Say hello to Ganado MeetsMalta's first law-based podcast From tech to finance, all the way to shipping and employment, lawyers of Ganado Advocates meet sector leaders to discuss topics of interest on Maltaโs first law-based podcast, Ganado Meets. Check us out on Spotify 01 - Ganado Meets Tech 1.1 - Paul Micallef Grimaud meets Ian Deguara Marking the 3rd Anniversary of the coming into force of GDPR, Maltaโs newly appointed Information and Data Protection Commissioner, Mr. Ian Deguara, discusses points of interest with Ganadoโs IP/TMT and data protection partner, Paul Micallef Grimaud in this first episode of this seasons Ganado meets tech. Amongst others, they touched upon how the business community in Malta is living up to its data protection obligations, the repeal of the Privacy Shield, the challenges posed by emerging technologies and freedom of information. Listen here 1.2 - Paul Micallef Grimaud meets Prof. Alexiei Dingli In this second episode of Ganado Meets Tech, Ganadoโs IP/TMT and data protection partner, Paul Micallef Grimaud meets with Prof. Alexiei Dingli to introduce the emerging technology of Artificial Intelligence, what it encompasses, the most widely acclaimed uses, the legal and ethical challenges that it poses and the foreseeable developments. This is to serve as an introduction to the discussions that we will be having over the coming episodes in which we will be delving into how this technology is shaping various industry sectors. Listen here 1.3 - Paul Micallef Grimaud meets Dr. Gege Gatt & Prof. Alexiei Dingli This third episode of Ganado Meets Tech delves into the application of Artificial Technology in the health sector, from diagnostic medicine to client management. This discussion with CEO of EBO.ai, Dr. Gege Gatt and Prof. Alexiei Dingli centres around the technology being used, its various benefits and risks, the legal and regulatory framework and ethical considerations. This episode also includes a conversation with Consultant Nuclear Medicine Physician, Dr. Andrew Mallia. Listen here 1.4 - Paul Micallef Grimaud meets Dr. Joshua Ellul & Dr. Max Ganado In this fourth episode of Ganado Meetsย Tech,ย IP/TMT partner Paul Micallef Grimaud met with Dr Joshua Ellul, Director of the Centre for Distributed Ledger Technologies (DLT) at the University of Malta and Chairman of the Malta Digital Innovation Authority and with Dr Max Ganado, a lawyer synonymous with a number of legislative projects that helped develop Maltaโs main sectors over the past years โ from Shipping, Financial Services, Aviation, Trusts, and, most recently, Innovative Technologies. Together they discussed the impact Digital Ledger Technology (DLT) is having on economic sectors, its risks, benefits and the regulatory approach to this technology. Listen here 02 - Ganado Meets Transport 2.1 - Matthew Xerri meets Captain Charles Pace In the first episode of Ganado Meets Transport, Ganado Advocatesโ Matthew Xerri, Senior Associate within the shipping and aviation team, meets with Captain Charles Pace to discuss how the Aviation industry in Malta and in particular the Aircraft register has grown throughout the last decade and what makes it attractive for aircraft operators to establish themselves in Malta. Listen here 2.2 - Matthew Attard meets Michael Sillato In the second episode of Ganado Meets Transport, Ganado Advocatesโ Matthew Attard, Senior Associate within the shipping team, meets with Michael Sillato to discuss the Malta Registry of Ships, how it got started and how it was developed into an international ship register of repute we know today. Listen here 2.3 - Matthew Attard meets Ivan Sammut In the third episode of Ganado Meets Transport, Ganado Advocatesโ Matthew Attard, Senior Associate within the shipping team, meets with Ivan Sammut, Registrar General of Shipping and Seamen at the Malta Flag Administration, to discuss the factors which have contributed towards the international success of the Malta Flag, the current projects being undertaken by the registry of ships and the way forward for the Maltese maritime industry. Listen here 2.4 - Jotham Scerri-Diacono meets Riccardo Landini In the fourth episode of Ganado Meets Transport, Ganado Advocatesโ Jotham Scerri-Diacono, co-head within the shipping team, meets with Riccardo Landini, Chief Executive Officer at NAI International Ltd which forms part of the Navigazione Montanari S.p.A group – a major player in the Italian shipping scene, to discuss the prospects of the Maltese maritime industry, the challenges that lie ahead for the Malta flag, and what sets Malta apart from other flags in an increasingly competitive industry. Listen here 2.5 - Daniel Aquilina meets Prof. Kristian Zarb Adami In the fifth episode of Ganado Meets Transport, Daniel Aquilina, partner within the Transport Law practice at Ganado Advocates, meets Prof. Kristian Zarb Adami, a pioneer within Maltaโs Space