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Harris Kyriakides

Christos Topouzis

Senior Associate

Harris KyriakidesChristos Topouzis -
EXPERTISE

Commercial, Public Procurement, Competition & State Aid and Administrative & Public Law

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS

LLB, University of Nicosia, 2015

PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS

Member of the Cyprus Bar Association, 2016 Member of the Cyprus Mediators Association, 2018

Christos Topouzis is a Senior Associate in the Commercial department at Harris Kyriakides. He holds a Bachelor of Laws (LLB) from the University of Nicosia and is fluent in Greek and English.


Christos is an experienced civil and commercial litigator with a strong track record in both in-court and out-of-court matters. He regularly appears before the District Courts, the Supreme Court, and the Tender Review Authority. His expertise spans a broad range of sectors including construction, energy, and public procurement and has also been involved in arbitration, particularly in the construction sector.


He has successfully handled major commercial and civil cases involving injunctions, including cases related to non-compete clauses, bank guarantee liquidations, gagging orders, and complex intercompany disputes. Christos has also represented banking institutions in debt recovery and negotiated a multi-million euro loan restructuring, achieving a favorable out-of-court settlement.

EXPERTISE

Commercial, Public Procurement, Competition & State Aid and Administrative & Public Law

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS

LLB, University of Nicosia, 2015

PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS

Member of the Cyprus Bar Association, 2016 Member of the Cyprus Mediators Association, 2018

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