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General
Our core practice is in the commercial, corporate, financial services and civil law arenas. Over the years, the firm's practice has grown to serve the various branches of the law, thereby being in a position to provide most legal services to its clients. Our Corporate and Commercial team is composed of practitioners who have specialised in various areas of business law and pursued LL.M. degrees in Cambridge, London and Amsterdam, as well as locally. Moreover we have a strong litigation team, which has earned the firm its popular reputation.
Litigation & Dispute Resolution
Our firm has one of the most highly regarded litigation practices in Malta. Our expertise spans over a wide spectrum of legal fields including civil and commercial litigation, arbitration, industrial tribunal cases, family law, debt collection and insurance claims. Our firm is very active in out-of-court settlements, alternative dispute resolution and arbitration. The lawyers in our firms' litigation department are reputed to be amongst Malta's finest.
Corporate and Commercial Law
One of the strongholds of the firm is the corporate and commercial law department composed of a highly specialised and experienced team of lawyers focusing on advising both local and international corporate clients. We have strong alliances with various prominent international law firms, liaise with local, European and international regulatory authorities and have advised on a number of international high-profile projects and cases.
Our practice area in this field embraces inter alia company law, company formation, re-domiciliation of companies, company secretarial services, local and international insolvency law, mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, divisions, re-organisations, project finance, intellectual property law, international trade law, shipping law, taxation, intellectual property, e-gaming and real estate law.
Capital Markets
Our firm assists clients seeking to set up open-ended investment companies (SICAV) to list their shares on the Stock Exchange. We have a solid relationship with the MAlta Financial Services Authority (the Listing Authority) and the Malta Stock Exchange. Our team has warked and advised on bond issues, IPOs, takeovers and acquisitions, and has carried out various due diligence exercises. We are also legal advisors to a number of listed companies.
Investment Services
Malta is fast becoming a reputable financial services center. We offer assistance to managers and promoters seeking to set up collective investment schemes in Malta, and advise on a number of financial and investment matters.
Collective Investment Schemes
Malta is increasingly viewed as an alternate onshore jurisdiction offering a flexible regulatory framework and having an efficient regulator. Thus, the registration of Professional Investor Funds (Hedge Funds) is fast growing. The firm provides assistance for the registration of Professional Investor Funds, registration and passporting of UCITS schemes, retail funds and re-domiciliation of funds from other jurisdictions.
Competition and EU Law
The firm boasts particularly strong expertise in the field of EC and local Competition Law. We advise on all aspects of local and EC antitrust and merger control legislation including: mergers and acquisitions, joint-ventures, distribution, franchising and licensing agreements. We have assisted various local and international clients including a number of listed companies in proceedings before the Commission for Fair Trading and in submissions to the Office of Fair Competition.
Intellectual Property
Our firm has experience in the registration of Patents, trademarks and designs and regularly liaise with the Industrial Property Registration directorate which is the department responsible for registration. We have also represented various clients in court litigation and give advice on all intellectual property matters.
Insurance
The firm is retained as legal advisor to one of Malta's leading Insurance companies. We represent clients in litigation proceedings and advice on all the spectrum of insurance law.
Media and Telecommunications
Our firm is the legal advisor to one of Malta's leading publication houses. We are very active in this area of the law and advise on a broad spectrum of media law issues including the drafting of media contracts. We were also involved in Malta's recent major changes in the field of telecommunication.
Real Estate
Our firm has a solid real estate law practiceand is retained as legal counsel to a number of leading property developers. We have extensive experience in the real estate sector and have advised local and international companies that have acquired property for development, carried out constructions, structural developments, mechanical and electrical engineering works both locally and abroad. Our firm has assisted in a number of Public tender bids.
Shipping law
The firm has a growing shipping law practice and advises on vessel registration, mortgaging of vessels, ship finance, bills of lading and incorporation of Shipping Companies. One of the firm's partners has been a Commercial and Shipping Law lecturer at the University of Malta for several years.
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