A US software company that serves users in the European Union without any office there usually meets three separate questions about representation, because the GDPR, the Digital Services Act and…
A US technology company that serves users across the European Union can face questions from data protection authorities in many Member States at once, and the GDPR's one-stop-shop mechanism exists…
Americans meet more friction than most applicants when they open an account in Cyprus, and the cause is FATCA, the US law under which foreign financial institutions identify and report…
Americans who want to retire in Cyprus will not find a visa with that name, because Cyprus has no retirement visa. What exists instead is a set of residence routes…
A pattern that Highworth sees regularly in enquiries runs like this: a founder who is neither a US citizen nor a green card holder already owns a Delaware or Wyoming…
A US-incorporated business that wants a foothold in the European single market has several possible bases, and Cyprus works as one of them for reasons that are practical as well…
Founders usually frame this as a search for the lowest rate. Fair enough, though it tends to produce the wrong answer, because the three jurisdictions people shortlist are not really…
Almost every enquiry we receive on this topic starts the same way. Someone has decided to register abroad, the paperwork is nearly ready, and then a question arrives: how do…
Founders ask this question as though the two options were interchangeable. They aren't, and that's the first thing worth clearing up. One is a preferential regime that sits inside Ukraine.…
Forming a company in Cyprus does not quietly end your relationship with the Ukrainian tax system. Plenty of founders assume otherwise. They incorporate, open banking, move the invoicing across, and…