Yesterday evening, the 9 th October 2017, Malta Finance Minister Hon Profs Scicluna laid out the plans of the Government for 2018 in the first budget in decades that was put in a context of a...

“To call it ‘intellectual’ is misleading. It takes one's eye off the ball. ‘Intellectual’ confers a respectability on a monopoly which may well not be...

The European Union (‘EU’) has attempted to establish a unitary regime to provide for a single filing system for trade mark registration through the inception of the Community Trade...

On the 6 th October 2015, the European Court of Justice (the ‘ECJ’), in Maximilian Schrems vs Data Protection Commissioner , 1 decided that the Safe Harbor Agreement 2 , a set of...

Malta Budget 2017   The budget speech was delivered by Professor Edward Scicluna, Minister of Finance, on the 17 th  October 2017 with the title of ‘Malta:...

During the post-AIFMD era, whereby most jurisdictions seem to have fallen into a regulatory hibernation with reference to funds, Malta has once again proven to be abreast of developments. The...

Ιt is not only the amount of times the tides have turned, it is also the speed at which they changed that has had many of us in the industry scrambling to provide solutions for Greek...

The 2016 Budget which was announced last week was a historic one as it was the first to be presented in the new House of Representatives by Malta’s Finance Minister,Professor Edward...

As of the 1 st February 2014, the current national credit transferor and direct debit procedures will expire and will be replaced by the Single Euro Payment Area (SEPA) system.  SEPA, a...

The first budget to be completely drafted by Malta’s new government was presented to parliament by Malta’s Finance Minister,Prof Edward Scicluna. The Budget for 2014 aims at...

On the 1 st June 2013 the Parliamentary Secretary for Competitiveness and Economic Growth Hon. Dr Edward Zammit Lewis launched the Global Residence Programme which is set to replace the...

The last budget of this legislature was presented to parliament by Malta’s Finance Minister, Tonio Fenech.  Income tax cuts, as originally promised during the Nationalist...

Following the success of what is loosely referred to as the Yacht Lease Structure, the VAT Department in Malta have issued guidelines on the VAT treatment of aircraft leasing for private use....

Presentation delivered by Dr Jean-Pie Gauci-Maistre during MIM Ship Registration Conference held in Malta.  For more information contact him at jpgm@gmassociates.com.mt. 

A presentation by Dr Jean-Pie Gauci-Maistre at the BIT World Ocean Congress China 

The Act regulating the Maltese Notary profession is set to be overhauled to reflect the changing times. It was first enacted in 1927 and the last major changes to the law were enacted in the...

Malta is continuously establishing itself as a flag of choice within the pleasure yacht sector. Various factors have contributed to this but by and large it comes down to the efforts of...

The High Net Worth Individuals (HNWI) Rules were launched towards the end of 2011 as part of the revamp of the permanent residence regulations. The aim of the HNWI rules is one of many sets of...

Malta’s efforts to develop itself as an onshore domicile have paid off as it is now recognized as an efficient and well regulated jurisdiction with a sound legal system. The underlying...

On the 25 th of January 2012, the open conference for the European Tourism Quality Label (ETQ) was held in Brussels.  Tourism actors, including various stakeholders, European member...