Repeal Of The Privatisation Law Of 2014

The Department of the Registrar of Companies and Intellectual Property of the Republic of Cyprus, announces that in accordance with the Companies...

The EU List of High-Risk Third Countries was updated in June 2025 by the European Commission to identify jurisdictions significant deficiencies in anti-money laundering...

In 2021, the European Commission proposed the creation of the Anti-Money Laundering Authority (AMLA) as part of its new AML Package.

In a landmark decision on the 22/11/2022, the Court of Justice of the European Union, in cases C-37/20 and C-601/20, ruled the provision of the 4th Anti-Money Laundering Directive (EU) 2015/849 granting access to the general public ...

On 2 May 2025, the Central Bank of Cyprus published a revised directive on the prevention of money laundering and terrorist financing, set to take effect on 2 June 2025.

Within the framework of the State Grants Scheme for the year 2017 and as a result of the general framework of Eco-Management and Audit Scheme, the Cyprus Government announced a program of financial support...

The 10th edition of the Inward Investment and International Taxation Review highlights global tax trends and provides useful guidance to the tax rules in various jurisdictions, including the taxation

The European Union has adopted its 21st package of restrictive measures against Russia, representing the most comprehensive expansion of sanctions in four years with 218 new designations spanning banks, crypto platforms, military suppliers, and shadow fleet operators.

Investment migration programs, including Citizenship by Investment (CBI) and Residence by Investment (RBI), have become integral to global economic strategies.

Freedom of expression under Article 10 of the European Convention on Human Rights is central to the functioning of democratic society.

On 3 September 2026, the Court of Justice of the European Union (the "CJEU") delivered its judgment in Case C-798/24, Jautiva (the "Judgment"), addressing the compatibility of unrestricted public access to shareholder information with European Union ("EU") company law and data protection rules.

In January 2026, the European Commission unveiled its plan to overhaul the EU's Cybersecurity Act, a proposal now known as CSA2. It's the natural next step in a story that began years earlier with the EU's 2020 "5G Security Toolbox" - a set of voluntary recommendations encouraging Member States to be cautious about certain telecom suppliers. That voluntary approach produced patchy results: by most accounts, fewer than half of EU countries had actually acted on those recommendations. It is worth asking whether the adoption levels were however a failure of design, or a reflection of Member States reaching different conclusions about their risk exposures.

The Cypriot tax landscape has undergone a significant recalibration following the entry into force of a broad package of fiscal reforms, effective as from the 1st of January, 2026.

Federal Law No. 142-FZ on Amendment of Articles 6 and 30 of the Federal Law on Russian Federation Citizenship and Individual Regulations of the Russian Federation

Direct sales companies include many strategies for the marketing and successful selling of their products. One example of such strategies is multilevel marketing (MLM).

The European Banking Authority (EBA) has published a report on the treatment of incoming third country branches (TCB) under the national law of Member States (the ‘Report').

The mechanism of the preliminary reference stands as one of the cornerstones of European Union law. It establishes a channel of judicial cooperation between the national courts of Member States and the Court of Justice of the European Union ("CJEU"), ensuring the uniform interpretation and application of EU law across all Member States. Understanding this mechanism, and in particular the conditions under which a Cypriot court may invoke it, is of considerable practical importance for any party appearing in proceedings that raise a question of EU law.

On 18 July the Tax Department published reminders on its website of approaching deadlines for submission of returns.

Lawyers from Elias Neocleous & Co look at the new rules and how the new regime will look for alternative investment fund managers.

The Immovable Property (Tenure, Registration and Valuation) Law, Cap. 224, has been amended to require government departments and courts to notify owners of property about decisions that