GTDT: Private Client 2016 – Cyprus

Reproduced with permission from Law Business Research Ltd. This article was first published in Getting the Deal Through: Private Client 2016 (published in December 2015; contributing editors: Anthony Thompson and Nicole Aubin-Parvu of Wragge Lawrence Graham & Co...

New legislation for trapped property buyers

On September 4, 2015, the Transfer and Mortgaging of Real Estate (Amendment) Law, Ν. 139(1)/2015 came into force (the “Law”). The Law is designed to protect those buyers who paid for the property they bought but did not receive a title deed due to the...

Russian De-offshorization Rules and possible actions to be taken

IntroductionThe de-offshorization law came into force on January 01, 2015. What the law says (in summary)1) Disclosure of foreign assets The Law provides for two types of disclosure notices:A) ASSET NOTICE: notification of an interest in any foreign organization if...

Tax confidentiality versus exchange of tax information

IntroductionThe number of exchange of information agreements has increased dramatically in recent years. It is commonly accepted that the need of the governments to have effective tax administrations (i.e., that their taxpayers pay the right amount of tax in their...