MALTA Law and Practice Contributed by: Antoine Cremona, Louis Cassar Pullicino, Clement Mifsud-Bonnici and Yasmine Ellul, Ganado Advocates
Ganado Advocates is Malta’s leading commercial law firm servicing international clients doing business in or through Malta; it has a particular focus on cor - porate, financial services and maritime/aviation, and has one of the leading dispute resolution practices in the jurisdiction. In international commercial and in - vestment arbitration matters, Ganado Advocates has been engaged to represent clients under the leading sets of rules in Europe and beyond. The firm regularly
assists in the recognition and enforcement of for - eign arbitration awards, setting-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 matters relating to proceed - ings under the New York Convention and matters relating to sovereign immunity in international com - mercial arbitration.
Authors
Antoine Cremona heads the dispute resolution practice at Ganado Advocates. He regularly represents clients in commercial litigation and international commercial arbitration proceedings, with a special focus on
Clement Mifsud-Bonnici is a partner at Ganado Advocates in the dispute resolution team. He assists clients in contentious matters with a special focus on issues involving competition, state aid, public procurement and
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, and is a member of the ICC Commission on Arbitration and Alternative Dispute Resolution since 2019, a fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (FCIArb), and a member of the ICCA and of the IBA Committee on Arbitration.
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 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. team. She regularly assists clients from various industries in civil and commercial disputes, with a particular focus on cross-border litigation, international commercial and investment arbitration, and the cross-border enforcement of foreign judgments and arbitral awards. Yasmine has experience in international arbitration proceedings conducted under ICC, ICSID, UNCITRAL and Malta Arbitration Centre rules, acting for both private parties and states, and regularly acts in proceedings before the Maltese courts in civil and commercial matters. She was admitted to the Maltese Bar in 2023. Yasmine Ellul is an associate within Ganado Advocates’ dispute resolution
Louis Cassar Pullicino is a consultant at Ganado Advocates and is one of the most experienced litigators in Malta specialising in commercial litigation. Louis is particularly active in admiralty and shipping, banking,
corporate, insolvency, insurance, telecommunications, pensions and contractual disputes with an international dimension. He has over 30 years’ experience in advising numerous banking institutions and has been involved in complex marine and commercial litigation and arbitration cases. Louis regularly represents clients in international commercial arbitrations and has acted as president and co-arbitrator in several international arbitrations. He led the dispute resolution practice for over 30 years and held the position of managing partner at Ganado Advocates between 2015 and 2021.
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