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.

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We have a common way of doing things in our firm because we share values and a vision. Our values bring us closer together and shape the work of every person in our firm, from Greg and Eleni (the partners) to every associate, administrator, and assistant.


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FOUNDING PARTNER

Our People

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Eleni Philippou

Senior Partner
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Gregoris Philippou

Managing Partner
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Ioannis Pitsillos

Partner
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Panagiota Tsapoutshi

Senior Associate
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Sergios Charalambous

Senior Associate
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Rafaela Dimitriadou

Associate
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Maria Kokoridi

Associate
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Nikolas Avgousti

Associate
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Kyriaki Charalambous

Associate
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Christina Hadjimitsi

Associate
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Despina Charalambous

Associate
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Alexandros Papadopoulos

Trainee Lawyer
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Joanna Inder

Operation manager
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Cleo Antoniadou

Senior Corporate Admin
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Stefania Kafedji

Senior Litigation Admin
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Maria Filippou

Property Admin
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Elena Barbour

Corporate Admin
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Laura Bellamy

Immigration Admin
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Stelios Filippou

Accountant
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Dora Ioannou

Accountant
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Panagiota Tsioli

Accountant
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Anne Morrissey

Senior Personal Assistant
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Anita Arden

Personal Assistant
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Pauline Robinson

Personal Assistant
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Alaa Chehade

Office Administration
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Georgia Markitsi

Office Administration

OUR VALUES

CHANGING THINGS FOR THE BETTER

We love changing things. It comes down to doing things correctly and even better within our law firm. Change is inevitable for the wellbeing of humans, and the personal development of every team member is the start of any change in our ecosystem. It is part of what gives us meaning: changing things for the better in Cyprus’s legal and business environment.

SUCCEEDING AS A TEAM

The success of the entire company is the success of every individual. We care about our people, and in our law firm, we encourage them to find and pursue their talents, tailor each individual’s roles accordingly, and expect that everyone is willing to do what it takes to get the job done. The family culture within the firm is a pillar of our future.

RESULTS FOR OUR CLIENTS

For us, our clients are always first. We consider their success our success, and we are willing to stand before a bus for them. We view the world from their eyes to understand them properly. We advise them as we would advise a member of our family (without the related emotional attachments that fog the mind). We never allow anything or anyone to get in the way. Whatever our clients’ concerns or needs, we are here to deliver.

ETHICS. DOING WHAT’S RIGHT

The great legacy of Polycarpos Philippou, the law firm’s founder, is nothing tangible. It is his approach to doing the right thing and being honest. This family value underpins everything we do. We are honest and fair with all of our clients, associates and people we interact with. It’s where we base our relationships with our stakeholders and how we create the necessary trust between us.

Recognitions

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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.

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