We are proud to announce that our firm has been recognized as a Mondaq Thought Leader with six lawyers and legal experts winning Mondaq\u2019s Autumn 2023 Thought Leadership Award in various topic areas.<\/p>\n
Partner and board-certified expert lawyer Benjamin Hasan received a Thought Leader award in the Finance and Banking – Cyprus category for his article titled \u201cN26 Bank must bear costs for legal dispute after unlawful account freeze<\/a>\u201d and in the categories of Real Estate and Construction, and Compliance – Germany for his article on the\u00a0corruption case at Europe\u2019s largest Real Estate Group Vonovia.<\/a><\/p>\n Senior Associate Stephanos Ayiomamitis, who, amongst other, specializes on Corporate & Commercial Law and Investment Firms Regulation, won a Thought Leader award in the categories of Fin Tech and Technology – Cyprus in his article titled \u201cCircular C580: Guidance on identifying, assessing and understanding terrorist financing risks in the context of crypto assets activities<\/a>\u201d, summarising the differences between money laundering and terrorist financing in reference to the specific circular issued by the Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (“CySEC”) in June 2023.<\/p>\n Associate Agis Charalambous, who specializes in Intellectual Property law and Litigation, received a Thought Leader award in the categories of Intellectual Property, and Food, Drugs, Healthcare, Life Sciences – Cyprus for his respective article contributions which included a recent 4-part article series on Personal Injury Law including the topic of\u00a0Medical Negligence in Cyprus<\/a>.<\/p>\n Andria Kouloumi, Associate in the Corporate and Commercial team, won a Thought Leader award in the category of Real Estate and Construction – Cyprus. Her article informs about the\u00a0Cyprus Rent Control Law and the new decree issued on increase in rent rates<\/a>.<\/p>\n Associate Christina Tifa, also part of the firm\u2019s Corporate and Commercial team, won a Thought Leader award in the category of Finance and Banking – Cyprus informing about\u00a0Developments in relation to Crowdfunding Service Providers<\/a>\u00a0and in the category of Antitrust\/Competition Law – Cyprus for her article titled \u201cECN+ Directive: A summary of the position in Cyprus<\/a>\u201d.<\/p>\n Pana Engrafou, a qualified lawyer, certified risk management specialist, and Head of the Compliance Department of the firm, won a Thought Leader award for her insightful article on \u201cHow to recognise dirty money<\/a>\u201d.<\/p>\n We are delighted to be recognized as a thought leading law firm in various fields of practice and across multiple jurisdictions by Mondaq\u2019s international readership and congratulate all award-winning authors for their respective achievements.<\/p>\n Mondaq\u2019s Leadership Awards are released twice yearly, in Autumn and Spring. The awards showcase Mondaq\u2019s top authors and co-authors based on total readership for the previous 6 months, showing an overall award winner across 16 countries and separate awards across multiple topic areas.<\/p>\n