Sector, to discuss Maltaโs progress in the space sector and what the future holds. Listen here 03 - Ganado Meets Maritime 3.1 - Jan Rossi meets Kenneth Gambin In the first episode of Ganado Meets Maritime, Ganado Advocatesโ Jan Rossi, Senior Associate within the shipping team, meets with COO of Heritage Malta, Kenneth Gambin to discuss the latest developments in cultural maritime heritage with a particular focus on the Malta Maritime Museum. Listen here 3.2 - Jotham Scerri-Diacono meets Robert Aquilina In this second episode of Ganado Meets Maritime, Ganado Advocatesโ Jotham Scerri-Diacono, co-head within the shipping team, meets with the CEO of Pisciculture Marine de Malte Ltd., Robert Aquilina, to discuss the emergence and growth of fish farming on the Maltese islands, its successes, environmental and economical status, and the outlook for this sector. Listen here 3.3 - Jotham Scerri-Diacono meets Alfred Sharples In this third episode of Ganado Meets Maritime, Ganado Advocatesโ Jotham Scerri-Diacono, co-head within the shipping team, meets with Alfred Sharples from ERA – Environment & Resources Authority, to discuss the regulation of ship recycling. Listen here 3.4 - Nigel Micallef meets representatives of M/V Logos Hope In this episode, Ganado Advocatesโ Nigel Micallef, Associate within the shipping team, meets with representatives of M/V Logos Hope, Randy Grebe and Captain James Berry, to discuss the operations of GBA and the recent return of the M/V Logos Hope to Malta. Listen here 04 - Ganado Meets Finance 4.1 - Andrรฉ Zerafa meets Joseph Gavin To start the season, Ganado Advocatesโ Managing Partner, Andrรฉ Zerafa, meets with CEO of the Malta Financial Services Authority, Joseph Gavin, to discuss regulation, supervision and the future for the financial services industry. Listen here 4.2 - Nicholas Curmi meets Joseph Portelli In this second episode, Ganado Advocatesโ Capital Market’s Partner, Nicholas Curmi, meets with the Executive Chairman of the Malta Stock Exchange plc, Joseph Portelli, to discuss what the Malta Stock Exchange has managed to accomplish since 2015 and the vision and future prospects for the Exchange for the years to come. Listen here 4.3 - Matthew Bianchi meets Elizabeth Carbonaro In this episode, Ganado Advocatesโ Insurance Partner,ย Matthew Bianchi, meets the Malta Insurance Managersโ Association Chairpersonย Elizabeth Carbonaro, to discuss the growth of the insurance market over the last few years and the opportunities that lie ahead. Listen here 4.4 - Stephanie Farrugia meets Paulianne Nwoko In this episode, Ganado Advocatesโ Stephanie Farrugia, Senior Associate within the investment services and funds team speaks with Paulianne Nwoko, Managing Director of Apex Fund Services Ltd on the representation of women in finance. Listen here 4.5 - Mark Caruana Scicluna meets Kenneth Farrugia In this episode, Ganado Advocatesโ Mark Caruana Scicluna, Senior Associate within the investment services and funds team, speaks with Kenneth Farrugia, Chairperson of the Malta Asset Servicing Association (MASA), on Malta’s growth in the asset management spaceย and the future of the jurisdiction’s financial services industry. Listen here 4.6 - Catherine Formosa meets Joyce Grech In this episode, Ganado Advocatesโ Catherine Formosa, Senior Associate within the banking and finance team, speaks with Joyce Grech, Head of Commercial Banking and Member of the Executive Committee at HSBC Malta, for an insightful discussion about Maltaโs banking sector, its regulation, how it evolved over time, its current challenges and the sector’s outlook. Listen here 4.7 - Leonard Bonello meets David Farrugia In this episode, Ganado Advocatesโ Leonard Bonello, Partner within the banking and fintech team, speaks with David Farrugia, Visa’s Country Manager for Malta, to discuss trends in the digital payments industry. Listen here 05 - Ganado Meets Strategic Leaders 5.1 - Max Ganado meets David Fabri In this episode, Ganado Advocatesโ Max Ganado, meets with Dr. David Fabri, former legal and international affairs director and board secretary at the MFSA and currently a senior visiting lecturer at the University of Malta, for an insightful discussion about Maltaโs rise as an international business and financial centre. This episode looks back and reconsiders strategic decisions taken over the past 40 years in the areas of commercial and company law as well as financial services. ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ค๐ข๐ด๐ต๐ด ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ๐ณ๐ท๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ญ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ณ๐บ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ค๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ฉ๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ๐บ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ด๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต๐ด ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐จ๐บ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ซ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ค๐ณ๐ถ๐ค๐ช๐ข๐ญ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐๐ข๐ญ๐ต๐ข’๐ด ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ต๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐จ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ต๐ฉ. Listen here 5.2 - Max Ganado meets Lino Vassallo In this episode, Ganado Advocatesโ Max Ganado meets with Lino Vassallo, former Registrar-General of Shipping and Seamen, for an insightful discussion about the regulation of the maritime industry in Malta since the 1970s. This episode looks back at the early history of maritime law, with the emergence of the Merchant Shipping Act in 1973, and the subsequent changes introduced to the framework that enabled the industry to evolve over the years. ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ค๐ข๐ด๐ต๐ด ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ๐ณ๐ท๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ญ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ณ๐บ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ค๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ฉ๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ๐บ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ด๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต๐ด ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐จ๐บ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ซ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ค๐ณ๐ถ๐ค๐ช๐ข๐ญ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐๐ข๐ญ๐ต๐ข’๐ด ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ต๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐จ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ต๐ฉ. Listen here 5.3 - Max Ganado meets Kenneth Wain In this episode, Ganado Advocatesโ Max Ganado meets with Prof. Kenneth Wain, professor of education, ethics and political philosophy, to discuss voluntary organisations, the existing laws and the strategy behind them. ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ค๐ข๐ด๐ต๐ด ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ๐ณ๐ท๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ญ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ณ๐บ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ค๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ฉ๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ๐บ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ด๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต๐ด ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐จ๐บ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ซ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ค๐ณ๐ถ๐ค๐ช๐ข๐ญ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐๐ข๐ญ๐ต๐ข’๐ด ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ต๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐จ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ต๐ฉ. Listen here 06 - Ganado Meets Green Finance 6.1 - Luke Hili meets Perit David Xuereb To start the season, Ganado Advocatesโ Luke Hili meets with the Chairman of the Malta ESG Alliance, Perit David Xuereb, to discuss the green economy and the countryโs efforts on this front. Listen here 6.2 - Luke Hili meets Steve Ellul Ganado Advocates’ Luke Hili meets with the CEO of Project Green, Steve Ellul, to discuss the latest developments and challenges in the field of sustainable finance in Malta. Listen here 07 - Ganado Meets Employment 7.1 - Lara Pace meets Mireille Pellegrini Petit Ganado Advocatesโ Lara Pace meets with Positive Psychology Coach and trainer, Mireille Pellegrini Petit, to discuss well-being at the workplace and what that means in practice. Listen here 7.2 - Matthew Brincat meets Dr Joseph Portelli Demajo In this second episode, Ganado Advocatesโ Matthew Brincat meets with Medical Practitioner, Joseph Portelli Demajo, to address the pervasive concern of sick leave, its certification and its abuse, an issue of paramount importance for HR professionals across various industries. Listen here 08 - Ganado Meets Corporate 8.1 - Stephen Attard meets Geraldine Spiteri Ganado Advocatesโ Stephen Attard meets with CEO & Registrar at the Malta Business Registry, Geraldine Spiteri Lucas, to discuss the role of the Malta Business Registry, how it has evolved and its role today. Listen here 8.2 - Philip Mifsud meets Mario Galea Ganado Advocatesโ Stephen Attard meets with CEO & Registrar at the Malta Business Registry, Geraldine Spiteri Lucas, to discuss the role of the Malta Business Registry, how it has evolved and its role today. Listen here 8.3 - Annalise Papa meets Peter Astleford Ganado Advocatesโ Annalise Papa meets with the independent director and consultant Peter Astleford to discuss corporate governance matters Coming soon Video Library