On the 1st of November, Muscat Mizzi Advocates will be participating in the Fintech Focus Digital Transformation Summit in London, United Kingdom.
Deborah Chappell, will be participating in the panel "Fintech strategies - from growth to sustainable profitability".
If you wish to meet us during the conference, please contact us...
Deborah Chappell was invited by FinanceMalta to speak about the driving forces behind Muscat Mizzi Advocates, the firm’s desire to expand its knowledge base and continue recruiting local talent, and the offerings which still make Malta an attractive jurisdiction for start-ups.
Click Here to read the full interview.
In what is considered to be a ground-breaking judgment, the First Hall Civil Court ordered Automated Revenue Management Services Limited (“ARMS”) to refund the sum it overcharged when issuing its electricity bills to the plaintiffs.
The plaintiffs, Mr. Darren Cordina and Notary Melvin Polidano, instituted a case against ARMS on...
We are delighted to be hosting the IT IP Law Group Europe in Malta this weekend.
The IT IP Law Group Europe is a tight network of legal professionals specialised in the fields of intellectual property and information technology.
Through this network we are able to deal with cross border...
We are proud to be assisting the Daphne Caruana Galizia Foundation, together with our colleague Dr. Claire Bonello, in constitutional proceedings, in which we seek to challenge, in particular, certain provisions of the Freedom of Information Act.
More information about the case can be found on the following news portals: ...
Real estate is the world’s most important and largest asset class, and is purchased both as a utility as well as an investment.
It is largely perceived to be a safe investment, ostensibly due to its tangibility but also historically, at least here in Malta, the downside risk appears to...
In recent months we have seen the Government of Malta bolster resources in order to intensify enforcement against money laundering and tax evasion.
The oftentimes forbearing and indulgent stance of the Commissioner for Revenue (“CFR”) has shifted towards a policy that is seemingly hawkish and contentious. Indeed, our courts have...
Persons seeking to retrieve a sum of money that is owed to them may run into difficulties collecting the debt if it transpires that their debtor’s assets are held in a country other than the one where a court has passed judgement in their favour. It takes time and money...
The practice of law is a privilege that carries with it the responsibility to serve our community whenever it is possible for us to do so.
It is our duty to defend those rights that we tend to take for granted: the right to free speech, work, privacy, family and...
The rise of zero-commission trading has brought about a revolution in the investment services industry; contributing in part to the unprecedented number of retail investors that are now actively participating in financial markets.
On the one side, zero-commission trading has been described as a step forward in the democratisation of...
On 15 December 2020, the European Commission proposed two new pieces of legislation as part of its digital strategy to update the rules governing internet services in the EU. These complementary initiatives are the Digital Services Act (DSA) and the Digital Markets Act (DMA), and their main goals are to...
Among several events that 2021 will be remembered for, this year will probably go down as the year in which financial markets saw unprecedented levels of trading volumes, ostensibly due to the increased participation of retail investors making use of a variety of online trading platforms offering investments with low...
An online furore has erupted over the MCCAA’s decision to reject an application to have the beloved Maltese Ġbejna registered as a Protected Designation of Origin (“PDO”), ostensibly after opposition by local dairy giants, Benna.
At face value however, the decision appears to be legally well-founded and in conformity with...
Covid-19 has brought about a change in the working environment with a number of businesses requiring or offering their employees to work remotely.
Recent statistics show that working from home has increased by almost 30%, and this figure is expected to remain constant throughout 2021. Eurofound has reported that people...
In his recent opinion in a case pending [1] before the Courts of Justice of the European Union (‘CJEU’), Advocate General Maciej Szpunar weighed in on the legality of embedded hyperlinking - also known as framing.
Traditionally, hyperlinking refers to an act whereby one webpage displays a URL to another...
The Malta Financial Services Authority (MFSA) has introduced its FinTech Regulatory Sandbox, which provides a controlled regulatory environment where FinTech operators may test their innovations within the financial services sector under prescribed conditions.
The FinTech Regulatory Sandbox was launched during a press conference held on the 22nd of July, 2020....
Muscat Mizzi Advocates is proud to have assisted the National Book Council (Malta) in drafting a proposed bill to amend the Copyright Act.The draft intends to update the Copyright Act in order to bring it in line with modern realities of the cultural industry; by transposing the EU’s Directive on...
The economic fallout of the recent pandemic has brought about a surge in debt collection claims. The sudden pressure on income for certain businesses necessitates the frugal management of cash flow, to the extent that directors may find themselves in the unenviable position of having to prioritise payments to certain...
A new legal notice regulating the licensing of property brokers and real estate agents in Malta was enacted on the 3rd of July, 2020. The following article gives an overview of the most important provisions under this Act.
PRECISELY DEFINES THE DIFFERENT ROLES INVOLVED
The new Act defines the activity...
Crowdfunding may easily represent the most accessible way for SMEs to raise financing. Blockchain is a highly effective and arguably revolutionary technology. Together, crowdfunding and blockchain, are an effective medium between the person launching an idea and those people who intend to participate in that idea.
A crowdfunding structure is...
