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.
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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 is a Partner in the Litigation department of the firm.
She specializes in Asset Tracing and Recovery, Cross-Border Commercial Litigation, Corporate Disputes involving Shareholder Disputes, Corporate Fraud as well as Professional Negligence, including 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. She is regularly instructed to provide services and represent clients before the Courts by major insurance companies and banking institutions in Cyprus.
Constantina is recommended as a Next Generation Partner in the Legal500 EMEA 2026, 2025 and 2024 editions 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 has been described by clients 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’. Clients commented that they “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 client testimonials).
Constantina is also recommended by Lexology (formerly Who’s Who Legal) in its 2025 guides as a Global Elite Thought Leader for Commercial Litigation (Under 45 – Partners), a Future Leader in Commercial Litigation and is further recommended in its Asset Recovery and Employment & Labor guides. She is the first Cypriot litigator to be constantly recommended in its Professional Negligence guide since 2022.
Constantina serves as Secretary of the Committee on Civil Procedure Rules and Reform of the Cyprus Bar Association.
She often attends international conferences and members’ meetings of legal networks in which our firm participates.
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
Next Generation Partner for Dispute Resolution in Cyprus by The Legal 500 EMEA 2026, 2025 and 2024 editions
Global Elite Thought Leader for Commercial Litigation (Under 45 – Partners) 2025 guide by Lexology
Future Leader in Commercial Litigation 2025 guide by Lexology
The first Cypriot lawyer named in the Professional Negligence Lexology guide since 2022.
Recommended Lawyer in Asset Recovery and Employment & Labor 2025 guide by Lexology
Specialization
Cross-border Commercial Litigation
Asset Recovery
Fraud and White-Collar Crime
Professional Negligence
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
Successfully acted 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.
Successfully 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.
Successfully quashed an interim order at Supreme Court level and dismissed on its merits a claim brought against a regulated Cyprus Investment Firm by a third country national who claimed that funds were fraudulently appropriated.
Successfully quashed an interim order at Supreme Court level and dismissed on its merits a claim brought against a regulated Cyprus Investment Firm by a third country national who claimed that funds were fraudulently appropriated.
Successfully obtained a summary judgement against a Cypriot developer company for specific performance of a sale agreement in relation to a prestigious property with an order to remove a mortgage that falsely appeared as pre-existing to the registration of the sale agreement with the Cyprus Land Registry.
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