Celebrating Over 40 Years of Legal Excellence
We are a boutique law firm in Cyprus, ensuring results and peace of mind for expatriates and foreign investors
Our Commitment to Your Legal Success
This includes purchasing or selling properties, estate planning, corporate work, investments in Cyprus and dispute resolution.
Polycarpos Philippou established the law firm in 1980. More than 30 years later, with his children Eleni and Gregoris taking over, the firm transformed from a sole practitioner’s office to an innovative and compact law firm that maintains its core family values.
People should feel confident and stress-free when planning their future or investing in Cyprus. This belief underpins our service and drives our continuous improvement, ensuring that we deliver results efficiently and smoothly. However, we don’t only deliver results. We build long-term relationships with the people who work with us and do our part for a better world.
We are recognised by the Legal 500 and are members of the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners, the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, the Cyprus Bar Association, and the Chamber of Commerce.
Our People
Cleo Antoniadou
Senior Corporate Admin
Stefania Kafedji
Senior Litigation Admin
Maria Filippou
Property Admin
Elena Barbour
Corporate Admin
Laura Bellamy
Immigration Admin
Stelios Filippou
Accountant
Dora Ioannou
Accountant
Panagiota Tsioli
Accountant
Anne Morrissey
Senior Personal Assistant
Anita Arden
Personal Assistant
Pauline Robinson
Personal Assistant
Alaa Chehade
Office Administration
Georgia Markitsi
Office Administration
OUR VALUES
CHANGING THINGS FOR THE BETTER
SUCCEEDING AS A TEAM
RESULTS FOR OUR CLIENTS
ETHICS. DOING WHAT’S RIGHT
Recognitions
History
Founded in 1980 by Polycarpos Philippou, Philippou Law was built on a foundation of resilience, integrity, and a passion for justice. Known as Polis, he grew from humble beginnings in a Cypriot village to earning a law degree from the University of Athens while working full-time. His dedication and ethical approach earned him a reputation as a tenacious advocate.
In 2002, his daughter Eleni joined, steering the firm’s growth in real estate, immigration, and litigation. The addition of Gregoris Philippou in 2013 expanded the firm’s expertise into corporate, commercial, and trust law, solidifying its reputation for personalized, high-quality service.
Today, Philippou Law remains a compact, client-focused team, upholding the family values and commitment to excellence that have defined us for decades. As we transition to a partnership model, we aim to preserve our legacy and reward talented professionals who share our vision for doing things the right way.
Successful businesses constantly change and improve and so do we. We are firm believers of innovation and we are continuously evolving the way we do things while retaining the traditional values inherited from Polycarpos. All the people in our firm are engaged in our improvement and differentiation while the firm has created an innovation and change procedure, which has been reshaped more than once.
In recent years we have invested heavily in creating one of the best legal libraries in Cyprus, have moved to new offices and started a branding process to ensure our material communicate the right messages both internally to our people and externally to our clients and associates. In 2018, we re-designed our HR strategy and started a digitalization procedure that allowed us to go greener, eliminating 50% of our paper copies.
Amongst other, in 2018 the firm also started the process of revamping and re-designing its operations from scratch. With the first part being completed in February 2019 we expect that it will take 9-12 months to complete all of the projected changes. However, the most exciting changes have not come yet as we continue to evolve to provide service of the highest quality in the most efficient way.
It is all about doing better for the people we work for as well as the community.
Social Responsibility
We believe businesses and companies have a great duty to society. They are a vehicle for improving the world and people’s lives.
As a values-driven company of people doing the right thing, we are making ongoing efforts in philanthropy, environmental change, pro-bono work, local sports, and equal opportunities.
In addition, we believe in making good people better and helping them influence the people around them to bring about systemic change. The work environment at our law firm is a safe, happy workplace where everyone is valued regardless of differences. Everyone is encouraged to follow his or her passions and is supported in developing professionally and personally.
Coming down to it, we do what we see as a universal duty: to make this world better than when we found it.