The Department of Merchant Shipping recently notified owners and operators of small ferries and passenger boats operating in coastal waters of its intention to carry out an intensive programme...

Law 27(III) of 2016, which was published in the government gazette on 9 December 2016, ratifies the Protocol of 2014 to the International Labour Office Forced Labour Convention, 1930.

In July 2015, a 50 per cent reduction of transfer fees on immovable property acquired between 16 July 2015 and the end of 2016 was announced, provided that the property was acquired on an arm's-length basis...

As part of its efforts to ensure the integrity of the companies register the Department of Registrar of Companies and Official Receiver has issued an announcement requesting all registered companies to check and if necessary update the registered office address registered with the Department no later than 31 March, 2017.

The CySEC has announced the results of its latest annual assessment of regulated entities' compliance with their anti-money laundering obligations under the Prevention and Suppression of Money Laundering and...

"H Foni tis Lemesou", a local news magazine, recently published an article written by Elena Michail, partner and advocate at our Nicosia office, examining the Law on the establishment of the Financial Ombudsman of Cyprus.

"H Foni tis Lemesou" published an article written by Christiana Achilleos examining the legal steps taken by former depositors and bondholders of Laiki Bank.

The "Encyclopedia of International Commercial Litigation" provides an overview of commercial litigation procedure and its judges and practitioners in the courts.

In light of the practical experience gained during its first three years of operation, the Department of Merchant Shipping recently reviewed the Protection of Cyprus Ships Against Acts of Piracy and Other Unlawful Acts Law 2012...

As leading lawyers in Cyprus Andreas Neocleous & Co LLC was invited to act as country experts for Cyprus in a study of the application of the cross-border mergers directive commissioned by the EU Directorate General for Internal Market and Services.

ESMA has recently issued a Public Statement to promote coordinated action by National Competent Authorities in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic in relation to issuers' obligations to publish periodic information ...

On 1 March, the European Banking Authority (the ‘EBA') published its final revised Guidelines on Money Laundering (ML) and Terrorist Financing (TF) risk factors.

The Cyprus Mail recently published an article by the Head of our Brussels office, Mr. Nikos Korogiannakis. In his article Mr. Korogiannakis explores the legal and institutional arguments concerning

Haloumi cheese is considered one of the emblematic food products of Cyprus, with exports amounting to 194,3m Euros in 2018.

The August edition of the Great Britain – Cyprus Business Gazette featured an article contributed by Michael Ioannou, Chief Information Officer and Eleni Victoros, Associate and Data Protection Officer.

A recent Phileleftheros article authored by Stefanos Sofroniou, Senior Associate at Elias Neocleous, explores the imminent agreement at EU level of the first ever legal framework...

The General Court of the European Union recently delivered its decision on the appeal of Mr Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Shulgin, a Russian businessman, challenging the EU Commission's renewal of his inclusion in the EU sanctions list due to his role as CEO of Ozon (a leading e-commerce platform in Russia).

The November edition of the Great Britain – Cyprus Business Gazette features an article by Senior Associate, Kyriaki Stinga.

On 2 October 2018 the committee of European Union finance ministers agreed to remove the Pacific island of Palau from the EU list of non-cooperative tax jurisdictions not meeting required standards of transparency and good practice.

The February edition of the Great Britain – Cyprus Business Magazine features an article by Associate, Katerina Pillakouri. In her article Katerina summarises...