Agis Georgiades
Agis Georgiades is an advocate, barrister, arbitrator and mediator. He is a member of the Cyprus Bar Association, the Bar of England and Wales, and is also a registered practitioner in the DIFC Courts.
He is based in Nicosia and is a Partner and Head of International Disputes at CGA, focusing on complex international dispute resolution, including arbitration and litigation before local and international tribunals, in Cyprus and abroad.
As counsel, he has had a broad commercial and international practice since 2005. Agis has argued international commercial, construction, corporate (including corporate fraud), energy, IP and investment cases before arbitral tribunals and courts. He has extensive experience in interim injunctions and other emergency proceedings of all types. He also appears frequently before the Tenders Review Authority in relation to large procurement projects. He regularly acts for and against states and state entities.
Agis is listed as an arbitrator by several institutions, including DIAC, CAMC, BVI IAC, CAfA, ArbCEE, JCAA, RAA, UAA, APIAC, HKIAC and SCCA; and is also listed for Bilateral Disputes in relation to the EU’s Trade Agreements with Third Countries. As an arbitrator, he has wide experience in commercial, construction and corporate disputes.
Agis was a Member of the LCIA Court (2020-2025). He is an Ambassador of VIAC, a Fellow of the CIArb, and an Accredited Mediator. Since 2026, he has been a member of the ICC Institute of World Business Law. He is also a member of the board of directors of the Cyprus Arbitration Forum and the founder and co-chair of Cyprus Arbitration.
He was a member of the Cyprus Supreme Court’s CPR Revision Committee and is an advocate member of the Cyprus CPR Standing Committee.
Agis holds a law degree from the University of Leeds, an LLM from LSE, a Postgraduate Diploma in International Mediation and Construction Arbitration from Queen Mary College, a Diploma in Negotiations from the Athens University of Economics and Business and has completed the ICC/CIArb Advanced Arbitration Academy. He has published on arbitration, mediation, civil procedure, international law and law of evidence. He is Adjunct Faculty at the University of Nicosia, where he lectures on the Law of Evidence. He also lectures on arbitration in the CIArb Maritime Arbitration Diploma and the Cyprus Centre for ADR.
Thursday 14 May
Opening Ceremony
- Agis Georgiades, CAD Co-Chair
- Dr Mahmood Hussain, Founding Partner, M&CO, Diamond Sponsor
- Amir Singh Pasrich, LPD Secretary-Treasurer / IBA Treasurer, International Bar Association, New Delhi
- Michael Vorkas, President of the Cyprus Bar Association
- Theano Christodoulou, Attorney of the Republic of Cyprus, on behalf of the Attorney General
Friday 15 May
Closing Remarks by CAD Co-Chair
Side events
Resolve Academy: Mastering International Arbitration: Theory, Practice, and Strategy
Resolve Academy is organising an Advanced Course on International Arbitration on 12th & 13th May 2026, from 9:30 to 16:30, in Limassol, at the Mediterranean Beach Hotel. The Course Structure is available here.
Supporting Organization:
The course will be delivered by Tatevik Karapetyan (Director, Resolve Academy, Yerevan), Kevin Nash (Director General, LCIA, London), Tarunima Vijra (Senior Counsel, van den Berg Arbitration, Brussels), Stavros Pavlou (Executive Chairman, Patrikios Legal, Limassol), Agis Georgiades (Partner, CGA, Nicosia) and Michael Dunmore (Legal Director, Kennedys, UAE & Oman). The event is sponsored by Arbitration Channel & New York Arbitration Centre. Registration is NOT included in the CAD 2026 registration fee.
The registration fee for this course is €200. You may apply using this link.
Side events
Vienna International Arbitral Centre: India-Related Disputes in Europe
VIAC is organising this event on the eve of CAD 2026 (14th May 2026, 11:30-13:30), at Four Seasons Hotel. The event is sponsored by Pittas Legal and Fox Mandal.

There will be two panels, as follows:
Panel 1: "Resolution of Disputes about Investments to and from India"
Moderator: Dr Mahmood Hussain; Speakers: Roman Khodykin; and Purnima Kamble
Panel 2: "International Arbitration at VIAC"
Moderator: Tzabarit Kim Esra; Speakers: Franz Schwarz; and Agis Georgiades
The event is open to CAD 2026 Participants. To register, please email “VIAC” to info@cad.com.cy.
