Anabelle Panayi

Anabelle Panayi is Head of the Immigration Department and a legal consultant at Y. Vasiliou & Co LLC, a law firm headquartered in Larnaca, Cyprus. The firm was recognised as Immigration Attorneys of the Year in Cyprus at the 2024 Corporate INTL Global Awards, an accolade that reflects the strength of the immigration practice she leads and the firm's growing standing among advisers to individuals and businesses relocating to the island.

Anabelle Panayi is a graduate of the University of the West of England, where she obtained her LLB (Hons) at Bristol Law School. Within the firm she leads the immigration team, guiding both individual and corporate clients through the entire immigration process. Her work covers the principal routes into Cyprus, including the registration of companies of foreign interests, family reunification, the registration of European Union nationals, residence permits for third-country nationals, naturalisation, permanent residence permits, and employment permits and visas. This breadth allows her to advise clients ranging from professionals moving to Cyprus for work to families reuniting on the island and businesses establishing a local presence.

Y. Vasiliou & Co LLC describes itself as one of the fastest-growing law firms in Cyprus, serving a diverse clientele that spans local businesses and international corporations. The immigration department sits within a full-service practice whose wider expertise includes corporate and commercial law, litigation and dispute resolution, banking and finance, property law, tax law, insurance law and investment funds. For a client relocating to Cyprus, this means immigration advice can be combined with support on company structuring, property acquisition and the tax and regulatory considerations that a move to the jurisdiction involves.

The firm was founded by Yiannos Vasiliou and operates from Larnaca. It is the exclusive Cyprus member of the International Commercial Law Alliance, a connection that supports its work for internationally mobile clients and cross-border matters. Client feedback reflected on the firm's own materials points to a strong service record, and the immigration team's remit places it at the centre of the firm's work with foreign nationals and overseas businesses.

As the head of the immigration department, Anabelle Panayi combines technical knowledge of Cyprus immigration law with a practical, solutions-focused approach, helping clients navigate applications and procedures that can be complex and document-intensive. Her role encompasses both the individual dimension of immigration, such as securing residence for a family, and the corporate dimension, including the registration of companies of foreign interests that enables overseas businesses to employ and relocate staff to Cyprus.

The Corporate INTL Global Awards recognise leading advisers and firms across jurisdictions and practice areas, drawing on research into the market to identify those demonstrating particular expertise in their field. The 2024 award to Y. Vasiliou & Co LLC as Immigration Attorneys of the Year in Cyprus highlights the firm's immigration credentials, and with them the work of Anabelle Panayi in leading a department that has become one of the practice's most visible strengths.