When something in your business is not as it should be — a licence, a contract, a tenancy, a dispute, or a matter abroad in Cyprus — the practice is here to help you put it right. By appointment, in confidence.
For those running cafés, restaurants, hotels and children's homes — and for the landlords behind the premises they occupy. The practice offers brokering, licensing, management counsel and the careful handling of tenancies and contracts.
Each engagement is taken on personally; each conversation is held in confidence. Where a matter turns contested or sensitive, it is addressed with the steadiness the moment demands.
The eight practice areasLong-standing commercial relationships in Cyprus, with trusted local advisers and on-the-ground presence where matters require it. Property, hospitality, tenancies and contracts — handled with the same care as a matter in the South East.
Equally for clients elsewhere overseas whose interests cross the United Kingdom and another jurisdiction.
Cyprus & overseasThe Practice
A deliberately narrow practice. We take the matters Mr Petrides has lived himself — and decline the rest. Each engagement is personal, each conversation in confidence.
Sale, purchase and transfer of established trading businesses — valuation, qualification of buyers, negotiation and completion, conducted in confidence.
Steady counsel on commercial disputes, partnership breakdowns and regulatory difficulty — with referral to suitable solicitors where formal instruction is required.
Premises licences, alcohol and late-hours, and the practical day-to-day of running cafés and restaurants — from site and lease through to sale.
Hotel operations, management agreements, franchise terms and supplier contracts — alongside acquisition, lease or disposal of the property itself.
Commercial and residential tenancies — negotiated, restructured, renewed or terminated, with attention to the covenant on either side.
Counsel for operators of children's residential care — drawn from direct experience as director of Courage Children's Home Ltd.
Commercial counsel for matters abroad — chiefly in Cyprus, where long-standing relationships and local advisers stand ready alongside us.
Working capital, term debt, refinancing and bridging — sourced from lenders chosen for terms, not commission. And, where wanted, negotiation conducted on the company's behalf so that you do not have to sit at the table.
The Practitioner
Company Director
The practice is led by Mr Lakis Petrides — restaurateur, hotelier, commercial and residential landlord, and director of Courage Children's Home Ltd. He has spent forty years in the trades he advises on, and is a recipient of the Queen's Award from his earlier career as a contracts manager.
With long-standing commercial activity in Cyprus alongside his work in the United Kingdom, he brings to every engagement the breadth of someone who has held the owner's seat himself — across hospitality, property, care and contracts.
That breadth is the practice's character: experience that has been earned, not read.
Read the full profileConsultation
Initial consultations are without charge or obligation. We respond within one business day; many enquiries within the hour. Mark urgent matters as such, and they shall be answered first.