Tassos Papadopoulos & Associates is a leading law firm of providing a full range of legal services. The firm maintains its principal practice base in Nicosia and is associated with local firms in all towns of Cyprus; It is also a member of major international networks of independent law firms with several thousand well-connected lawyers in over 90 countries. The firm's participation in these networks enables its members to guide clients daily through the challenges of global business and to provide them with a rapid and thorough response to the highest international and local standards. Tassos Papadopoulos & Associates was established by the majority of partners and associates of the former Tassos Papadopoulos & Co law partnership (one of the oldest and largest law firms in Cyprus) which was dissolved in June 2007 by mutual agreement between its then partners. The firm's objective and commitment is to provide high quality, speedy response and cost-effective legal services and to meet the demands of the modern specialized legal practice with special emphasis on confidentiality. In transactional and non-contentions business the focus of the firm's work is in banking and finance, corporate law, financial services acquisitions of companies and property, public tenders, mergers and joint ventures, the financing of major capital projects, IPOs and public listings. The firm has a very strong team of highly experienced trial lawyers in every major field of civil litigation and arbitration including banking and finance, competition, corporate and commercial, construction, insurance, and contracts. The firm also has a substantial practice in the field of company formation and administration. The clientele of the firm comprises local and international banking institutions, semi-governmental organizations, municipalities and other local authorities, local and international building and engineering contractors, shipping enterprises, local and international information technology companies, publicly listed companies, investment firms, insurance companies, professional firms, large business concerns in commerce, tourism, hotels, general trade, oil and other fields.