“Giving Form to Structured Ideas”
Our tax and business advisers may well be on top of their game but once the ink has dried on their notepads, their ideas must be transposed and executed into the correct and most efficient legal form. Our dedicated team of lawyers and legal advisers is trained and equipped to advise and assists our clients as well as other team members on various matters related to our local and international practice such as the choice of the correct legal entity and/or jurisdiction to implement a desired structure or transaction. Other areas of practice are the negotiation of deals and the drafting of contracts, cross-border mergers and acquisitions, corporate reorganisations and financing/re-financing transactions as well as employment, real-estate and intellectual property law matters.
Regulated business is a core strength of our legal and transactions team at Corrieri Cilia. Our strength derives from solid academic competences in various regulated fields of law as well as experience combined with a practical approach. Our legal team regularly advises and assists our clients on financial regulated business such as banking, collective investments schemes and investment services providers. Other areas of regulated business where we are competent are gaming and betting. We regularly advise and assist on the structuring of internet gaming organisation and the registration of yachts and aircraft. We also maintain strong and ongoing working relationships with various regulators in Malta such as the Malta Financial Services Authority, Transport Malta, The Malta Gaming Authority and Identity Malta and abroad.
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Aircraft Registration in Malta
Opportunities under the Aircraft Registration Act Building on the success of its Shipping Register, which has grown into the 2nd largest in Europe, Malta is committed to establishing itself as a leading Aircraft Register. The Aircraft Registration Act 2010 (hereinafter the ‘Act’) was drafted with a view to consolidate the laws and establish an adequate […]
EU Regulation on Succession
The free movement of persons between the Member States is one of the fundamental rights guaranteed to EU citizens. This movement of people makes it more likely that a person’s estate and heirs are spread out over several Member States. Since national rules on succession and inheritance vary considerably between one Member State and another, […]
Drafting of Contracts
The requisites of a valid contract according to Maltese law A contract may be defined as a legally binding agreement by which an obligation is created, regulated or dissolved. Alternatively, it is a promise or set of promises which the law will enforce. Contracts may be classified as either bilateral or unilateral. A bilateral contract […]
Fiduciary obligations and Fiduciary Companies in Malta
Fiduciary obligations are legally enforceable obligations, which arise in virtue of law, contract, quasi-contracts, trusts, assumption of office or behavior, whenever a person (the Fiduciary): owes a duty to protect the interests of another person; or holds, exercises control or powers of disposition over property for the benefit of other persons, including when he is […]
Mergers and Cross-Border Mergers
A merger occurs when one or more companies transfer all of their assets and liabilities to another company. Mergers and Acquisitions (hereinafter referred to as M&A) in Malta are primarily regulated by the Companies Act, 1995 (Chapter 386), under the heading Amalgamation of Companies. The Act distinguished between 2 types of amalgamation, namely, merger by […]
Ship & Yacht Registration in Malta
The registration of ships under the Maltese flag is regulated by the Merchant Shipping Act of 1973 (with all its subsequent revisions and amendments), which Act is further supplemented by subsidiary rules and regulations. Malta has, furthermore, adopted all the major international maritime conventions. Besides the simple yet highly effective legislative framework, Malta also boasts […]
AIFs and the new structure - the Notified AIF
Investment services in Malta are regulated by the Investment Services Act (the Act). The Act establishes the framework for two types of licenses: Investment Services Licenses and Collective Investment Schemes Licenses. It also transposes the legislation issued by the EU in terms of investment services, including the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID), the UCITS […]
The procedure of registration of a Malta Limited Liability company
A limited liability company is the most common form of business entity in Malta, and it has a separate legal personality from that of its shareholders. In such a company, the liability of the shareholders is limited to the amount, if any, of the unpaid shares respectively held by each of them. A limited liability […]
The procedure for liquidation of companies
Liquidation or dissolution is the procedure for concluding the affairs of a company when it decides to terminate its operations or when it cannot continue to operate by reason of its insolvency. The Companies Act [CAP. 386] regulates the liquidation of a company registered in Malta. Under the Act, a company may be dissolved either […]
Incorporation of Maltese Companies
A limited liability company is the most common form of business entity in Malta, and it has a separate legal personality from that of its shareholders. In such a company, the liability of the shareholders is limited to the amount, if any, of the unpaid shares respectively held by each of them. A limited liability […]
Intellectual Property Law
Intellectual Property rights can be defined as the rights given to persons over their creations. These rights allow the creators to feel safe that the result of their hard work will not be used and abused by other persons, without some form of compensation. The type of intellectual property offers the right holder different forms […]
Employment Law
The right to work is recognised as a fundamental right in its Constitution. Employment Law is highly regulated in Malta with its principal source the Constitution of Malta, The Employment and Industrial Relations Act (EIRA) in conjunction with various other regulations made under the Act. Other sources of legislation include the Employment and Training Services […]
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