Markides & Johns LLC has an experienced corporate & commercial litigation practice in Cyprus. We represent clients involved in a wide range of complex national and international commercial disputes.
We have a distinguished alternative dispute resolution and international arbitration practice. In all matters, our practice is committed to providing clients with a swift and practical service that is focused on achieving our client’s objective in a cost-effective manner.
Our experienced Lawyers of the Litigation Department appear regularly before the Cyprus Supreme Court on behalf of applicants and respondents in judicial review actions.
LITIGATION, ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION (ADR), MEDIATION
Our team of experienced professionals have extensive experience in complex cross-border commercial and corporate litigation as well as local high-profile litigation. Our approach to dispute resolution is client-focused.
In particular, we are experienced in international commercial litigation and procedural issues, especially in matters relating to international civil litigation and arbitration, including enforcement of foreign judgments or arbitral awards in Cyprus.
We regularly act in matters of probates, wills and estates, real estate law, debt recovery, banking, shipping disputes, labor law matters, separation of assets and insurance claims in disputes.
Our Litigation team is also well-versed in matters relating to trademark disputes, unfair business practice and taxation cases.
Our aim and philosophy is to provide to our clients the fastest and best solution to their problems avoiding the very long lasting and costly court procedures.
Our team’s litigation department deals with among others:
- Corporate Disputes
- Insurance Disputes
- Property Disputes
- Employment Disputes
- Family Disputes
- Commercial and Consumer Disputes
- Enforcement of Foreign Judgments
- Breach of Trust
- Inheritance Disputes
ADMINISTRATIVE LAW
Our team’s lawyers have extensive experience on adjudicating before the Administrative Court of Cyprus on behalf of private individuals and corporate entities in relation to the constitutionality of laws and on administrative actions.
EMPLOYMENT LAW
We assist our clients in all the aspects of Employment Law from the drafting of employment contracts, management of human resources departments, termination of employment agreements, to negotiation and legal representation before the Industrial Dispute Tribunal.
INHERITANCE LAW
Our firm has extensive experience and expertise in the field of inheritance law. On a daily basis, we handle and direct with mastery numerous inheritance law cases across the island representing both individuals and also firms in cases against the administration of the estate of the deceased.
Our services cover inter alia the following issues:
- Wills
- Administration of estates
- Probate work
- Procedures against deceased in cases of debts or other claims against them
- Limited grant applications
FAMILY LAW
We have represented numerous clients in the Family Court with high client satisfaction rates. Our firm has extensive experience and expertise in the field handling each case with respect, discretion, confidentiality and trust.
Our services cover the following issues:
- Divorce
- Maintenance
- Property disputes
- Child custody
- Contact disputes
- Adoption
- Separation agreements
REAL ESTATE – PROPERTY & CONSTRUCTION LAW
The firm offers a full range of services to major real estate agents, construction firms, developers, builders, architects, civil engineers and technicians of the country. Our services extent to private individuals who inter alia have claims relating to poor workmanship, construction defects and contractual deviations or are willing to draft a purchase/sale agreement for their property.
- drafting sale/purchase agreements
- drafting lease agreements
- drafting construction agreements
- drafting employment agreements
- negotiation with the banks and individuals
- litigation
- employment accidents
- expropriations
- turkish cypriot properties
- trespass to land
- nuisance
- poor workmanship
- construction defects
- breaches of contracts
Additionally our team is highly skilled in dealing with landlord and tenant cases. Our clientele extents from large companies of the hospitality industry who are willing to draft sophisticated hotel lease agreements to individuals who are willing to draft a professional lease agreement for a shop or an apartment. We represent both landlords and tenants to the Rent Control Court.
Our services extent inter alia to the following:
- commercial lease agreements (shops, hotels, warehouses, farms, restaurants etc.)
- short term / long term residential lease agreements
- license agreements
- evictions
- unpaid rents
- fixing of a fair rent value