Pantelis Christofides joined the firm in June 2007 after completing a Master of Laws programme at the University of Cambridge (Fitzwilliam College) specializing in European Union Law.
Pantelis graduated in 2006 with a First Class Honours LLB from the Faculty of Law of the University of Leicester. In July 2008 he was enrolled as an Advocate in the Republic of Cyprus. He is a member of the Cyprus Bar Association and of the Nicosia Bar Association. He was awarded the Professional Diploma in Legal Practice with Distinction graduating in July 2009 the Legal Practice Course (LPC) in Nottingham Law School (Nottingham Trent University). In September 2010 he was admitted as an Associate of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (ACIArb).
He is also a Non - Governmental Advisor to the International Competition Network (ICN).
His main areas of practice are EU law, public tender law, protection of competition law, concentration control law, international private and public law, anti – money laundering legislation and compliance issues, human rights law, and data protection law. Pantelis is representing clients before the competent authorities of the Republic of Cyprus, including District Courts, the Supreme Court of Cyprus, the Commission for the Protection of Competition of the Republic of Cyprus (CPC), the Commissioner of Administration (Ombudsman) of the Republic of Cyprus, and the Office of the Commissioner for Personal Data Protection.
Pantelis has appeared before the CPC handling notifications of concentrations in relation to both domestic and international clients, including NYSE listed companies, as well as being a defense team member in relation to alleged concerted practice proceedings. He has also assisted in the preparation and filing of notifications before the Office of the Commissioner for Personal Data Protection and acted in relation to complaint proceedings before the said Office.
He has appeared before the Court of Justice of the European Union in the proceedings relating to the first preliminary reference of the Supreme Court of Cyprus under the former Article 234 EC. He has also advised on numerous occasions on matters of inter-state criminal law such as the application of the Framework Decision on the European Arrest Warrant.
He is a regular Trainer - Speaker at the Cyprus Financial Services Firms Association (C.F.S.F.A) Anti - Money Laundering and Counter Terrorism Financing Seminars and he has attended as Speaker the Cyprus Bar Association Anti - Money Laundering and Counter Terrorism Financing Seminars.
Pantelis’ publications include:
1. Cyprus Chapter in ‘Cartel Regulation 2015’, Getting the Deal Through, pages 57 - 62.
2. Privatisation – The Legislative Framework So Far: Country Report on the Republic of Cyprus co-authored with Mr. George Valiantis, Senior Associate of L. PAPAPHILIPPOU & CO LLC - European Networks Law Review (ENLR) Volume 4/2014 pages 309 - 312.
3. Study on Directors ‘Duties and Liability prepared for the European Commission DG Markt by Carsten Gerner-Beuerle, Philipp Paech and Edmund Philipp Schuster (Department of Law, London School of Economics), London, April 2013, Country Reviewer for the Republic of Cyprus with Mr. Loukis Papaphilippou.
4. Online Publications at the International Law Office (ILO) website regarding the Protection of Competition Law and the Concentration Control Law of the Republic of Cyprus during the years 2012 - 2015.
5. A Comparative Study of Costs in Defamation Proceedings Across Europe, Programme in Comparative Media Law and Policy, Centre for Socio-Legal Studies, University of Oxford, December 2008, contributor with Mr. Leandros Papaphilippou regarding Republic of Cyprus.
6. ‘Of Certain Selling Arrangements: Keck and its Legacy in the Dock’, Cyprus & European Law Review, Volume 5, October 2007, 299-321.