Lorraine Poole

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Senior Associate | Malta

Lorraine Poole is a Senior Associate within Ganado Advocates’ banking and finance team, assisting clients with a range of transactions including secured financing, prime brokerage, repos, securities lending and derivatives. Lorraine provides bespoke advice on a range of specialised issues including inter alia close-out netting and collateral arrangements, and is involved in the issuance of the firm’s industry legal opinions to a number of organisations including the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. (ISDA).

She also regularly assists with corporate and other matters. In addition, Lorraine is a visiting lecturer and examiner at the Faculty of Laws, University of Malta.

Languages:

English, Italian, Maltese

Career & education

Career:
  • Ganado Advocates, Senior Associate: 2016
  • Ganado Advocates, Associate: 2010
  • Ganado Advocates, Advocate: 2008
  • Visiting Lecturer and Examiner for the Faculty of Laws LLD, University of Malta: since 2009
Education:
  • Diploma in Taxation, 2009 (MIT)
  • Magister Juris (European and Comparative Law), 2008 (Malta)
  • Doctor of Laws (LL.D), 2007 (Malta)
  • Diploma Notary Public, 2005 (Malta)
  • B.A. Law and English, 2004 (Malta)
Memberships:
  • Admitted to the Maltese Bar, Superior Courts of Malta
  • Member of the Chamber of Advocates
  • Member of the International Bar Association