MALTA Trends and Developments
Trends and Developments Contributed by: Antoine Cremona, Clement Mifsud-Bonnici, Luisa Cassar Pullicino and Yasmine Ellul Ganado Advocates
Ganado Advocates is Malta’s leading commercial law firm servicing international clients doing busi - ness in or through Malta; it has a particular focus on corporate, financial services, maritime/aviation, and dispute resolution, and has one of the leading dispute resolution practices in the jurisdiction. In international commercial and investment arbitration matters, Ga - nado Advocates has been engaged to represent cli - ents under the leading sets of rules in Europe and
beyond. The firm regularly assists in the recognition and enforcement of foreign arbitration awards, set - ting-aside proceedings, interim and injunctive relief proceedings, as well as providing expert evidence on Maltese law in various arbitration proceedings. The team has a significant breadth of experience in mat - ters relating to proceedings under the New York Con - vention and matters relating to sovereign immunity in international commercial arbitration. the European Union in Luxembourg. He has represented clients before the Office for Competition in antitrust investigations, advocacy requests and merger control matters. Clement was admitted to the Maltese bar in 2014. Clement also has significant experience in corporate and shareholder litigation and international arbitration under ICC, LCIA and Malta Arbitration Rules. Luisa Cassar Pullicino is an associate within Ganado Advocates’ dispute resolution team. She assists clients from various industries in cross-border commercial litigation and international commercial arbitration, including maritime claims, corporate disputes and insolvencies. She has successfully assisted clients with vessel arrests and the enforcement of maritime claims through judicial and court-approved private sales, and also regularly advises clients on all aspects of contentious, multi-jurisdictional corporate insolvencies. Luisa has a special focus on private international law, and has experience obtaining interim relief in support of foreign proceedings, co-ordinating claims across various jurisdictions, and enforcing foreign judgments and arbitral awards. Luisa was admitted to the Maltese bar in 2019.
Authors
Antoine Cremona is a partner at Ganado Advocates where he leads the firm’s dispute resolution practice. He regularly represents clients in commercial litigation and international commercial arbitration proceedings,
with a special focus on construction contracts, shareholder disputes and commercial contracts. Antoine also has significant experience in public procurement and construction law. Antoine was admitted to the Maltese Bar in 2004, is a member of the ICC Commission on Arbitration and Alternative Dispute Resolution (recently reconfirmed for the 2024-27 mandate), a fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (FCIArb), and a member of the ICCA and of the IBA Committee on Arbitration.
Clement Mifsud-Bonnici is a senior associate at Ganado Advocates. He assists clients in contentious matters with a special focus on issues involving competition, state aid, public procurement and regulatory
law. Clement represents clients in public procurement cases before the Public Contracts Review Board and the Court of Appeal (Superior Jurisdiction) in Malta and also the General Court of
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