Expertise

Shipping, Energy & Transport - Cyprus

Possessing a profound understanding of international trade, commercial law, maritime regulations and shipping law, our shipping department offers a wide spectrum of services covering all admiralty and shipping matters.

Our firm has a strong ship finance practice which includes advising on and negotiating all types of ship financing transactions, guarantees, securities and other documentation as well as undertaking the registration and deletion of ship mortgages. We further provide advice and assistance in relation to vessel registrations in numerous jurisdictions, incorporation of shipping companies, tax planning of shipping entities and holding structures, sale and purchase transactions and joint venture agreements. Our dispute resolution practice also encompasses arbitration, jurisdictional issues and applicable law, enforcement of foreign judgments and arbitral awards and interim relief including arrest of vessels and ‘worldwide’ freezing orders.

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Green & Innovative shipping

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Compliance & Reputation management

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Energy, Oil & Gas

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Shipping Finance & Financing projects

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Commercial shipping

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Contractual & corporate matters

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Tonnage & Yacht tax regimes

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Offshore shipping

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Cruising sector / Passenger vessels

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Ship Arrest

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Litigation / Arbitration / Dispute resolution

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Marine Insurance

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Accolades

The Energy, Shipping and Transport department of Michael Kyprianou & Co LLC is recommended in the Legal 500 guide which cited that the firm “provides services to shipowners, vessel managers, banks and insurers. Recent work includes ship financing, guarantees and securities”.

Michael Kyprianou & Co LLC team acts for shipowners, ship managers and financial institutions involved in the shipping industry. The team, which is skilled at issuing legal opinions on a range of ship financing transactions, guarantees and other security documentation, also routinely handles vessel registrations under the Cypriot flag and the chartering, sale and purchase of ships.

Michael Kyprianou & Co LLC has an accessible team that acts for ship owners, managers and financial institutions such as DP World Limassol and regularly provides legal opinions on a range of ship financing transactions. Lambros Soteriou and Tonia Antoniou are recommended.