Cyprus Legal News and Insights

Reference 4/2026: Cyprus’s Supreme Constitutional Court rejected retrospective cancellation of existing judgment registrations over occupied-area property. The statutory bar on new registrations remains.

A Cyprus Gazette correction shows why company strike-off notices must be checked against the current register before property or business transactions.

Cyprus company mergers, liquidations and reorganisations: what buyers, directors and investors should verify before contracts and transactions.

For a growing business, “going public” can sound like a single transaction. Legally and commercially, it is not. Converting a Cyprus private company into a public company, offering securities to the public and obtaining admission to trading on a regulated market are distinct steps. Each raises different questions of company law, disclosure, governance, investor protection and regulatory compliance. That distinction matters at the beginning of the project. A company may need a

Why a Cyprus company has a legal identity distinct from its founder, and why that distinction matters for contracts, assets, governance and business decisions.

A practical signing-file review for Cyprus companies: the contracting entity, final terms, signatory authority and the distinction between internal approval and external enforceability.

A Cyprus property holding company can be useful for investment, joint ownership and portfolio management, but it should be designed around the property, shareholders, tax position and exit strategy.

The Business Facilitation Unit route is not passive residency by investment. It is a company registration and employment route for eligible foreign interest companies and qualifying third country national employees.

A Cyprus company is straightforward to operate when its compliance calendar is built correctly. The real work is not incorporation, but keeping corporate, tax, UBO and accounting records current.

The 2026 annual UBO confirmation window opens on 1 October and ends on 31 December. What companies should check before confirming, even when ownership has not changed.

A cross border deal can involve parties, money, assets and advisers in several countries. Understanding the commercial objective is only the first step. The legal context has to travel with the transaction.

Illustrative Germany-to-Cyprus scenario covering founder exit tax, GmbH management, remote employment, family, schools, residence and first-year setup.

Illustrative Italy-to-Cyprus creator scenario covering AIRE, non-EU spouse, platform income, sponsors, VAT, contracts, IP and residence.

A signed contract records the deal, but the real legal work often continues through performance, payment, variation, notices, exit and enforcement. That is why I teach Business Law through consequences, not clauses alone.

Understand Cyprus’s new Artemis credit score, its role in business lending, company report access, guarantees and the process for correcting inaccurate records.

What the 2026 Cyprus tax reform means for company owners: 15% corporation tax, structure, substance, remuneration, banking and ongoing compliance.

The commercially attractive answer and the legally sustainable answer are not always the same. That gap is one reason I teach Business Law alongside practising it.

A new judgment of the Court of Justice of the European Union places important limits on the unrestricted disclosure of shareholders’ personal data and raises significant questions for company-register access regimes across the EU, including Cyprus. The decision On 3 September 2026, the Court of Justice of the European Union delivered its judgment in Case C‑798/24 [Jautiva], A and Others v Latvijas Republikas Saeima, ECLI:EU:C:2026:679. The reference came from the Constitution

When should a Cyprus company tailor or amend its Articles of Association? A practical governance guide to voting, directors, share transfers, funding, deadlock and investor rights.

A practical 2026 guide to Cyprus company Tax Registry registration, the 60-day rule and the mandatory TFA/CY Login route for HE, AE and S entities from 1 July 2026.