Financial Services in Malta

Malta’s comprehensive legal framework, favourable tax system and sound regulatory regime have attracted a number of credit and financial institutions, fund management, hedge funds, private equity structures, investment services operators, and retail and captive insurance and reinsurance companies to its shores.  Zammit & Associates - Advocates boasts a leading financial services practice, retained by various operators in the industry, assisting them with all aspects of the requisite legal and regulatory formalities in connection with establishing their operations in Malta and providing bespoke advice in respect of on-going compliance and operational issues.

• Investment services
• Credit and financial institutions;
• Asset management;
• Collective investment schemes and hedge funds;
• Private equity structures;
• Online Rolling Spot Forex and Derivative Trading Services;
• Investor compensation scheme
• Insurance, captive insurance and re-insurance;
• Occupational and retirement schemes;
• Exercise of EU passporting rights;
• Tax structuring;
• Listings on the Malta Stock Exchange;
• Prevention of Money Laundering and Funding of Terrorism;
• Malta Data Protection issues specific to the financial services industry;
• Competition law issues