Nicosia, Cyprus
Leave the legal side to me. Keep building what you are building.
Legal support for companies and the people who run them. Property and construction, contracts, staff, shareholders and disputes, handled by one lawyer who knows the whole picture.
Who you are dealing with
Costas Apokides
More than ten years at two of the larger law firms in Cyprus, most recently heading the litigation and the employment departments. In that time I saw in court what breaks: the sale contract with a gap in it, the construction agreement nobody read, the partnership with nothing in writing.
I opened this practice in August 2026 to be the lawyer a company calls first, not only when something has already gone wrong.
Read moreWhere it usually starts
What usually brings someone to me.
Most companies have a lawyer for emergencies, sign things nobody has reviewed and keep their company papers in a drawer. Then one of these happens.
Areas of practice
Every part of a business has a legal side.
The property, the people, the shareholders, the contracts and the disputes. I cover all of it, so you deal with one lawyer who knows the whole picture.
Real Estate and Construction
Sale contracts, construction agreements, land exchange deals, leases, title deeds and permits, and the disputes that follow when one of them goes wrong.
Company and Shareholders
Formation, corporate governance and every change in ownership.
People and Employment
Your relationship with your team, all the way through: contracts, policies, permits for foreign staff and the difficult moments.
Commercial Contracts
Every client, supplier and partner is bound by an agreement. It should be working for you.
Compliance and Risk
Knowing what is required of you, and having it in order before anyone asks.
Disputes
A dispute is decided long before it reaches court. I stand with you from the first sign of it, so it gets resolved without bringing the business to a halt.
The Owner
You signed the personal guarantee to the bank. You protect the company. Who protects you?
And for private clients. Buying or selling property, leases, wills and inheritance, civil claims, residence permits and citizenship.
All areas of practiceHow I work
What would I want, if I were on the other side of the desk?
You never have to ask where things stand.
Progress, and bad news, reach you first, while there is still time to do something about it.
You get a recommendation, not a list of options.
I tell you what I actually think, including when your position is weak.
Fees are agreed in writing before work starts.
No invoice should be a surprise.
Contact
The right time to have a lawyer you trust is before you need one.
2407 Engomi, Nicosia, Cyprus