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Clerides, Anastassiou, Neophytou LLC was once again included among the very best Cypriot law firms in 2022 by the international rating agency for law firms ‘LEGAL 500’, for its high-quality services, expertise and know-how.

LEGAL 500 ranked the firm again as one of the top law firms in Cyprus (Tier 1) in Commercial-Corporate Law and Mergers-Acquisitions together with a handful of other firms in Cyprus. Furthermore, Legal 500 ranked the firm in the Top Tier category for Tax Law (Tier 1). According to client’s testimonials, the firm “is always ready to face the most challenging cases and clients should know they can rely on them”. “No matter how complex and difficult the issues are, the replies are received promptly in a very professional way”. “Their lawyers have the right solutions for every matter” and “their response times are impressive”. The firm has “an excellent tax team” which complements their corporate team providing clients with “complete solutions for all legal needs”. “Their fees are competitive and are always flexible to accommodate budgets”.

Effie Anastasiou, partner at the law firm and head of the corporate, commercial and M&A practice, was once again named as “Leading Individual” along with partner Andri Stylianou as “Next Generation Partner” by LEGAL 500. Stavros Clerides received the highest recognition among lawyers in Cyprus and was named in the “Hall of Fame” in the area of Tax Law for the fourth year in a row. He had also received the same recognition in 2020, 2021 and 2022.

LEGAL 500 praised the firm for its very experienced and knowledgeable team that is “highly professional” and that “not only meets but very often exceeds expectations”, its efficiency, quality and impressive response times. According to testimonials the team’s lawyers are among the very best in Cyprus and have “shown excellent ability to deliver under significant time pressure and to adopt legal work to changing commercial issues”. Effie Anastasiou was praised for her impressive knowledge, experience, promptness, attention to detail and high quality service. She was praised as being “head and shoulders above the peers”. Stavros Clerides was praised as a “brilliant lawyer’ having “an exceptional grasp of tax and legal matters” and with “deep understanding of corporate finance and business matters which inspires complete confidence”. Andri Stylianou was commended for her efficiency, experience and negotiating skills.

The international rating agency bases its evaluation on a large sample of independent research work and chooses and evaluates the most established law firms globally by area of practice on the basis of merit. Its evaluation and rankings result by way of obtaining feedback from peers and clients and evaluation of the law firm’s client transaction deals which are then independently assessed by the agency researchers.

It is worth noting that Clerides, Anastassiou, Neophytou LLC has been consistently highly ranked over the years by this and other rating agencies.