International Founders
Founders relocating themselves and their company to Cyprus, or establishing a Cyprus entity to trade and hold through.
Nicosia, Cyprus
Cyprus corporate structuring, IP and relocation
Doviandi advises international founders, technology companies and private clients on corporate structuring, intellectual property, and relocation. Doviandi designs the technical strategy and provides the licensed ASP administration required to keep it current and in good standing.
Who we advise
Three kinds of client, three different structures
The Cyprus entity looks similar in all three cases. Almost nothing about how it is built, governed or evidenced is the same.
Technology & IP Companies
Software, AI and platform businesses where the value sits in the code and the tax position follows the development activity.
Private Clients & Family Offices
Individuals and families consolidating wealth, planning succession and structuring long-term asset ownership.
What we do
Four service lines
Each line is a standing engagement rather than a one-off filing. They are separable, and they are frequently used together, because a structure and its administration are the same problem viewed at two points in time.
Corporate Structuring
Incorporation, holding structures, redomiciliation and the substance framework that has to sit underneath them.
- Cyprus Company FormationIncorporation of a Cyprus limited company, from name approval to tax registration.
- Cyprus Holding CompanyHolding structures using the participation exemption and Cyprus treaty network.
- Company RedomiciliationTransfer of an existing foreign company into Cyprus without breaking legal continuity.
- Economic SubstanceManagement and control, governance and the evidence file that supports tax residency.
- International Tax PlanningCross-border structuring against ATAD, Pillar Two and treaty tie-breaker rules.
IP Advisory
IP Box qualification, nexus modelling, IP ownership and the transfer pricing record that has to support both.
- Cyprus IP Box StructuringQualification analysis, nexus modelling and the deduction position under BEPS Action 5.
- IP Holding CompanyOwnership, licensing and assignment of intellectual property through a Cyprus entity.
- Transfer PricingIntercompany pricing, local file preparation and valuation coordination.
- IP MigrationMoving existing intellectual property into Cyprus with valuation and assignment support.
Wealth & Estate
Non-domiciled tax residency, relocation, trusts and succession planning for private clients.
- Cyprus Non-Dom Tax ResidencyNon-domiciled status, the 60-day and 183-day tests, and the resulting dividend position.
- Founder RelocationPersonal relocation to Cyprus aligned with the corporate structure and the exit plan.
- Cyprus Trusts & Estate PlanningCyprus International Trusts, succession planning and asset protection.
- Family Office ServicesConsolidated administration, reporting and governance for private wealth.
Admin & ASP
Licensed administrative service provider work: directorships, secretarial, accounting, VAT, payroll and filings.
- Corporate AdministrationRegistered office, secretarial duties, statutory registers and annual filings.
- Nominee & Fiduciary ServicesResident directors and nominee shareholders acting under a documented mandate.
- Accounting & Tax ComplianceBookkeeping, VAT, VIES, payroll, audit coordination and corporate tax returns.
- Bank Account OpeningCyprus and EU bank or EMI onboarding, including AML file preparation.
The firm
Technical strategy and licensed administration, in one firm
Doviandi works with international founders, technology companies and private clients building operations that cross borders. The work spans company formation, holding structures, intellectual property ownership and the Cyprus IP Box, economic substance, and personal relocation under the non-domiciled rules, each position reasoned from the legislation and sized for where the business is heading rather than where it stands today.
Both halves sit in one firm. Doviandi designs the technical strategy and holds the licence to administer what it designs, so incorporation, corporate governance, accounting, VAT, payroll and annual filings run against the structure they were built for. Clients work with qualified senior advisers throughout, with the technical range and capacity to support a group as it expands across jurisdictions.
About the firmRegulatory and professional bodies
Knowledge base
Answers, organised by what you are trying to do
Every page states its answer in the first sixty words, shows the date it was last reviewed, and cites the legislation it relies on. Where a question does not have a settled answer, the page sets out what the position depends on instead of asserting one.
Entities
Entities
Canonical definitions of the terms that appear across Cyprus structuring work. One term, one page, one authoritative answer.
Guides
Guides
Long-form treatments of a regime end to end: what it is, how it is applied, and where it breaks down in practice.
Decisions
Decisions
The judgement calls founders actually face, with the conditions that push the answer one way or the other.
Comparisons
Comparisons
Jurisdiction and structure comparisons written in strict parallel so each dimension can be read across.
Playbooks
Playbooks
Ordered execution sequences. What happens first, what it depends on, and what evidence each step produces.
Research
Research
Primary-source analysis of legislation, rulings and OECD or EU instruments as they change.
Sectors
Where the structure changes with the business
A SaaS company and a shipping company both incorporate in Cyprus. Almost nothing after that step is the same.
- SaaS & AISoftware and machine-learning businesses where the value sits in code and the tax position follows the R&D.
- Crypto & Web3Token issuers, crypto-asset service providers and funds operating under MiCA and the CySEC regime.
- Funds & Family OfficesInvestment vehicles, AIFs and private family structures consolidating holdings under one jurisdiction.
- Real Estate InvestorsProperty holding, development and cross-border real estate investment structures.
- iGaming & FintechLicensed operators, affiliates, payment businesses and electronic money institutions serving regulated markets.
- E-commerce & FBAMarketplace sellers, direct-to-consumer brands and fulfilment businesses trading across the single market.
- Digital Marketing AgenciesPerformance, creative and media agencies billing international clients from a single contracting entity.
- Consultants & FreelancersIndependent professionals and boutique consultancies converting personal expertise into a company.
- Content CreatorsCreators, publishers and course businesses whose income comes from platforms, sponsorship and licensing.
- Shipping & MaritimeShip-owning, management and chartering under the Cyprus tonnage tax system.
- Founders & NomadsFounders relocating themselves and their company, and location-independent professionals establishing a residency position.
- HNWIPrivate clients relocating wealth, structuring succession, or consolidating a family office.
Tools
Model it before you commit to it
Calculators that run entirely in your browser, with the formula printed underneath the result. Nothing you enter is transmitted or stored.
Engagement
How an engagement works
Four stages, in order. The first two establish whether Cyprus is the right answer at all, and neither commits you to the third.
01
Initial discussion
Understand the business, ownership and residency facts.
Clarify the commercial objectives, existing entities, and the personal tax position of the key individuals.
02
Structure review
Compare Cyprus and cross-border options.
Map the available routes, substance implications, and the structural combinations that protect assets and optimise available tax incentives.
03
Implementation
Establish entities, governance, registrations and AML.
Form or redomicile the company, put the governance and evidence file in place, complete regulatory filings, and initiate banking and EMI onboarding support.
04
Ongoing administration
Maintain accounting, filings, and the evidence file.
Keep the structure current through annual filings, substance evidence, tax compliance, and periodic review as rules change.
Ready to design your Cyprus structure?
Book a confidential consultation with Doviandi. We will review your corporate, IP, and residency position against the 2026 Cyprus tax framework.