L.G. Zambartas LLC | Lawyers in Cyprus

A Dedicated and Approachable Team of Professionals 

Louise Zambartas – Head of Private Client Dept

Louise holds an LLB (Hons) in Law from Birmingham University. She passed the Law Society Finals in Newcastle and was admitted as a Solicitor of England and Wales in 1991. She was granted a Cyprus Bar License in 2004. She has previously worked at Varley Hibbs and Co Solicitors, Martineau Johnson Solicitors and Wright Hassell and Co Solicitors in the UK. She established the Law Offices of Louise Zambartas (now L.G. Zambartas LLC) after she relocated permanently to Cyprus. Louise is one of the leading sale and purchase property lawyers in Cyprus acting for both individual and corporate clients in Cyprus and abroad. Louise has also handled a number of large scale “off-plan” projects involving many of the major Cypriot property developers. With experience of property work, comes inevitable experience of property disputes. Louise is currently handling a large number of such cases, including several important class actions. She is also an expert on Cypriot Wills & Probate Law. Louise has developed an excellent reputation in her areas of expertise by offering quality legal advice and high professional standards combined with a strong emphasis on client care and attention.

George Zambartas - Head of Shipping and Corporate Law Dept

George holds a BA (Hons) in Law and Politics from the University of London’s Queen Mary College. He has extensive experience in Commercial Law and Cypriot Corporate Law as well as shipping, ship financing, maritime claims, ship management and purchase/sales of ships, including new builds. He has undertaken ship registration, re-flagging, re-naming and parallel registration in all major registries around the world. After heading up the Commercial Litigation Department of a Law Firm in the UK, he moved to Cyprus in 1999 to take up the position as in house Legal Advisor of a leading global Shipping Company. In August 2008 he left the niche corporate law/shipping law practice of Economides Dionysiou & Co to form Zambartas Law Offices. Some of his key areas of expertise are:

1. Ship Finance; he has advised Shipping Companies, particularly in Russia and Ukraine seeking ship Finance from Western European Banks. He has given presentations on ship finance at International Shipping Conferences (link to presentations).
2. Corporate Finance; he has provided legal opinions on matters of Cyprus Law to International Banks on high value transactions and drafted security documents compliant with Cyprus Law to facilitate the transaction.
3. Acquisitions; he has considerable experience in advising and preparing the contractual documentation required to effect major cross border acquisitions for shipping and corporate clients.

Haris Kokkinos - Private Client Lawyer

Haris holds an LLB (Hons) in Law and a BA in Politics from the University of Lincoln.  Haris was admitted to the Cyprus Bar Association in 2005. He has previously worked at Globaleye Professionals Advisors Limited ( in the position of  Legal Department Manager) where he was dealing with Banking, Corporate Law Property Law and Cyprus Stock Exchange matters. He also worked for Christodoulos G. Vassiliades & Co Law Firm where his areas of practice were  Litigation, Banking and Corporate Law. He has been a Board Director of the CTO Public Company Limited from 2008. 

Marianna Lamari - Senior Legal Consultant

Marianna holds an LLB (Hons) and an LLM in Corporate Law from the University of Bristol. Marianna was admitted as to the Cyprus Bar Association in 2002. She has previously worked at Andreas Georghadjis & Co where she was dealing with Litigation in the areas of Admiralty, Banking, Probate and Family amongst others, Corporate Law and Property Law and at KPMG as a legal advisor dealing with Corporate Law.

Sonia Ajini - Shipping and Corporate Law Legal Consultant

Sonia joined L.G. Zambartas LLC in February 2010. After studying Slovak Law at the University of Matej Bel of Slovakia where she obtained a Masters Degree in Law, she moved to Cyprus in 2003. In 2004 she completed a Doctorate Degree in International Law at the aforesaid university. She was working for a Cypriot shipowning and shipmanagement company and for an international maritime consultancy company, where she gained experience in various aspects of maritime law and the shipping industry. She also passed the Institute of Chartered Shipbrokers exams in 2005. In 2007 she also successfully completed a postgraduate Diploma in Maritime Law at the London Metropolitan University. She speaks Slovak, English and Czech and holds Slovakian nationality.

Liz Photiou – Land Registry Clerk

Liz holds a BTEC in Business Studies, Economics, Finance, Communication, Word Processing and Statistics. She has previously worked as Department Manager for Berketex in London, Accounts Assistant at SSI Continuity Services Limited/Eurest Support Services International in Cyprus and as Senior HR Specialist for Amdocs Developments Limited in Cyprus.

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