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Cross-border recognition of insolvency proceedings

Insolvency proceedings can be recognised in Cyprus through the EU Recast Insolvency Regulation (2015/848) or under the principles of common law.  

Practice Area(s) 重組和破產,  诉讼

Derivative Actions in Perspective

A derivative action is an aggrieved minority shareholder’s right of action which essentially derives from the company, and is ordinarily available to members who may seek protection in circumstances which ...

Practice Area(s) 私人客户,  企业与并购,  诉讼

Amendments to the naturalization by investment scheme in Cyprus

As of the 15th of May 2019, applications for naturalization through investment will need to meet certain criteria (in addition to the ones currently in force), in accordance with the recent decision of ...

Practice Area(s) 房地產,  私人客户,  企业与并购

Quist close trust: An equitable safety net for lenders

In addition to instituting a common law claim for a repudiatory breach of the underlying loan agreement, where the moneys advanced are applied by the borrower for a purpose other than that contemplated ...

Practice Area(s) 私人客户,  企业与并购,  銀行和金融,  诉讼

Schemes of Arrangement and Recent Changes

Cyprus has reduced the threshold for approving Schemes of Arrangement to simple majority, making them an attractive alternative to court sanctioned debt restructurings.    

Practice Area(s) 企业与并购,  銀行和金融,  诉讼

Fraudulent Trading: Characteristics and deficiencies

In tandem with the legal position under English  law, albeit with certain structural variations which will be addressed in this article, fraudulent trading in Cyprus is both a civil and criminal concept ...

Practice Area(s) 企业与并购,  诉讼,  銀行和金融

Performance Bonds

In the context of construction contracts, a performance bond may be described as a species of security which offers an effective legal and financial safeguard in the form of a guarantee which, at the ...

Practice Area(s) 私人客户,  銀行和金融

Interrelationship between Articles, Shareholders Agreements and the Companies Law

Whilst it is of crucial importance that a company’s Articles of Association (AA) and Shareholders’ Agreement (SHA) should be such as to ensure that their respective provisions are compatible, it would ...

Practice Area(s) 企业与并购

Non-Assignment Clauses and their Implications for Loan Agreements

The essence of this article is to afford due consideration to the legal ramifications of an assignment of rights (insofar as it relates to loan agreements), effected by an “original” lender to an “incoming” ...

Practice Area(s) 銀行和金融

Entire Agreement Clauses: Call for Caution

The purpose of an entire agreement clause (EAC) is to convey in an unequivocal manner that the written contract in which it is incorporated, solely encompasses what has been agreed between the parties, ...

Practice Area(s) 房地產,  私人客户,  诉讼,  企业与并购,  銀行和金融

Franchising: the Cyprus landscape

It is common knowledge that the franchise concept has come a long way from its inception in the mid nineteenth century after Isaac Singer, the inventor of the sewing machine, conceived what was then perceived ...

Practice Area(s) 企业与并购

MiFID II - Cyprus paves the way for the “Legal Identifier”

The revised EU Markets in Financial Instruments Directive, 2014/65/EU (MiFID II), within the context of the associated legislative provisions of the EU Markets in Financial Instruments Regulation No. ...

Practice Area(s) 銀行和金融

Cyprus tax residency rules amended

In July 2017, the Cyprus Parliament approved a legislative proposal amending Section 2 of the Income Tax Law (ITL) and introducing an additional provision for determining Cyprus tax residency for individuals. ...

Practice Area(s) 私人客户

The new data protection Regulation: How does it affect you?

After years of preparation and debate, the European Union Regulation on the Protection of Natural Persons with regard to the Processing of Personal Data and on the Free Movement of such Data (“General ...

Practice Area(s) 数据保护

Dispute Resolution Cyprus Chapter 2017 for GTDT

Our firm has contributed the Cyprus Dispute Resolution Chapter for Getting the Deal Through. The Cyprus Chapter is available at: https://gettingthedealthrough.com/area/9/dispute-resolution-2017 Reproduced ...

Practice Area(s) 诉讼

Attractive provisions of the Cyprus tax regime and the new Domicile Concept

Cyprus is considered as an important destination for foreign investors primarily because of its attractive tax regime. Further below we set out some important provisions of the local tax regime together ...

Practice Area(s) 私人客户

Asset Recovery: Cyprus Chapter for Getting the Deal Through

Our firm has contributed the Cyprus Chapter for Getting the Deal Through to Asset Recovery. The Cyprus Chapter is available at: https://gettingthedealthrough.com/area/53/jurisdiction/74/asset-recovery-cyprus/. ...

Practice Area(s) 诉讼

Getting the Deal Through: Cyprus Chapter for Dispute Resolution

Our firm has contributed the Cyprus Chapter for Getting the Deal Through to Dispute Resolution. The Cyprus Chapter is available at: https://gettingthedealthrough.com/area/9/dispute-resolution/. The ...

Practice Area(s) 诉讼

New Regulations on the Naturalisation of Investors in Cyprus by Investment Scheme

The Scheme for Naturalisation of Investors in Cyprus by Exception has been amended with the decision of the Council of Ministers dated 13th of September 2016. The changes brought by the new scheme are ...

Practice Area(s) 私人客户

New Leasing Law 72(I)/2016

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 ...

Practice Area(s) 房地產

Amending law on partnerships limited by shares

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 ...

Practice Area(s) 企业与并购

FBME's depositors guarantee process & delays

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 ...

Practice Area(s) 銀行和金融

Cyprus Litigation Chapter for ICLG

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.

Practice Area(s) 诉讼

Financial Ombudsman

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 ...

Practice Area(s) 銀行和金融

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