OUR STORY
This journey began on a winter day upon reading the famous quote by Benjamin Franklin "in this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes". Indeed, if one accepts Albert Einstein’s contention that “the hardest thing in the world to understand is the income tax”, then our mission in establishing this law firm in 2008 would prove to be an uphill struggle.
More than a decade later, our tax legal expertise shows that we have succeeded in creating a tax chamber, or else a niche firm providing legal expertise to our clientele whilst retaining our professional standards of providing dedicated and efficient legal and fiscal services.
Based in Nicosia, the capital of Cyprus, we advise on legal issues which relate to tax implications of cross border structuring and transactions having acquired extensive expertise in international aspects of taxation, covering both corporate and private client cases.
Such expertise rests on my personal belief as the Founder of the law firm that tax advice may only be effectively interpreted through an analysis of the law. Specifically, I am a Cypriot and English qualified Barrister and a practicing member of the Cyprus Bar Association. I am a holder of an LLB in Law, Barrister-at-law and Gray’s Inn Scholar, LLM in Tax Law and in 2007, was awarded the Heather Self Gold Medal for obtaining the highest mark in Paper I, Principles of International Taxation for the Advanced Diploma in International Taxation, a professional qualification awarded by the Chartered Institute of Taxation in the UK.
I am also a member of the International Fiscal Association, Cyprus Branch and the Committee of Companies, Tax Planning and Stock Exchange of the Cyprus Bar Association and have represented the Cyprus Bar Association before the Committee on Financial and Budgetary Affairs of the Cyprus House of Representatives in relation to the enactment of national fiscal laws including the transposition of the DAC6 EU Directive in Cyprus. I am also a regulated Insolvency Practitioner advising on insolvency and bankruptcy cases for both corporate and individual clients.
MARIA GREGORIOU
taxes grow without rain
Expertise
We advise our Clients on a basis of recent international and European tax trends through legislation and case-law which determine how legally implemented tax structures may prove as an arrangement of one’s affairs in the most tax efficient manner.
Our expertise rests on the belief that tax advisors who attain a legal background may apply the relevant analysis and interpretation of applicable legislation to proposals regarding implementation of tax structures.
It is not a matter of how one may minimize their tax bill on an accounting basis, but how one may arrange their affairs in a manner in which a certain event does not fall within a taxable provision.
LEARN
The enactment of the DAC6 Directive and the inherent reporting obligations imposed on intermediaries has created a demand for customized training sessions being provided to them by tax practitioners.
If one accepts that “if you can’t explain it simply, you don’t understand it well enough” by Albert Einstein, then let us teach you the implications and obligations arising as a result of the DAC6 Directive through interactive workshops which address the practicalities of the work undertaken by your firm on a daily basis.
Watch the videos below in relation to the following topics:
STEP Cyprus Webinar held on 9th June 2021 regarding A Practical Approach to the Implementation of DAC6 by Intermediaries in Cyprus
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yvpdcDcyJH0
STEP Cyprus Webinar held on 7th July 2021 regarding A Practical Approach of DAC6 In Cyprus, the Relationship between Intermediaries and Relevant Taxpayers
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p0Y3vC_pZvY
ADVISE
Clients are frequently found in the daunting position of instructing a series of consultants whether these are accounting, audit, tax or legal advisers.
We do not purport to exercise all the above. However, we engage in both advising and implementing our tax advice and opinions, therefore what we propose we carry out through to an implementation stage whereby the Client is shielded from an array of advisors and various jurisdictional deadlines.
- Tax Advisory and Opinions
- Tax Structuring and Implementation
- Trusts and Estate Planning
- Legal Corporate Drafting and Review