1. Commercial 2. Corporate 3. European Law 4. Family Law 5. Financial Services 6. Litigation 7. Maritime 8. Property/Residence Permits/Estates 9. Taxation

Commercial

• Debt collecting and credit reporting
• Sale of goods; contracts for the supply of plant, equipment and machinery
• Distribution, agency, franchising and other trading arrangements
• Know-how, patents, copyright, trade marks, and other intellectual property
• Competition and consumer law
• Industrial and Labour Law

Corporate

• Formation of companies – International Trading Companies
• Mergers and acquisitions
• Corporate restructuring, both local and international
• Company secretarial services and general corporate advice

European Law

• Reports and Impact Assessment in the main EU areas (for example, EU Legal Order, Judicial Remedies, Competition, Policy, Single Market, EU Financial Services etc)
• Sectoral Advise & general EU related aspects
• Compliance with the acquis communautaire
• Formation on trans-boundary business vehicles
• Complementing the EU affairs of other areas of practice
• Competition Law:
  • Advice and assistance with commercial drafting
  • Contract reviewing
  • Competition law litigation

Family Law

• Matrimonial – Regime (Separation, Divorce and Annulment) – Adoption – Abduction of children
• Inheritance and Estate

Financial Services

• Formation of international holding and trading companies
• Setting up of trusts
• Setting up of collective investment schemes
• Nominee shareholding and directorship
• International banking services

Litigation

We offer a broad range of services in order to assist clients in the solution or resolution of disputes, with emphasis in the following areas:

• Shipping and transportation
• International trade
• Commercial litigation (banking; finance; insurance; corporate and commercial; employment law; labour law; construction and property matters; debt collecting; intellectual property; trademark and patent registration)
• Civil litigation - including local service of writs etc issued in foreign jurisdictions; local registration and enforcement of foreign judgments and arbitration awards.

Maritime

• Ship and yacht registration
• Bareboat charter registration
• Mortgage registration and discharge
• Arrest of vessels - leading to sale by judicial auction
• Cargo claims

Property / Residence Permits / Estates

• Obtaining residence permits for non-Maltese
• Conveyancing of property and estates
• Estate management and devolution of property upon demise. Related succession problems

Taxation

• Tax planning for foreign clients, with reference to local double taxation relief provisions and Malta’s double taxation agreements
• Tax planning in relation to the financial services regime
• Tax implications of establishment of subsidiaries of foreign organisations
• Tax implications of corporate and commercial transactions
• Tax status of individuals working in Malta
• Related areas of law (employment law, social security law, immigration procedures)
• Compliance work