Insights: Cross Border Mergers of Cyprus Limited Liability Companies

Following the implementation of Directive 2005/56/EC (Cross-border Mergers Directive) into local law by Law 2 of 186(I) of 2007, Cyprus Companies Law, Cap. 113 now provides the framework for cross-border mergers of limited liabilities companies, where at least one of the merging limited liability companies is a Cyprus company or where the limited liability company resulting from the cross-border merger is a Cyprus company.