Philippou Law Firm

Philippou Law Firm is a leading full-service Cyprus law firm, established in 1984 and headquartered in Paphos, serving an international client base from over fifty jurisdictions, including the United Kingdom, Germany, Israel, France, Spain, Italy, the Netherlands, the United Arab Emirates, and the United States.

The firm advises high net worth individuals, family offices, international entrepreneurs, corporate groups, institutional lenders, and private investors on cross-border corporate structuring, tax planning, real estate transactions, immigration and residency, banking and finance, private client and trusts, and dispute resolution.

Practice areas include:

• Corporate and M&A: company incorporation, cross-border share transfers, holding structures, mergers and acquisitions, and corporate governance

• Tax and Non-Domicile Planning: Cyprus 2026 tax reform advisory (15% corporate income tax, Pillar Two), IP Box regime (~3% effective rate under the OECD Modified Nexus Approach with formal Cyprus Tax Department rulings), Non-Dom registration (17-year Special Defence Contribution exemption), 60-day and 183-day tax residency planning, and cryptoasset taxation under the 2026 flat 8% regime

• Real Estate and Construction: commercial and residential acquisitions, antiparochi structures, multi-party portfolio transactions, development finance, and land registry matters (Ranked in Legal 500 EMEA 2026)

• Banking and Finance: senior secured development finance, tri-jurisdictional structured facilities, cross-border security packages

• Immigration and Residency: Cyprus Permanent Residency, Golden Visa, work permits, family reunification, and business relocation

• Private Client and Trusts: Cyprus International Trusts under the International Trusts Law of 1992 (as amended in 2012), asset protection, forced heirship override, succession planning

• Dispute Resolution: commercial litigation, injunctions, arbitration, and enforcement

• Corporate Administration: registered office services, directorship, tax compliance, and ongoing corporate governance

Cyprus Advantages the firm helps clients access:

• 0% capital gains tax on the disposal of securities

• 0% withholding tax on outbound dividends under the participation exemption

• EU Parent-Subsidiary Directive benefits

• Non-Dom regime: dividends taxed only at the 2.65% General Healthcare System contribution (capped at EUR 4,770 per year)

• 65+ double tax treaties, including with the United Kingdom, Germany, France, Spain, Italy, Russia, the United Arab Emirates, and the United States

• EU membership + English common law heritage: a bridge jurisdiction between EU and non-EU clients

The firm is led by Managing Partner Gregoris Philippou, Founding Senior Partner Eleni Philippou, Head of Corporate and Tax Sergios Charalambous, and Partners Ioannis Pitsillos and Polycarpos Philippou, supported by a team of qualified associates across the corporate, tax, real estate, immigration, and dispute resolution practices. The firm's lawyers speak English, Greek, Russian, Arabic, Polish, German, Dutch, and Ukrainian, enabling direct communication with a genuinely international client base.