Firm news October 26, 2023 Pedelecs do not qualify as ‘vehicles’ – the ECJ clarifies On 12 October 2023, the European Court of Justice (the “ECJ”) responded to a request for preliminary ruling from...
Firm news October 26, 2023 Succession planning, ESG and appointment of independent directors in family run businesses Malta’s business landscape is currently undergoing a significant transformation concerning issues of succession planning, ESG challenges and the involvement...
Events October 4, 2023 AML-CFT Training – Investment Services Sector AML-CFT Training – Investment Services Sector 12th & 13th October 2023 > 09:00 hrs – 14:00 hrs Location: Embassy Hotel,...
Firm news September 22, 2023 At what point does trying to keep the company going become fraudulent trading? The case Catherine Buhagiar u Frank Buhagiar (the “Plaintiffs”) vs. Claudio Caruana u Josephine Caruana għal kull interess li...
Firm news August 23, 2023 Damages: Fishing vessel gutted by fire The First Hall, Civil Court, presided by Mr Justice Francesco Depasquale, on the 6 June 2023, in the case...
Firm news August 18, 2023 MFSA publishes much-awaited Consultation Document on Proposed Amendments to the Maltese PTC Rules (Rules for Trustees of Family Trusts) On the 8th of August 2023, the Malta Financial Services Authority (“MFSA”) published a consultation document outlining proposed amendments...
Firm news August 14, 2023 Malta M&A Watch: Regulation of Foreign Subsidies – Impact on M&A Transactions With the Foreign Subsidies Regulation (Regulation (EU) 2022/2560 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 December...
Firm news August 8, 2023 Representative Actions Directive transposed into Maltese law On 25 June 2023, the Maltese law transposing the Representative Actions Directive came into force. The Representative Actions Directive...
Firm news August 1, 2023 Pre-contractual remedies are on the rise according to the PCRB’s 2022 annual report A report on the workings of the Public Contracts Review Board (PCRB) in 2022 has been published recently. According...
Firm news August 1, 2023 ESMA and EBA issue Inaugural Consultation Packages under MICA Introduction The Markets in Crypto-assets Regulation (MiCA), the first European framework for cryptoassets, was published in the Official Journal...
Firm news July 27, 2023 CJEU clarifies legal consequences of invalid loan agreement due to unfair terms Summary On 27 April 2023, the Court of Justice of the European Union (“CJEU”), in delivering a ruling in...
Firm news July 25, 2023 FIAU publishes its AML / CFT Supervisory Plan for 2023 – 2024 The Financial Intelligence Analysis Unit (“FIAU”) has just published its AML/CFT Supervisory Plan for the year 2023/2024 (“Supervisory Plan...