Ioannides Demetriou

Cyprus

IFLR1000 Reviews

Financial and corporate

Ioannides Demetriou is a full-service firm with offices in Nicosia and Limassol. The firm employs 19 legal professionals, seven of which are partners. It has international reach through its membership of legal alliances TerraLex, Meritas, LegaLink and Energy Law Group. 

  

Focusses / specialisms  

The firm is active in banking and finance and M&A. It often advises as local counsel on cross-border deals. 

 

Key clients   

Some of the firm’s key clients include Central Bank of Cyprus, Eurobank, Eurobank Cyprus, Hellenic Bank Public, Bank of Cyprus, Cyprus Stock Exchange and HSBC Bank.

   

Research period review: 33rd edition (2023/2024)   

Within the research period the firm worked on a lot of banking, M&A and restructuring matters. Most of the firm’s banking matters were corporate financing deals.

The M&A matters that the firm worked on varied from joint ventures to mergers. Insurance and banking and financial services were popular industries for the firm.

In restructuring the firm represented mostly debtors.

 

Deal highlights: 33rd edition (2023/2024)

Louis Plc Group €250 million banking restructuring

National Westminster Bank €36 million financing

 

Client feedback: 33rd edition (2023/2024)

Banking

“Well read, thorough, knowledgeable and experienced.”

 

Project development

“They have incredible depth of experience and understand our business needs. They provide high-quality practical and innovative advice.”

 

Pambos Ioannides

“Astute, knowledgeable, experienced, confident.”

“He is a remarkable professional. He is respected as a trusted adviser at the highest levels of our business. We respect him for his invaluable experience and first-class advice. He is reliable and precise in his assistance. We value his in-depth knowledge and his commercial approach.” 

 

Christina Ioannidou

“Thorough, well-read, responsible.”

 

Savvas Yiordamlis

“Great attention to detail. Delivers results with professionalism, integrity and efficiency.”