Cypriot Litigation

Fortior’s Cypriot office specialises in international litigation before the Cypriot courts.

We represent clients in commercial and corporate disputes, defamation proceedings, winding-up applications, and matters involving interim relief in support of Cypriot and foreign proceedings.

Our experience includes:

• representing one of Ukraine’s largest coal traders in defamation proceedings concerning a smear campaign conducted via a Cypriot website;
• obtaining Norwich Pharmacal orders (disclosure orders) in support of anticipated litigation in Cyprus against a Cypriot financial institution allegedly involved in money laundering and multi-jurisdictional fraud;
• conducting complex multi-jurisdictional litigation centred in Cyprus concerning conspiracy to defraud a minority shareholder of a large;
• acting for clients in shareholder disputes, including obtaining a worldwide freezing order to preserve assets pending the outcome of winding-up proceedings;
• advising on complex financial law issues arising out of a US$150 million dispute under a loan agreement and related Cypriot-law governed security instruments.