Areti Charidemou & Associates LLC is a law practice firm that was established in Limassol 30 years ago, and has ever since, revolutionised the legal business sector. As a single, fully integrated, law firm, it serves a well-respected, diverse portfolio of local and international clientele. “Innovation, efficiency and agility” are well-apprehended values that permeate the firm’s people. The “Best in class” mindset holds one another to account for providing exceptional, business-like and entrepreneurial legal advice across a variety of practice areas.
The Corporate & Commercial Team stands at the forefront of the firm’s profession, providing complex, international and highly structured services which, amongst others, include:
• Joint ventures, acquisitions, divestitures, mergers, reorganisations, spin-offs, strategic alliances and other business combinations
• Capital markets, private equity and financial services regulation
• Corporate, commercial and tax advice
• Structuring and advice on IPOs
• Listing of shares of a public company on the CSE and the ECM of CSE
• Commercial agreements
• JVAs, securities, consultancy and further ancillary services
• Notably, the firm’s associates’ knowledge and expertise on Energy Law are entrusted by international oil companies, and is, often, sought by other industry players.
• In addition, the firm maintains a team of experts, concerning Intellectual Property, who offer sound advice to help manage, enforce and protect all kind of intellectual property assets in Cyprus, the EU and worldwide.
Moreover, Areti Charidemou & Associates LLC is well-known for its genuine, in-depth, knowledge and understanding of Admiralty & Shipping Law, experienced in advising owners, managers, charterers, freight forwarders and their respective insurers. The firm’s Property Department, one of the traditionally reputable real estate legal teams across the island, applies the ‘working with the Investor, for the Investor’ approach, which has led in the successful completion of some of the most high-profile transactions in the following areas:
• Residential & Commercial Conveyancing
• Investigating the status of immovable property and the vendor’s company
• Buy to Let
• Long Term Leasing & Subleasing
• Shared Ownership Schemes and Joint Venture Agreements
• Development and Exchange Agreements
• Property Management & Construction Agreements
• Transfer by way of Gift
• Establishment of Mortgages and other encumbrances
• Assignment Agreements
Being one of the most reputable firms regarding the representation of investors through immigrations schemes such as Permanent Residency and Citizenship by Investment (ref: “Stockwatch” 2018), illustrates the all-inclusive, time-efficient, Immigration Services the firm provides.
The Litigation Team, embracing the notion ‘we don’t just advise on the law – we shape it’, has successfully, elaborated on an ‘outside the box’ argumentation over a wide spectrum:
• Corporate & commercial law
• Mediation, Arbitration
• Intellectual Property
• Banking law
• Criminal law
• Family Law
• Property disputes
• Employment disputes
• Insurance disputes
• Rent control
Areti Charidemou & Associates LLC’s placement amongst the leading and most successful Cypriot Firms (ref: Gold Magazine 2017 & 2019), does not lead to complacency. As the founder and managing partner, Areti Charidemou, indicates, the firm must continue to achieve clients’ satisfaction by giving this “little thing of more, that cannot be defined, but the firm’s people have it, and they give it with care and love”.
