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Christodoulos G Vassiliades & Co

Our legal team in Cyprus is based in the capital Nicosia and the coastal town of Limassol and is a professional firm of advocates and legal consultants, established since 1985, which has grown into one of the most reputable law firms in Cyprus, particularly in the corporate and commercial field.

By displaying determination, flexibility and attention to detail, the firm has built up a reputation as a trustworthy firm, having the power to deliver results to its clients. The firm provides a full range of legal, administrative and international tax planning services to foreign clients and trusts. It is a member of the Network of Overseas Company Registration Agents Worldwide, OCRA Worldwide, one of the largest company incorporators and administrators in the world.

The practice provides a full range of legal services to businesses. It is advocate-legal consultant to most of the major commercial banks operating in Cyprus. In addition to banking law and general legal practice, the firm advises on civil litigation, intellectual property, taxation, insurance and transport law. Maritime and admiralty law, as well as advice and assistance on investments in Eastern Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States, are areas of particular competence.

One of the largest departments of the firm supervises the establishment and administration of companies, both offshore and local, registered in Cyprus and in other jurisdictions. It provides preliminary advice and undertakes all legal formalities necessary for company formation and their maintenance. The firm prepares the annual returns of its foreign clients' Cypriot companies, which must be filed with the Registrar of Companies. Moreover, it gives advice and support for international business transactions from preliminary negotiations until finalisation.

The firm is actively involved in offering professional services to shipowners, from the purchase and registration of ships, to their maintenance and securing finance.

The firm provides extensive and customised accounting and corporate services to companies; their directors, shareholders and personnel. These include accounting, book-keeping and taxation services.

The practice provides world-wide trustee services and acts as a trustee in international trusts created in other jurisdictions. They give independent and impartial advice on the type of trust that best suits the needs and purposes of clients and offers asset protection and accumulation of income as well as confidentiality, freedom of testation and secures tax advantages. Cyprus International Trust Law provides a number of substantial tax and other benefits which makes the setting up of an international trust in Cyprus extremely attractive.

Christodoulos G Vassiliades & Co acts for foreign clients doing business in Cyprus, as well as Cypriot clients. Their lawyers speak Greek, English, Russian, French and Italian.