Fiduciary
Services
&
Cyprus
International
Trusts
We deliver tailored fiduciary and corporate administration services designed to support clients in structuring, managing, and protecting their assets in Cyprus and internationally. Combining legal precision with discretion, our team ensures every entity and trust is established and maintained in full compliance with Cyprus law while meeting the highest standards of governance, confidentiality, and strategic efficiency.
A Leading Jurisdiction for International Trusts
Cyprus has established itself as a leading jurisdiction for international trusts, offering a blend of robust asset protection, tax neutrality, and confidentiality under a modernized International Trusts Law framework. Cyprus International Trusts (CITs) provide one of the strongest legal shields against creditor claims, ensuring that transfers cannot be voided unless proven fraudulent and that challenges must be brought within two years. Trust assets are also able to bypass forced heirship rules, allowing wealth to be distributed according to the settlor’s wishes.
Tax Advantages & Regulatory Requirements
The tax advantages are significant: CITs enjoy no taxation on income or gains from non-Cyprus sources for non-resident beneficiaries, no withholding tax on trust distributions, and exemptions from inheritance or wealth taxes, with only limited capital gains tax exposure on Cyprus real estate.
Importantly, to qualify as a CIT, the settlor must not be a Cyprus resident in the year preceding the trust’s creation, and beneficiaries (other than charities) must also be non-residents at the time of establishment, with at least one trustee being a permanent Cyprus resident throughout the trust’s duration.
Confidentiality, Applications & Ongoing Administration
Confidentiality is also a cornerstone of the regime, as trust arrangements are kept private with disclosure only in limited cases to parties with legitimate interests.
In practice, CITs serve as a flexible vehicle for multi-generational wealth planning, probate avoidance, and cross-border succession planning.
They are also widely used in corporate structuring, such as holding Cyprus companies to leverage the country’s double-tax treaty network, as well as for philanthropic purposes through the creation of charitable or purpose trusts with enforceable objectives.
Our team advises on the establishment and ongoing administration of Cyprus International Trusts, ensuring they are tailored to the client’s unique objectives and, where appropriate, collaborating with trusted associates, to deliver a seamless and fully compliant solution.
Our Fiduciary Services
We provide a discreet and comprehensive range of fiduciary services to support individuals and businesses in Cyprus and internationally. Our focus is on confidentiality, compliance, and practical value, from the initial structuring and incorporation of entities through to their ongoing administration and eventual exit or winding-up.
Our services include company formation and administration, company secretarial support, maintenance of statutory records, and management of all regulatory filings. Where appropriate, we can act as directors, trustees, or nominees, provide registered office facilities, banking support, and carefully managed escrow arrangements, always with an eye to substance and governance requirements that safeguard clients’ interests.
Through our network of trusted associates and our membership of IR Global, we are able to coordinate structures and ongoing administration across a wide range of jurisdictions, offering clients a single point of contact for cross-border corporate and wealth planning.