provision of Expert Evidence in A
Landmark Case. CYPRUS: District Court of Limassol, Criminal Division: The
Case of "Limassol Police Superintendent v. Dr. AB
C.L.R.1767/06"
Presiding: Hon. Mr. Justice D.I.Kitsios
For the Prosecution: Mrs. Napoleontos
For the Decence: Mr. Christos Dermosoniades
30 April 2007
The defendant was accused with fraudulent tampering and/or manipulation
of official Cyprus government documents, without authorization with the
intention to unlawfully modify the content of the said documents
contrary to Articles 331, 333(β),
and 335 of the Cyprus Criminal Code Cap. 154.
Christos A. Neophytou acted for the defendant as an expert witness in IT
LAW.
He provided expert evidence in document manipulation using computer
technology.
Christos A. Neophytou challenged the credibility of the Cyprus Police IT
expert.
He demonstrated to the Court using a computer how such manipulation
could have easily been achieved using a computer program.
The Court, allowed the submission of such expert electronic evidence.
All representations made by Christos A. Neophytou were accepted by the
Court.
The Cyprus Police IT expert's views were not entertained, and therefore
rejected by the Court.
The defendant was acquitted of all charges.
Further expansion of the range and spectrum of legal and management services provided by Neophytou&Neophytou Law Office, Nicosia - Cyprus, in companies formations and related services. March 2007.
International company formations in jurisdictions such as the state of
Delaware USA, Belize Central America, British Virgin Islands, Hong Kong,
Hellas/N89, et. al., international company management, ship/yacht
registrations, marine insurance and marine chartering services,
international trusts, international taxation planning, secretarial and
auxiliary services.
The Office of the Attorney General of Cyprus entrusts our office with the handling of a minor criminal offence case. July 2006.
Allegation of improper/illegal mixture of animal-food, in unlicensed
mills, with negative consequences to the food-chain.
Professional Membership to the International Association of Young Lawyers (AIJA). July 2006.
As a result of our attendance at Poseidonia exhibition and conference we
immediately appreciated the need to join an international association of
lawyers that would enable us to expand the circle of legal services that
we can offer to our clients in other jurisdictions. By joining aija we
have fulfilled that need.
Attendance at Poseidonia International Shipping Exhibition and Conference in Piraeus, Hellas. June 2006.
Contacted and strengthened our relations with many clients in the
shipping industry, especially with marine engineers, ship owners, ship
operators, ship managers and ship insurers. Attended various meetings
and events of Ship-owners, P&I Clubs, Charterers, Insurers, Publishing
advertisers, etc.
Attendance at the IT Law - Special interest group initial meeting - Hilton Hotel - Cyprus. 17 May 2006.
Due to our office's strong connections and ties with the field of
Information Technology we have attended this relevant seminar in order
to acquire further knowledge on the current developments in this area of
law.
The Municipality of Nicosia entrusts our office with the handling of minor civil offence cases. February 2006.
Traffic violations, Permits/Licensing fees, Municipality Service charges
Neophytou & Neophytou Law Office launches its website. October 2005.
Neophytou & Neophytou website aims to become an information depository
of our law office for the benefit of our existing as well as prospective
clients who wish to visit our website and obtain information about our
practice.
Attendance at the 12 lectures Lawyers course of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (Cyprus branch). April - May 2005.
Up to 75% of cases may be settled out of court. If your advocate is well
trained to embark into constructive negotiations and subsequently reach
in a mutually beneficial agreement for all parties, it will save you
time, money and energy.
