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The new legislation on the leasing, N.72 (I) / 2016, which came into force on 28.04.2016, aims to regulate the provision of leasing services to the public, as well as the supervision of the leasing services ...
Law 144(I)/2015, which came into force last year, amended Cyprus partnership law (Cap. 116) by introducing partnerships limited by shares. A partnership limited by shares is, in essence, a hybrid between ...
On the 9th of April 2016, the Central Bank of Cyprus (hereinafter “CBC”) through an official announcement (hereinafter the “Announcement”) activated, to the relief of FBME’s Bank Ltd – Cyprus Branch ...
Our firm has contributed the Cyprus Chapter for the International Comparative Legal Guide to: Litigation & Dispute Resolution; published by Global Legal Group Ltd, London for the year 2016.
The Financial Ombudsman is an independent service empowered to settle disputes between financial institutions and their customers. The ombudsman’s office is designed to serve as an independent authority ...
The Limassol District Court rules that the “haircut” of banking deposits in Laiki Bank and Bank of Cyprus in March 2013, may not have been implemented correctly and grants interim injunctions to preserve ...
The New Foreclosure Law, which permits the commencement of the procedure for the foreclosure of immovable properties, affects not only the registered owners of immovable properties but also the buyers ...
Our firm has contributed the Cyprus Chapter for the International Comparative Legal Guide to: Data Protection, published by Global Legal Group Ltd, London for the year 2015.
Our firm has contributed the Cyprus Chapter for the Tax Treatment of Public Benefit Foundations and their donors to the European Foundation Centre. An extract of the chapter is available below and the ...
Our firm has contributed the Cyprus Chapter for the International Comparative Legal Guide to: Litigation & Dispute Resolution; published by Global Legal Group Ltd, London for the year 2015.
Our firm has contributed the Cyprus Chapter for the International Comparative Legal Guide to: Mergers & Acquisitions; published by Global Legal Group Ltd, London for the year 2015.
Our firm has contributed the Cyprus Chapter on Arbitration for “Getting the Deal Through” for the year 2015.
On 11 December 2013, a tribunal of the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (“ICSID”) held that Romania had breached the fair and equitable treatment standard of the Sweden-Romania ...
Cyprus is considered as an important destination for foreign investors and business people mostly due to its well established legal system which is based on common law, favourable tax regime, membership ...
The London Court of International Arbitration (“LCIA”), one of the world’s leading arbitral institutions, has recently published its new Arbitration Rules which will govern LCIA arbitrations commenced ...
Overruling its previous decision in Stelios Shiammas v Cyprus Popular Bank (2007), recently, the Supreme Court of Cyprus in Bank of Cyprus plc case (2011) decided, amongst others, that in the event of ...
Questions and answers on various issues in relation to foundations and charitable institutions including, amongst others, on the legal types of foundations, the purposes which can be pursued by foundations, ...
The first investment arbitration against the Islamic Republic of Iran was put to rest on 15 October 2014 by an arbitral tribunal operating under the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law ...
In August 2014, the shareholders of FBME Bank filed a request for international arbitration against the Republic of Cyprus at the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC). FBME Bank was established in ...
An accelerated and simplified procedure for granting Immigration Permits to third country nationals that intend to invest in Cyprus is now available, following certain amendments to the legislation.
On 18 July 2014, a United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) arbitral tribunal seated in The Hague under the auspices of the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) rendered in Hulley ...
Arbitration proceedings, both domestic and international, are becoming increasingly popular in Cyprus. This is not surprising, as Cyprus was and continues to be a well established international business ...
Data protection legislation, which is considered an important component of EU privacy and human rights law, aims to protect the rights and freedoms of persons when data are processed (regardless of whether ...
Back in the year 2001, Cyprus implemented the Law «Regulating the Terms in relation to Credit Agreements for Consumers», in order to be in compliance with the EU legal framework at that time.