Offshore Trusts Report: Cyprus
Legal Framework and Formation Rules and Fees
Cyprus trust law began with the Cyprus Trustee Law
Chapter 193, based on the English Trustee Act 1925, but the island's
trust regime was brought into line with normal international practice
with the International Trusts Law 69(I) of 1992.
Local Trusts are governed by English common law and
the original Trustee Law. The settlor and beneficiaries are normally
residents of Cyprus, and the trust and its property are subject
to exchange controls.
Offshore Trusts are equally outside the International Trusts legislation,
and are the same as Local Trusts except that their beneficiaries
must be non-resident and all the trust's activities must be outside
Cyprus.
International Trusts are the normal form of Cyprus
Trust used by foreign settlors. International Trusts have the following
key characteristics:
Please log in at the top of this page, or register
for free, to access the rest of the content on this page.
| |
Offshore Trusts Guide Service Levels
|
 |
Open content: Access to more than 30%
of most pages, all news stories and all features. |
 |
Free trial: Register
your email address for temporary access to subscriber content
and our newsletter. |
 |
Subscription: Subscribe
for all website content, enhanced in-content context sensitive
news feeds on all knowledgebase pages, our email news bulletin
service, an annual PDF version to download, and priority support. |
|