Lorenzo Toffoloni

Andreas Th. Sofokleous LLC, the Nicosia-based law firm where Lorenzo Toffoloni is a partner, has been named International Business Law Firm of the Year in Cyprus at the 2024 Corporate INTL Global Awards. The recognition reflects the firm's standing as a full-service Cypriot practice with a strong international dimension and Toffoloni's leadership of its corporate work.

Lorenzo Toffoloni joined the firm as a partner and serves as head of its corporate department. Before moving to Cyprus he practised for eight years with one of the leading Italian law firms, where his work focused on corporate and commercial law, corporate governance and mergers and acquisitions. He graduated in law from the University of Milan and holds a master of laws from the University of Chicago Law School, an education that combines a grounding in continental European law with exposure to the common-law and international transactional environment.

Toffoloni's practice centres on corporate transactions, including mergers and acquisitions at both the local and international level, as well as advising clients on the everyday corporate and commercial matters that arise as businesses operate and grow. He has particular experience guiding companies on listings and capital markets, including admission to multilateral trading facilities such as the Emerging Companies Market of the Cyprus Stock Exchange. Qualified to practise in both Cyprus and Italy and fluent in Italian, English and Greek, he frequently handles Cypriot corporate matters for Italian clients, acting as a bridge between the two jurisdictions, a capability that sits at the heart of the firm's international business offering.

Andreas Th. Sofokleous LLC is recognised as one of the leading law firms in Cyprus, with an international reach extending through an affiliated office abroad. The firm emphasises the careful selection and retention of highly capable practitioners drawn from diverse educational backgrounds, and it is committed to providing individualised legal counsel of consistently high quality regardless of the field or industry in which a client operates. This client-focused ethos underpins its work across a broad spread of practice areas.

The firm's expertise spans banking and finance, capital markets, corporate and commercial law, energy including oil and gas and renewables, insurance, intellectual property and information technology, litigation and dispute resolution, mergers and acquisitions, shipping and admiralty, real estate and estate planning, and tax and international tax planning. This breadth allows the firm to support international businesses across the full range of their legal needs, from establishing and structuring their operations through to financing, transactions and dispute resolution, with Toffoloni's corporate team coordinating the transactional dimension of that work.

Being named International Business Law Firm of the Year in Cyprus underlines the firm's role as an adviser to companies doing business in and through the island, a well-established hub for cross-border activity. With Lorenzo Toffoloni leading its corporate department, Andreas Th. Sofokleous LLC continues to offer international clients experienced, multilingual counsel on the corporate and commercial matters that shape their business in Cyprus and beyond.