About
Born in Nicosia, Cyprus, Yiannis Papapetrou is a Partner at Montanios & Montanios LLC who specialises in commercial and maritime litigation, corporate insolvency, employment law and land/landlord & tenant matters, with particular experience in conflict of laws and enforcement of foreign judgments and arbitral awards. He joined the firm in 2002, was admitted to the Cyprus Bar in 2003, became a Partner in 2014 and Joint Head of the Litigation Department in 2020; he holds an LLB (University of Warwick) and an LLM in Maritime Law (King's College London), and has been a licensed insolvency practitioner in Cyprus since 2015.
Practice areas
LitigationMaritime & AdmiraltyInsolvencyEmploymentReal EstateArbitrationPrivate International Law
Office
Expertise
Commercial and maritime contentious mattersEnforcement of foreign judgments and arbitral awardsConflict of laws (private international law)Multi‑jurisdictional litigationCorporate insolvency practice
Education
- LLB (Hons), University of Warwick (2000)
- Bar Vocational Course, BPP Law School, London (completed 2001)
- LLM, Maritime Law, King’s College London (2002)
Admissions
- Called to the Bar of England & Wales (Lincoln’s Inn), 2001
- Cyprus Bar (admitted 2003)
- Licensed Insolvency Practitioner, Cyprus (since 2015)