| 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, trademarks, and other intellectual property
- Competition and consumer law
- Industrial and Labour Law
|
| |
|
| Corporate |
|
- Formation of holding and trading companies
- Re-domiciliation of 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 Regimes
- Separation, recognition of foreign divorce and annulment
- Adoption
- Abduction of children
- Inheritance and Estate
|
| |
|
| Financial Services |
|
- Licensing of banks and other credit institutions
- Licensing of investment services providers
- Licensing and setting up of insurance companies including captives and affiliates
- Aiding licensed banks and insurance companies to passport into Malta
- Formation of international holding and trading companies
- Setting up of collective investment schemes and hedge funds
|
| |
|
| Trusts and Trustee Services |
|
- Setting up of trusts
- Fiduciary shareholding
- Drafting of trust deeds and advice thereto
|
| |
|
| Gaming |
|
- Advice and assistance relating to licensing of internet gaming companies
- Drafting and advice relating to iGaming contracts
- Regulatory and corporate support to iGaming companies
|
| |
|
| Litigation and Dispute Resolution |
|
- 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
- Yacht leasing VAT scheme
- Bareboat charter registration
- Mortgage registration and discharge
- Arrest of vessels - leading to sale by judicial auction
- Cargo claims
|
| |
|
| Property / Estates |
|
- Assistance with property financing
- Advice and assistance with matters relating to title, hypothecs and other burdens
- Conveyancing of property and estates
- Estate management and devolution of property upon demise
- Related succession problems
|
| |
|
| Residency / Immigration |
|
- Permanent Residence Permits
- Acquisition of Immovable Property (AIP) Permits for foreigners
- Work Permits
- Citizenship
|
| |
|
| 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 and/or residing in Malta
- Related areas of law (employment law, social security law, immigration procedures)
|
