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Foreign Investment Protection in Cyprus
The Jurisdiction Cyprus is a member of the European Union and the Eurozone. A common law jurisdiction, Cyprus provides an established, stable and soli...
The Legal 500 Hall of Fame distinction for Antoniou McCollum & Co.
Antoniou McCollum & Co. is delighted with the inclusion of partner Anastasios Antoniou in The Legal 500‘s Hall of Fame rankings. The Legal 5...
Umbrella fund structuring in the EU through Cyprus
The Cypriot registered alternative investment fund (RAIF), enables a fast and cost-efficient fund launch in the European Union. RAIFs, which can be se...
Antoniou McCollum & Co. ranked as top tier law firm by The Legal 500
We are delighted that, in their 2019 EMEA edition, The Legal 500 have ranked Antoniou McCollum & Co. as top tier law firm, the highest ranking a l...
Corporate transactions through Cyprus
The Jurisdiction Cyprus is a member of the European Union and the Eurozone. A common law jurisdiction, Cyprus provides an established, stable and soli...
No withholding tax on dividends, interest or royalties under new Cyprus – UK double tax treaty
The new double tax treaty concluded between Cyprus and the United Kingdom, which is considered crucial for tax structuring arrangements of UK companie...
Regulation on the free flow of non-personal data in the EU adopted
The European Parliament has adopted the Regulation on the Free Flow of Non-Personal Data in the European Union (the “Regulation“) which wa...
Event on Ethics in Corporate Governance
Antoniou McCollum & Co. was delighted to support and be involved in an event on ethics in corporate governance, which took place on 25 October 201...
Cross-border acquisitions and corporate finance through Cyprus
Featuring a common law system, the safeguards of EU law and an efficient tax regime, Cyprus is the optimal jurisdiction to structure corporate finance...
Corporate redomiciliation into Cyprus
Corporate redomiciliation is the transfer of a company into a different jurisdiction from the one it was incorporated in. On redomiciliation, the comp...
Corporate financing using Cyprus redeemable preference shares
Redeemable preference shares (RPS) under Cyprus law facilitate financing in private equity and other corporate transactions. Cyprus law affords substa...
Establishing EU corporate headquarters in Cyprus
Cyprus is a key jurisdiction to consider when establishing EU headquarters. This is the case for a number of reasons: it features one of the most attr...
Bridging the divide between code and law in distributed ledger ecosystems
Anastasios A. Antoniou, partner at Antoniou McCollum & Co. revisits the divide between code and law through the prism of blockchain technology. ...
Cyprus chapter in The Merger Control Review
We are delighted to have contributed the Cyprus chapter to the 9th edition of the Merger Control Review, which discusses all aspects of Cyprus merger ...
EU Blockchain Observatory & Forum releases first report ‘Blockchain Innovation in Europe’
The EU Blockchain Observatory and Forum, an initiative of the European Commission, in which Anastasios Antoniou, partner at Antoniou McCollum & C...
Cyprus enacts national legislation supplementing the GDPR
The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ensures a consistent level of protection for natural persons throughout the EU in a manner which provide...
Securitisation of loans in Cyprus
Cyprus enacted legislation which completes its framework regulating the purchase and sale, as well as the securitisation of credit facilities. This no...
Purchasing and selling loans in Cyprus
Cyprus has enacted legislation which completes its framework regulating the purchase and sale, as well as the securitisation of credit facilities. Thi...
International trade in goods and services in Cyprus
Antoniou McCollum & Co. has contributed two Q&A guides on Cyprus for the International Trade and Commercial Transactions Global Guide, publish...
Profiling and automated decision-making compliance under the GDPR
The availability of vast amounts of personal data on the internet combined with the ability to find correlations and create links between this informa...
Data subjects’ rights under the GDPR
What is personal data and who is a data subject? Everyone has the right to the protection of their personal data. Whilst not an absolute right, this r...
The Legal 500 ranks Antoniou McCollum & Co. as top tier law firm in Cyprus
Antoniou McCollum & Co. is delighted to have been ranked as top-tier firm in Cyprus in the 2018 edition of The Legal 500 for Europe, Middle East &...
Out of the shadows: risks of shadow directors for Cyprus companies
“He lurks in the shadows, sheltering behind others who, he claims, are the only directors of the company to the exclusion of himself. He is not held...
Are big data and algorithms next on the European Commission’s competition agenda?
Margrethe Vestager has made it clear that the European Commission is looking into potential competition issues arising from big data. Whether tech...
Passporting in the EU for banking, financial services and insurance undertakings
Passporting enables businesses such as AIFMs, Banks, Insurers, Investment firms, Payment institutions to provide their services across the EU. Our lat...
ECJ clarifies full functionality requirement of a joint venture
The European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruled in Austria Asphalt v Bundeskartellanwalt (Case C-248/16) that when there is a change in the type of control ...
New EU AML rules to impact beneficial owners of companies and trusts
Directive 2015/849 on the prevention of the use of the financial system for the purposes of money laundering or terrorist financing, known as the Four...
ESMA statements on high risks of Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs)
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has issued two Statements on Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs), largely driven by ESMA’s expres...
ECB releases guidance on the licensing of fintech banks
The European Central Bank (ECB) has released a guide for the assessment of fintech credit institution licence applications. The guide is premised on t...
Companies outside the EU may have data protection compliance obligations under the GDPR
Much focus has centred on the impact of the GDPR on data transfers involving processors and controllers in the EU. The increased territorial scope o...