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Privacy and Data Protection
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Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC)
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ISO 27001 and ISO 27701
Grant Thornton’s ISO 27001 and ISO 27701 specialists will arrange and oversee the formal audit process.
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SOC 1,2,3
As a service organization there are many ways to provide assurance to your customers and in turn other stakeholders over your control environment. One of the most effective and cost-efficient ways is to issue a Service Organization Control (SOC) Report.
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Incident Response
Grant Thornton’s Cyber Incident Response Team can support your business in the event of a cyberattack or data loss event. We work alongside your existing IT and Legal teams to provide a co-ordinated, timely and efficient investigation and remediation.
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Hacking Services
At Grant Thornton, our cyber security experts can develop a bespoke penetration testing plan to meet your business needs and unique IT environment. We can undertake the full suite of testing or conduct individual assessments, as required.
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Cyber Health Check
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Dark Web Threat Intelligence
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Digital forensics and electronic discovery
We offer a full suite of digital forensics and data acquisition services in investigations related to cybercrime, disputes, fraud and regulatory investigations.
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Accelerated M & A
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Implementation of the final solution of the electronic system of the Register of Beneficial Owners
We would like to inform you that the Department of the Registrar of Companies and Intellectual Property (the “Department”) has recently announced the following final arrangements regarding the implementation of the electronic system of the Register of Beneficial Owners (the “BO Register”):
Period A - 14 November 2023 to 31 December 2023
- All Companies registered as per Companies Law, Cap. 113, all European Companies (SE) and all Partnerships (the “Entities”) or their Officers/ Partners (as the case may be), are required to record/re-record the information regarding their Beneficial Owners, even if such information was recorded with the BO Register during the Interim Solution, or to update it if changes have occurred in the meantime
- No penalties will be imposed during this period
Period B - 1 January 2024 to 29 February 2024
- All Entities that did not record/re-record the information during period A will be able to do so
- Penalties (see below) will apply
Period C - 1 March 2024 onwards
- All changes to the information recorded in the BO Register for a specific Entity must be updated within 14 days from the time such Entity or its Officers/Partners become aware of the changes
- All Entities are required to verify the information recorded in the BO Register annually, during the month of December.
- The annual verification process is mandatory, irrespective of whether there were any changes to the information recorded in the BO Register during the year or not.
- Penalties (see below) will apply.
Penalties for non-compliance
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How can we help?
Please contact our team if you require our assistance in submitting the required information to the Register of Beneficial Owners or for any further clarifications:
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Andreas Zachariades Senior Manager, Outsourcing Services |
Arda Aynedjian Senior Consultant, Regulatory Compliance and Funds Services |
Konstantina Karekla Senior Associate, Outsourcing Services |