Congratulations are in order for partner Victoria-Zoi Papagiannis who has been named 'Cyprus Lawyer of the Year' by Benchmark Litigation at the 2021 Europe Awards. These are Benchmark Litigation's third annual European awards, for the best disputes lawyers, teams, firms and cases throughout Europe over the past 12 months. The awards celebrate the leading litigators and most impactful disputes across Europe, based upon research conducted between February and September 2020.

Victoria-Zoi Papagiannis is a Partner in the dispute resolution department at Chrysostomides. Her practice focuses mainly on high-value, complex commercial and corporate litigation and arbitration, primarily with an international or multijurisdictional aspect, and she has very extensive experience in the issuance of injunctive relief, including freezing, disclosure, search and anti-suit interim injunctions in support of both domestic and international, court and arbitral proceedings (both ad hoc and institutional).

She has successfully represented legal entities and HNW individuals in the context of complex and high-value corporate and commercial cases involving fraud, misrepresentation, breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duties, fraudulent transfers and negligence.

She also regularly advises on issues pertaining to the recognition and enforcement of foreign court judgments and arbitral awards in Cyprus, as well as, on cases relating to professional and product liability.