Offshore Law Solicitors UK

Cyprus as an Offshore Jurisdiction

Cyprus is one of the financial and strategic locations for companies looking at alternative centres to London for their "EMEA" (Europe, Middle East & Africa) operations.

A brief summary of the advantages include:
Why Cyprus?

* Fiscal incentives:
o offshore companies and International business branches managed and controlled from Cyprus, are taxed at only 4.25% of their profits.
o International business branches managed and controlled from abroad, and international business partnerships are totally exempt from corporation or income tax.
o Duty free office and household (for the expatriate employees) equipment.
* Tax treaties with 27 countries for the avoidance of double taxation.
* Quick and simple procedures for obtaining a permit and registering the entity.
* Confidentiality can be secured through the use of nominee shareholders.
* Possibility that the entity be managed by legal/accountancy firms or operating from their own offices in Cyprus.
* Offshore companies in Cyprus may be registered as a company incorporated in Cyprus, a branch of an overseas company, or a partnership.
* The island enjoys:
Open free market economy - stability against Euro.
Wide range of advanced telecommunications services.
Low cost of living - high standard and quality of life. Kaltons Solicitors

For any high net worth individuals, expats, or persons and businesses with an international dimension, the use of offshore trusts and offshore companies to deal with intellectual property licensing, international trade, or preservation of family fortunes can be advantageous in some circumstances.

Khilkoff Boulding & Co. provide a discreet and confidential advisory service supported by expert accountancy and advice from tax counsel, subject at all times however to the provisions of European and American money laundering and proceeds of crime regulations and the provisions of UK tax evasion restrictions. Khilkoff Boulding & Co Solicitors

Looking Good from your Angle: International and Offshore Client

The English legal profession consists of two branches, barristers (the Bar) and solicitors. Most lawyers practising in England and Wales are solicitors. The Bar is the arm of the profession which provides most of the higher court judiciary and the skilled advocates besides the many other legal specialisms exemplified by the service offered by Twenty Four Old Buildings.

Barristers work as independent specialists, alone and in small teams, on individual cases and projects.

The unique advantage the Bar offers to overseas clients is immediate access to the precise expertise and experience the client requires.

Here at Twenty Four Old Buildings, we are ready and able to assist you, whether you are a private individual, association of individuals, corporation or law firm - and wherever you are in the world. We can give you legal advice, court and arbitration advocates, legal draftsman, experts in your own jurisdiction and many others. The ability to offer this range of services can be crucial to the success of cross border dispute litigation, especially where more than one jurisdiction may be involved. Here's a summary of how we can help:

Private individuals / associations: contact us direct for legal advice relating to your jurisdiction, or through a solicitors' firm for advocacy

Local law firms/solicitors: contact us direct for all your requirements

Arbitrations: contact us for help with arbitrations taking place anywhere in the world

Our members regularly advise and appear in a number of jurisdictions including the Bahamas, Bermuda, the British Virgin Islands, the Cayman Islands, the Channel Islands, the Isle of Man, the Middle East, Far East, the USA and the EU. We also have a permanent office in Geneva and several of our members belong to the International Bar Association, the European Circuit and the Bar of the Eastern Caribbean. Members also have extensive experience of international and commercial arbitrations, appearing regularly in ICC, LMAA and UNCITRAL tribunals.

We have won our many international clients because of our excellence in a wide range of expert areas of practice - including commercial litigation; company and insolvency law and litigation; professional negligence advice and litigation; property law and litigation; and the law relating to offshore trusts and trust litigation.

What is more, unlike some other barristers' sets, clients find us extremely reliable. Once a booking has been made with one of our members, we ensure the instructed member will be available to work on your case and that the work will be completed within the agreed deadline set. We recognise the pressure that litigation brings and the need to know your own barrister can be relied on to keep to deadlines and will be handling your case throughout.

At Twenty Four Old Buildings, you also have access to the wide range of experience that both junior and senior Counsel can give you. Our flexible fee structure ensures that our charges reflect the actual value of the work we do to you.

Last but not least is our reputation for friendly and reliable client liaison. Our team of clerks is renowned for keeping clients regularly informed of progress and responding to enquiries quickly and courteously. The Clerks office, headed by Nicholas Luckman (Practice Director/Senior Clerk) and Jeremy Hopkins (Practice Manager) is always on hand to give advice, supply members' profiles, and to discuss fees or estimates. XXIV Old Buildings