Tax Who’s Who
Cyprus Der Arakelian-Merheje LLC Located in Nicosia Cyprus, our boutique law firm was established in 1997 by Nairy Merheje to provide legal and tax planning services to a wide portfolio of international clients. We pride ourselves in offering efficient, professional and personalised services with bespoke international structured planning adapted to the needs of each individual client. Our aim is to relieve our clients of the time consuming searches involved in setting up a business in a multinational environment. To this end we have a wide international network of lawyers and tax consultants with whom we are personally acquainted and maintain close professional ties with.
Der Arakelian-Merheje LLC
Nairy Merheje Founder Tel: +357 22313339 enlaw1@cytanet.com.cy www.nmerhejelaw.com
Russia Schekin and Partners, LLC Schekin & Partners specialises in tax, commercial and corporate law and various types of litigation. The firm provides legal advice to leading Russian and multinational companies in oil and gas, metals, food products, automotive, construction, transportation, IT, banking, wholesale and retail and other industries.
Our firm client portfolio and experience includes multinational cross border transactions, mergers and acquisitions, structuring holding companies with subsidiaries all over the world with a wide span of activities. International joint venture projects involvement over the last twenty years includes legal and cross border transactions advice to IP, marketing, mining, real estate, shipping/ship management/ship owning companies, water processors/bottlers, healthcare/health supplements producers, oil and gas drilling as well as ancillary products and services groups, as well as to international groups involved in several other trading/services areas worldwide. The underlying principle of the firm is to offer clients as personalised and tailor– made a service as possible. Our staff combines more than 25 years’ experience in the fields of corporate, commercial, estate planning, employment law and international tax planning with an emphasis on personalised one-stop shop solutions. The most recent developments in Cyprus tax legislation have made it quite competitive in the market for those seeking to move residence as well as business base. Foreigners are now responding to the new citizenship scheme which allows smooth transition from current to new place of residence as applications which are properly drawn up and filed secure citizenship and passports within three months.
Schekin & Partners provides superior services with depth of knowledge and wealth of experience, particularly in litigation. The firm wins precedentsetting cases for its clients and helps them navigate the constantly evolving legal landscape. The team of Schekin & Partners follows a rigorous programme of professional study, reading all key publications on tax and civil law and all available court rulings and official guidance. The firm leverages its established connections with leading academics at the Lomonosov Moscow State University Faculty of Law and other universities to obtain expert commentary on the most complex problems relating to any branch of law. Partners
Denis Schekin Managing Partner Tel: +7 495 984 63 01 info@schekinlaw.ru www.schekinlaw.ru 56
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Denis Schekin is the managing partner of Schekin & Partners. According to internationally recognised sources such as The Legal 500, Chambers Europe, The Best Lawyers, Tax Directors Handbook, and The European Legal Experts, Mr Schekin has ranked in Russia’s top 20 tax law professionals since 2009. Elena Bogdanova (partner) focuses on audits of financial statements and tax reports. She provides services to
The scheme has succeeded in attracting quite a number of reputable solid well established international businessmen and their families. The fact that they have chosen to invest and in most cases settle on the island demonstrates confidence and trust in the future of Cyprus. Furthermore, Cyprus as an EU Member is fully compliant with all relevant EU Directives and its location on the crossroads between Eastern and Western Europe as well legislation based on English Common Law, a user friendly taxation regime, a well-developed double tax treaty network and well established infrastructure with the availability of efficient high level professionals has led to its popularity in the international business community. Our firm provides the full range of legal services related to the application for the securing of citizenship including: • Legal advice and assessment on each case • Preparation of application forms for certificate of citizenship • Preparation of application forms for passport and ID issuance Submission of above applications to the Ministry of Interior, Civil Registry and Migration Department, enclosing all the documents required as specified in the “Scheme for Naturalization of Investors in Cyprus by Exception on the basis of subsection (2) of section 111A of the Civil Registry Laws of 2002-2013” and follow up with Migration Department
companies in areas such as accounting, tax, financial analysis, transfer pricing and accounting methodology for financial reporting and tax purposes. Roman Serb-Serbin (partner) focuses on protecting the interests of Russian and foreign companies in and out of court, corporate disputes, bankruptcy, recognition and enforcement of foreign court decisions and arbitral awards, commercial and corporate law. Areas of practice Possessing excellent professional command, the firm provides full legal support in tax controversies of any complexity, including disputes relating to VAT refunds, foreign company tax and tax exemptions. One of the priority areas of the firm’s activity is tax consulting and tax litigation including the field of transfer pricing, accounting and taxation management, tax risk evaluation and audit. The civil law practice of the firm is represented by team of professionals having vast experience in bankruptcy issues, corporate law, commercial law, real estate, dispute resolution and enforcement proceedings.