Michael Vorkas specialises in commercial litigation and is the Managing Partner of the firm currently leading the firm’s Litigation and Dispute Resolution services. He is the elected President of the Cyprus Bar Association for the period 2023-2026.

Michael has 30 years of experience as Litigator for large civil and major business cases with proven track record of applying appropriate, practical and effective methods that meet business needs while minimizing risks.

He has a particular emphasis on contract claims, negligence claims and shareholder and partnership disputes. He also has experience in obtaining and defending injunctions, including worldwide freezing orders, disclosure and receivership orders as well as ship arrest warrants. His work also involves recognizing and enforcing foreign judgments and arbitral awards in Cyprus while obtaining and defending preliminary commercial injunctions.

Michael has handled many complex disputes before the District Courts and the Supreme Court of Cyprus in its Admiralty and Appellate Jurisdiction, a great number of which were involving foreign parties and multiple jurisdictions. Other areas of experience include libel, insolvency, property and construction disputes. He successfully represents Clients at all levels in District Courts, Special Jurisdiction Courts and the Court of Appeal, frequently in cases of significant value.

He is a motivated achiever with demonstrable ability to recommend key legal structures to international entrepreneurs with cross-border business activities to one-man companies and as a result he acts for a broad range of clients, from high net worth individuals and owner managed businesses.

Previously, Michael spent 10 years at the law firm Polakis Sarris + Co LLC, where he was the senior lawyer leading the Litigation Department.

Michael holds a Bachelor of Laws from the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens and a Master of Laws in Shipping Law from Queen Mary University of London.

Michael qualified as an Advocate in 1992.