J.R. Knowles Cyprus

J.R. Knowles was established in Cyprus in 1990 as local off-shore company following the formation of affiliated off -shore companies in Cyprus from 1986 through to 1998 with the objective of providing a multi-discipline contracts and legal consultancy service to the building, construction and engineering industry in terms of both domestic and international business, resolving the many disputes and other issues which frequently arise in such building and civil engineering contracts, and those in the industrial, process and power sector projects.

The Company employs Chartered Quantity Surveyors, a Chartered Civil Engineer, a Chartered Builder, Qualified Mechanical and Electrical Engineering Specialists, Registered Adjudicators, Arbitrators and Lawyers whose legal qualifications combine with their highly qualified technical and professional disciplines.

The Company is at the forefront of construction consultancy representing most of the local contractors and subcontractors in Cyprus, in addition to international contractors from Europe, Asia and the Middle East working in Cyprus. Commissions have also been undertaken for Government and Local Authority Bodies, to progress dispute resolution, and provide Expert Reports to facilitate amicable settlements in the industry without recourse to Arbitration

We pursue a policy of both internal and external training and which is reflected in our public and private seminar programmes and High Intensity Training courses for our Clients.

Our expertise and understanding of our Clients' needs and the problems they encounter have placed the Company at the forefront of both dispute avoidance and dispute resolution, whether through negotiation skills, mediation, adjudication, expert witness reports, or through the formality of litigation or arbitration proceedings when absolutely necessary .

We provide a wide range of non-adversarial strategic and commercial management advice to achieve successful contract administration, procedures and completion, and our business solutions are structured specifically to meet the needs of our Clients.

Our approach is to increase the knowledge base, build on existing schemes, and to continue to develop the culture of our Clients' organisations by such knowledge transfer, as this leads to shared objectives and high levels of communication to create an improved environment of trust and teamwork.