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...

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...