The world of cryptocurrency and blockchain technology knows no borders. As crypto markets continue to expand globally, they attract a growing number of businesses offering a wide range of services. With the European Union’s introduction of the Markets in Crypto Assets Regulation (MiCA), the landscape is changing, and non-EU crypto businesses are faced with new…
Private M&A Cyprus Comparative Guide We’re pleased to be the authors of the Cyprus law chapter in Mondaq’s Comparative Guide on Private Mergers & Acquisitions. The chapter provides an overview of Cyprus law relating to acquisitions via share or asset sales, due diligence procedures, relevant documentation, regulatory requirements, financing considerations and other. You may find…
The Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation The EU Council which represents all 27 EU member states, has unanimously approved earlier this month the Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCA). MiCA introduces a harmonised crypto-assets regulatory framework, according to which persons dealing with crypto-assets, must operate in the whole of the EU and the EEA. In a nutshell,…
Cyprus companies are frequently parties to financing transactions either as borrowers or guarantors. For this reason, it is often the case that the shares in the share capital of such Cyprus companies are being placed as security to secure the loan obligations. Shares in Cyprus companies can be encumbered either by a charge or a…
In late 2020, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) charged Ripple, a San Francisco-based company that offers a cross-border payment infrastructure, and two of its executives, with conducting an unregistered securities offering of $1.3bn by selling their cryptocurrency XRP. Now, after over two years of legal conflict, a verdict is very soon awaited from…
The term “reverse merger” refers to a reorganisation whereby a subsidiary company absorbs the assets and liabilities of its parent holding company. With the approval of the merger, the parent company is being dissolved without being placed into liquidation and the subsidiary company continues to exist with direct shareholders, the persons who previously held the…
We are often approached by clients who wish to simplify their corporate structures, with the question whether it is best to opt for a merger between their group companies, or the liquidation of companies which no longer they wish to keep alive. As usually it is the case with legal questions, there can be no…
The FTX bankruptcy filings caused a chain reaction across regulators and supervisory bodies across the globe, with Cyprus being no exception. On 11/11/2022 the Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySEC) announced that the license of the Cyprus Investment Firm FTX (EU) Ltd with number 273/15, is suspended in whole, due to suspicions of alleged violations…
The Legal Framework Insolvency matters in Cyprus are governed by the Bankruptcy Law Cap.5, which deals with the bankruptcy of natural persons, and the Companies Law Cap.113, supplemented by the Companies (Winding Up) Rules and certain provisions of the Bankruptcy Law which regulate the insolvency of legal persons. In 2015 the Cypriot Insolvency Law has…
Q&A guide to private mergers and acquisitions law in Cyprus The Q&A gives an overview of key issues including corporate entities and acquisition methods, preliminary agreements, main documents, warranties and indemnities, acquisition financing, signing and closing, tax, employees, pensions, competition, and environmental issues. Private Mergers and Acquisitions in Cyprus: Overview Read the complete guide here……
Owners of successful businesses sometimes like to exaggerate with extravagant lifestyles. Santa Clara mansions, private Hawaii islands, Bugattis and Lamborghinis, private yachts, submarines and jets it is not unusual to see them posted on TikTok. There are however also, down to earth successful founders and company owners, who prefer to maintain a lower profile and…
Cyprus registered companies can employ third country (non-EU) nationals to work and live in Cyprus, under a fast-track scheme, if certain basic requirements are met. The new “Cyprus Foreign Interest Companies” scheme adopted by the Cyprus Government, under which Cypriot registered companies owned by foreign shareholders, may employ in Cyprus third country (non-EU) employees, in…
New market and new reality In front of the heavy bookshelves of the city’s law offices that store hard copies of the All-England Law Reports since 1890 to date, lawyers are talking with young people, clients and experts, about science-fiction computer-geek terms like “blocks” and “distributed” and “permissioned ledgers”, “hashing” and “mining”, “full” and “half…
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