The firm
Who we work with
Doviandi is built for founders whose company value is its software, its models or its brand, and for the holding companies that own operating businesses across borders. That is a narrower description than most firms in this market give, and it is meant to be: it should be clear within a paragraph whether we are the right call.
Where we do our best work
Software and AI companies claiming the intellectual property regime
The asset is a codebase, a trained model and the systems that serve it, or a patent. What decides the size of the benefit is not whether the asset qualifies but which entity paid for the development, and the record proving it has to be built as the year runs rather than assembled at the year end. This is the largest part of the practice and the deepest part of the knowledge base.
Intellectual property regime structuringHolding companies, whatever it is they hold
Foreign dividends arriving under the participation exemption, subsidiaries in several countries, gains on a share sale sitting outside the corporate charge, distributions leaving without withholding. A holding company has a share register and a bank account and little else to point at, so the whole position rests on a board that meets here and records what it considered. That is as true of a group holding property companies or trading subsidiaries as it is of one holding software.
Cyprus holding companiesFounders moving to Cyprus alongside the company
Where the person taking the decisions moves, the company’s residency position moves with them, and the permit, the tax registration, the non-domiciled claim and the board changes run on one timeline. Where the founder stays, the resident board and the governance record carry the position instead. Relocating is not a requirement for any of the work above, and plenty of clients never do.
Founder relocationCompanies already in Cyprus that were set up thinly
Incorporated quickly, administered lightly, and now facing a bank review, a tax residency certificate application or a sale. Most of what is missing can be put right from the next board cycle. What cannot is the period already behind you, which is the argument for starting before somebody asks rather than after.
Corporate administrationWhat we do not answer
Doviandi is licensed in Cyprus and states the Cyprus position on its own authority. We are not licensed to advise on the tax law of the country you are leaving or holding assets in, and we will not guess at it. What we provide instead is the Cyprus analysis in writing and the specific questions to put to an adviser there, which is usually answered in one meeting. The country playbooks are built around that division.
Find out where you stand
Where the revenue comes from, what you own, and where you are tax resident today. That is most of a first call.
No charge for the call, and nothing is agreed until you have it in writing.