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The Cyprus Presence Pack

Everything a non-EU company needs to be addressable in the Union, held by one law firm: an agent for service of process, an EU representative under Article 27, and a Nicosia address with the mail watched by lawyers.

Three appointments, one firm, one renewal

A company established outside the Union that sells into it collects the same three requirements from different directions: a lender or counterparty wants a process agent named in the contract, the GDPR wants an EU representative named in the privacy notice, and everyone from banks to customs wants an address that answers. Bought separately, from three providers in three countries, that is three renewals, three letterboxes and three chances for the important letter to sit unopened.

The pack puts all three with one Nicosia law firm, on one engagement, with one renewal date, and everything that arrives is scanned to you the same business day with anything that smells of proceedings flagged as such.

How to appoint us

The pack is €1,450 per company per year, against €1,750 for the three taken separately. Request it online and, after a conflict and client check, we return the signed appointments within one business day.

Request the pack

What is in it

The three parts, and what each answers

Process agent appointment

Named in your facility agreements, ISDA documentation, guarantees and commercial contracts as the agent for service of process. Signed acceptance in the form your documents require, service accepted and forwarded the same business day.

€600 alone

EU representative, Article 27 GDPR

Named in your privacy notice as the Union contact point for supervisory authorities and data subjects, with your Article 30 record held at our offices, ready to be produced on request.

€750 alone

Business address and mail handling

Florinis 7, Greg Tower, central Nicosia, for your correspondence in Cyprus. Mail logged, scanned and emailed the same business day; originals forwarded or held, no charge per item.

€400 alone

The pack, all three together, per company per year

€1,450

Plus VAT where it applies. The EU representative element applies while the company has no establishment in the Union; the process agent element covers documents under contracts that name us. Each part is also available on its own.

Who it is for

Built for the company that is everywhere except here

The typical buyer is a UK company that lost its EU footing with Brexit, a US software or e-commerce business with European users, or a technology company anywhere outside the Union that signs contracts under Cyprus or English law and processes European data. It has no office in the Union and does not want one; it wants the obligations answered, in one place, by someone who will recognise a statutory deadline when it lands in the post.

What the pack is not: an establishment, a branch, a tax presence or a substitute for incorporating in Cyprus. Where that is what you actually need, we say so, and company formation is a different page.

Appoint us online

Request the pack

Tell us who the company is and what it does. We run a conflict and client check and reply within one business day with the three appointments for signature and the wording for your privacy notice and contracts. One renewal date covers all three.

If a closing, a customer contract or an audit is waiting on any of the three, say so in the notes and copy the request to klitos@kleanthousplatis.com.

Thank you. Your request has reached the office and we will reply within one business day. If the matter is urgent, please telephone +357 22 680 330.

That did not go through. Please telephone +357 22 680 330 or write to office@kleanthousplatis.com and we will pick it up from there.

Please enter your name.

Please enter an email address we can reply to.

e.g. "Example Inc., Delaware, USA" or "Example Ltd, London, UK".

Please name the company and its country.

Anything else that matters: the contract or audit that is waiting, which countries you serve, roughly how many people in the Union.

Common questions

Who is the pack for?

A company established outside the European Union that sells into it or contracts under Cyprus law: typically UK companies since Brexit, US software and e-commerce businesses, and technology companies worldwide. One law firm holds all three appointments, one renewal date covers them, and one letterbox is watched by lawyers.

Can I take only one or two of the services?

Yes. Each service is available on its own at its own published fee: the process agent appointment at €600, the EU representative appointment at €750, and the registered office or business address at €400, each per year. The pack simply takes the three together at €1,450 instead of €1,750.

Can I add the other services later?

Yes. An appointment taken alone can be upgraded to the pack at the next renewal, with the pack price applying from that renewal. Nothing needs to be re-signed except the appointment being added.

What checks do you run before accepting?

A conflict check against the firm's clients, and know-your-client checks on the company and its principals, as the law requires of a Cyprus law firm. The appointments exist, and the fee is due, only once we confirm in writing and the agreements are signed.

How fast is it in place?

After the checks we return the signed appointments within one business day, together with the wording for your privacy notice and contracts. If a closing or an audit is waiting, say so and we prioritise accordingly.

Who leads this work

Between them the partners bring more than 40 years of practice in Cyprus. Every matter is run by one of them.

Andreas Kleanthous, advocate and partner at Kleanthous & Platis LLC

Andreas Kleanthous

Partner

Litigation, personal injury and insurance claims, debt recovery, administrative law, real estate, wills and probate.

Klitos Platis, advocate and partner at Kleanthous & Platis LLC

Klitos Platis

Partner

Litigation, corporate and commercial matters, property and construction, including pleadings, interim applications and trial preparation.

The parts

All our writing is on the writing index. Related: Company formation in Cyprus, for foreign law firms and Corporate & Commercial.

Discuss your matter

Tell us what the Cyprus entity will do

The activity, the people who will be here, and the date you need to be operating by. Substance requirements follow the activity, so the answer changes what the pack contains. We reply within one business day.

The pack is €1,450 a year for all three standing appointments under one engagement and one renewal date, against €1,750 taken separately. The figure is exclusive of VAT and of disbursements, which are passed on at cost, and it does not change for the work quoted. See the rest of the published fees.

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