At the helm of PYRGOU VAKIS LAW FIRM‘s employment team is Despo Andreou, the firm’s founding partner and a specialist in litigation. The team works across transfer of employee matters, workforce restructurings and harmonisations and employment disputes. The firm merged with Prountzos & Prountzos LLC in January 2025.

Gaston Hadjianastassiou, noted for being ‘approachable and collaborative’ by clients, leads Hadjianastassiou, Ioannides LLC‘s employment team. Across workforce structuring, compensation and benefits, global mobility law, workforce transformation, HR risk, workplace disputes and equality proceedings, the team excels. The team also advises on platform work, the AI act implementation, whistleblowing compliance and pay transparency directives. Exhibiting ‘pragmatism’ and an ‘ability to explain complex legal matters’, Michalis Georgiou bolsters the team’s ability on employment relationships, disciplinary procedures, terminations and workplace policy development and enforcement.

Chrysostomides Advocates & Legal Consultants‘ employment team offers clients expertise across compensation and benefits issues, employment advisory services and transactional, contentious and non-contentious employment matters. The team also boasts an ability in wrongful and collective dismissal claims, whistleblowing and right to work matters for third-country nationals. Leading the team is Eleni Chrysostomides, an expert in HR issues, equality and diversity mandates, disciplinary and grievance procedures, employment data protection issues, company restructuring, transfer of undertakings, redundancies and pension fund issues. Other key contacts include Erietta Kozakou, who specialises in terminations, redundancy procedures, employment contracts and settlement agreements, in addition to immigration law.

Elias Neocleous & Co LLC‘s employment team focuses on employment compliance, design of remuneration, benefits and incentive packages and advising employees and employers on establishment and termination of employment and contentious proceedings. The tax aspects of employment issues, HR matters and employment immigration mandates are also key areas of focus for the team. Andrea Kallis Parparinou, a key adviser to multinational corporations, foreign governmental bodies and banking and finance clients, leads the team. George Tsardellis, who supports the team’s ability on contentious employment matters, is another key contact.

From HR, recruitment, termination of employment relationships and transfers of undertakings and reorganisations to disciplinary processes, discrimination issues, collective bargaining, collective redundancies and industrial disputes, the ‘well-organised with highly qualified’ employment team at George Z. Georgiou & Associates LLC is a stand-out in the Cypriot market. The team also specialises in pension and retirement plan advising and drafting employment agreements and policies. George Z. Georgiou, who specialises in litigation and arbitration, is the practice head.

Michael Kyprianou & Co. LLC‘s employment team works the full spectrum of matters, from drafting employment agreements, negotiating settlement agreements and advising on termination of employment, unfair dismissals and constructive dismissals to disciplinary proceedings and advising on the employment aspects of M&A. Savvas Savvides, experienced in immigration, litigation and business law, Lambros Soteriou, specialising in banking and finance and corporate law and Ioanna Solomou, a key adviser for daily employment mandates, are the practice heads.

Local and foreign banks, shipping companies, airlines, hotels, developers and insurance companies choose Chrysses Demetriades & Co Law Office‘s employment team for its ability across daily employment advisory and contentious employment matters. Clients praise the team for providing an ‘outstanding experience’. The team is also adept at dismissal and discrimination claims for employers. Thomas Christodoulou spearheads the practice, a key adviser to large international corporations on the island for employment contracts, handbooks and policies and the employment aspects of M&A.

High-stakes redundancies, terminations, internal investigations, the employment aspects of M&A and contentious employment matters are among what Georgiades & Pelides LLC‘s employment team specialises in. International law firms, financial institutions, multinationals and domestic companies comprise the team’s main client base. Noted for being a ‘trusted adviser’, Nicholas Pelides, focusing on merger control and competition law, M&A and company corporate governance and employment, leads the team.

Charikleia Theodoulou, Andrea Newton and Angela Charalambous lead Harris Kyriakides‘ employment team, specialising in dispute prevention and employment advisory and compliance. Domestic and international clients alike choose the team for assistance on collective labour rights actions and unlawful dismissal cases, and advisory services on the implementation of new employment legislation, compliance with EU directives and employee benefits and entitlements matters. Noted by clients for his ‘reliability and proactive approach’, Tony Kyriakides is experienced in cross-border terminations, workforce reductions, employment contracts and regulatory mandates.

International and domestic corporations, governmental and semi-governmental bodies and private individuals choose Ioannides Demetriou LLC‘s employment team for their ‘professionalism and expertise at every level’. The team excels across employment advisory and regulatory matters, labour tribunals for employees and employers and employment litigation. Andrew Demetriou, an expert in litigation and arbitration, Theo Demetriou, a key adviser to public bodies, Demetris Kronides, experienced in advising semi-public bodies, private individuals and legal entities before labour tribunals and Anna C. Christou, specialising in litigation and commercial and employment law, spearhead the practice.

Tasos Coucounis, the managing partner of Andreas Coucounis & Co LLC, leads the firm’s employment practice, advising international and domestic clients on matters ranging from daily employment advisory to unfair dismissal disputes. Labour tribunals, employee rights and benefits, redundancies and right-sizing and discrimination claims are other areas the team is capable in.

Representing large clients on the island in both employment disputes and daily advisory work, the employment team at Athos Demetriou Associates LLC has a growing specialist practice. The team works across documentation services and cross-border employment mandates, focusing on alternative dispute resolution mechanisms to guide clients through employment disputes. From Nicosia, Athos Demetriou, a corporate and transactional practitioner, and George Ktorides, specialising in disputes and litigation, lead the team.

Costas Apokides spearheads KINANIS LLC‘s employment team alongside Mikaella Christoforou. Apokides specialises in termination of employment, contract negotiation, employee-employer disputes and representing clients before the Employment Tribunal, while Christoforou handles the team’s negotiation and drafting of employment contracts, employee rights and employer obligations mandates and workforce reorganisations. The team is also a standout for clients on internal investigations, developing workplace policies, and actively working cross-practice with its corporate, tax, compliance and litigation teams.

Clients appreciate the ‘personal approach’ that Stelios Stylianides & Co L.L.C.‘s employment team takes when handling matters. The team often works on contentious employment claims, including unfair dismissal, discrimination, harassment claims and on employment contracts, redundancies and transfer of business matters. Christos Stylianides, the managing partner of the firm and a specialist in banking and finance matters, employment and personal injury law, leads the team from Limassol.