Category: <span>Blog</span>

Crypto Services

Background Regulatory Framework The area of Cryptocurrencies has seen a tremendous growth during the last few years and naturally Regulation grows with it. On the 19th of June, 2018, the European Parliament announced the adoption of the Fifth Anti-Money Laundering Directive 2018/843 (the “AMLD5 Directive”). To prevent the exploitation of platforms offering virtual currencies for […]
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Destination Cyprus

Aliant Law’s commercial and creative law teams help filmmakers, production companies, and creative businesses make their vision a reality. Our global team of cross-functional attorneys – corporate and transactional, dispute resolution, regulatory, and business counsel – can help with every stage of pre-production and post-production, including: – Assistance and advise on the project management. – […]
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Brexit, UK Insurance companies operations in Italy and viceversa.

Law Decree n. 183/2020, Brexit, UK Insurance companies operations in Italy and viceversa. Summary: Law Decree n. 183/2020 regulates: i) what happens to UK companies authorized to carry out insurance business in Italy under the regime of establishment or freedom to provide services after the expiry of the transition period (31st December 2020); ii) which are […]
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Ultimate Beneficial Owner (UBO) Registry Introduced in Cyprus

It was only a matter of time for the Cyprus government to implement the provisions of the EU Fourth Anti-Money Laundering Directive (4AMLD), EU 2015/849, in relation to a central register of beneficial ownership[1]. AML regulation has been the subject of continuous revision to foster greater transparency around the world, and during its last session […]
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ALIANT Tarvainytė, Vilys, Bitinas becomes member of ALIANT®

We are pleased to announce that two business law firm’s DT LEGAL Tarvainytė and partners and Justas Vilys Law Firm have united forces to join a global network of law firms ALIANT®. As of September 2020  ALIANT Tarvainytė, Vilys, Bitinas became an official member of ALIANT® in Lithuania. ALIANT Tarvainytė, Vilys, Bitinas experienced lawyers provides […]
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Reducing COVID-19 Impact for Population and Business: What Are the Measures?

The Covid-19 pandemic and its consequences highly impacted social protection, employment and labour relations and highlighted extreme importance of social policy means, especially for the most vulnerable population and small and medium businesses. In order to mitigate the social impact of a pandemic, to boost economic recovery/labour market and to ensure social protection for all, […]
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The Key to Pre-Immigration Tax Planning

Tax planning to immigrate to the United States should commence before a foreign person applies for U.S. lawful permanent resident status (a green card). The key to pre-immigration tax planning is to control a client’s U.S. residency (or domicile) start date for U.S. income and transfer tax purposes to allow for sufficient time for planning […]
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Brexit’s Impact on Private M&A Transactions

If no trade deal has been agreed to by the end of the implementation period on December 31, 2020, the UK will overnight become a ‘third country’ from an EU perspective. This blog looks at the effect of Brexit on private M&A transactions—i.e. transactions involving the sale and purchase of shares or the business/assets of […]
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