Andreas Neocleous

Andreas Neocleous Evripidi (Greek: Ανδρέας Νεοκλέους Ευριπίδη; born 3 July 1939) is a Cypriot lawyer and a former member of the House of Representatives of Cyprus.

Neocleous participated in EOKA's fight for the liberation of the island, and he was arrested by the British troops and imprisoned during 1956–1959.[1]

In 1970, he was elected as a member of the Parliament of the United Party (Eniaion Party) in Cyprus.

In 2019, Neocleous bought the Cyprus Mail, and the following day all articles relating to his having previously been found guilty of bribing deputy attorney general Rikos Erotokritou were removed from its website.[2]

Education

Neocleous graduated from National and Kapodistrian University of Athens Law School in 1964. He began practising law in 1965 and has specialized in the fields of international investment and international corporate tax law. He was the founder and managing partner of Andreas Neocleous & Co LLC[3]

Neocleous is one of only five Honorary Fellows of the Center for International Legal Studies.[4] He is the Honorary Consul of Japan in Cyprus[5][6] and the Honorary Legal Adviser of the British High Commissioner in Cyprus.[7]

References
  1. Who's Who. Επίτομο Βιογραφικό Λεξικό, Αθήνα, Μέτρον, Τόμος Β', 2009
  2. Orphanides, Stelios. "Founder of disgraced Cypriot law firm buys the Cyprus Mail". OCCRP. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
  3. "People and Offices: Andreas Neocleous".
  4. "Center for International Legal Studies". Archived from the original on 14 April 2013. Retrieved 19 June 2012.
  5. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-06-16. Retrieved 2012-12-28.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  6. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-01-05. Retrieved 2012-12-28.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  7. http://ukincyprus.fco.gov.uk/resources/en/pdf/541790282/lawyers-south%5B%5D


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