Represented a client in relation to an action for multi-million-dollar damages on the basis of fraud and conspiracy to defraud. The matter involved coordination across a number of jurisdictions to protect the client’s ability to seek redress. We successfully obtained world-wide freezing orders against the defendants as well as disclosure orders against 3rd parties involved.
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Contact Details
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P.O Box 52441,
4064 Limassol, CyprusMichael Kyprianou House
116 Gladstonos Street
3032 Limassol
Cyprus
Languages Spoken
English, Greek

Constantina Zantira
Partner
“Constantina Zantira – enjoyed working with her on a big and complex litigation. She was not afraid of long hours. She did so well that the opponent of our clients had to come up with the settlement proposal” – Legal 500 Latest Edition
Constantina is a Partner in the Litigation department of the firm’s Limassol office.
Constantina is recommended as a ‘Next Generation Partner’ in the Legal500 EMEA 2024 for Dispute Resolution in Cyprus, following her consecutive ranking as a ‘Rising Star’ in The Legal 500 EMEA 2020, 2021 2022 and 2023 editions. She is recognised as ‘very dynamic, articulate and knowledgeable’, ‘extremely hardworking and sharp-minded’, ‘very impressive in court’ and ‘very proactive and highly efficient in dealing with complex litigation’.
Constantina is also recommended as a ‘Future Leader’ in Who’s Who Legal 2023 Guide in Commercial Litigation and is also recommended in its Asset Recovery Guide. She is the first Cypriot litigator to be recommended in its Professional Negligence Guide of 2022 and 2023.
She specializes in Asset Tracing and Recovery, Cross-Border Commercial Litigation, Corporate Disputes involving Shareholder Disputes, Corporate Fraud and Asset Tracing as well as Medical Negligence and Employment matters.
Constantina is regularly instructed to represent clients in injunction proceedings in high-profile disputes of wealthy individuals or entities, often with a cross-border, multi-jurisdictional element.
She is also involved in cases seeking the recognition, registration and enforcement of foreign court judgments and arbitral awards on behalf of foreign international companies and organizations in Cyprus.
Constantina is currently a member of the Committee on Civil Procedure Rules and Reform of the Cyprus Bar Association for a second consecutive term.
Practice Area Specialization
Credentials
Education
Bar Professional Training Course (BPTC), The University of Law, U.K. (2013)
LL.M. in International Development Law and Human Rights, The University of Warwick, U.K. (2012)
LL.B., The University of Leicester, U.K. (2010)
Professional Memberships
The Honourable Society of Gray’s Inn, U.K. (2013)
Cyprus Bar Association (2011)
Accolades
Constantina is recommended as a ‘Next Generation Partner’ for Dispute Resolution in Cyprus by The Legal 500 EMEA 2024 edition, having received continuous recommendations as a ‘Rising Star’ in The Legal 500 EMEA 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023 editions.
Constantina is also recommended as a Global Elite Thought Leader for Professional Negligence in Cyprus by Who’s Who Legal (WWL) and is also recommended in its editions for Asset Recovery, Commercial Litigation and Labour & Employment.
Career progression
Partner, Michael Kyprianou & Co LLC (since 2023)
Senior Associate, Michael Kyprianou & Co LLC (2021-2023)
Associate, Michael Kyprianou & Co LLC (2014-2021)
Experience
Represented an investor in civil proceedings for the recovery of assets against an investment firm on the grounds of fraud and misappropriation of funds. We successfully obtained an interim freezing order against the investment firm, including its bank accounts and personal funds of its director who was personally involved. We also successfully obtained summary judgment in our client’s favour.
Represented an Investment Firm in a high-value action for alleged fraud and obtaining money by false representations. The allegation was that the investment firm induced an investor to make trades that were manipulated, causing a loss to the investor. We successfully defended our clients who were acquitted of all counts after a substantive hearing.
Successfully represented an individual in a complex medical negligence claim for damages against a private clinic for failure to diagnose correctly, leaving the client unfit for work.
Involved in interim proceedings brought in the context of a liquidation application against a Cyprus company on the basis of the alleged oppression of the minority shareholder. The interim proceedings aimed at the appointment of an interim receiver and administrator of the Cyprus company and a number of Ukrainian subsidiary companies, the preservation of the assets of the Cyprus company and the issuance of disclosure orders.
Acted in a complex white-collar private criminal case on behalf of a regulated Cyprus Investment Firm brought by a foreign investor, claiming that the company fraudulently misappropriated funds on the basis of false representations and induced the investor to invest funds in order to defraud him and illegally appropriate funds. After a substantive hearing the clients were acquitted of all counts
Successfully obtained injunctive relief on a quia timet basis, aiming at protecting the foreign assets of a Cypriot company.
Successfully obtained injunctive orders in support of arbitration proceedings in another jurisdiction, aiming to protect the assets of a Cyprus company as well as preserving its shareholding and governance structure.