Andre Zerafa > Ganado Advocates > Valletta, Malta > Lawyer Profile
Ganado Advocates Offices
171 OLD BAKERY STREET
VALLETTA VLT 1455
Malta
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Andre Zerafa
Work Department
Investment Services and Funds; Capital Markets
Position
André Zerafa heads Ganado Advocates’ investment services and funds team and he is also responsible for the firm’s capital markets initiatives. André regularly advises promoters on various corporate, regulatory and other legal issues involved in the setting up of asset management firms, administrators, custodians, prime brokers and securitisation vehicles.
He also specialises in the structuring and establishment of alternative investment funds, UCITS funds and other retail funds. André was involved in the setting up of the first segregated patrimony umbrella fund in Malta. His team also advises one of Malta’s largest banks on their range of retail funds. André is particularly knowledgeable on the structuring of Maltese limited partnerships and contractual funds.
André also acts as an external examiner and tutor at the University of Malta for dissertations relating to investment services and funds. He is also a council member of the Maltese Institute of Financial Services Practitioners.
As from March 2021, Andre assumed the role of Managing Partner of Ganado Advocates.
Career
Ganado Advocates, Managing Partner: 2021
Ganado Advocates, Partner: 2009
Ganado Advocates, Senior Associate: 2007
Ganado Advocates, Associate: 2000
Languages
Maltese, English and Italian
Memberships
Admitted to the Maltese Bar, Superior Courts of Malta
Member of the Chamber of Advocates
Council member of the Institute of Financial Services Practitioners
Member of the International Bar Association
Education
Master of Laws (LL.M) (Banking & Finance) 2000 (London)
Doctor of Laws (LL.D) 1999 (Malta)
Bachelor of Arts (B.A) 1996 (Malta)
Lawyer Rankings
Malta > Investment funds
(Leading individuals)Ganado Advocates‘ team ‘provides a wealth of in-depth knowledge and hands-on practical experience‘ in the investment funds industry. The practice regularly advises fund managers, investment firms, and fund custodians and start-ups on all aspects of Maltese and EU law and regulation pertaining to investment funds work. Andre Zerafa co-heads the group alongside in-house financial regulatory expert James Farrugia and is well-versed in advising on the structuring of alternative investment funds, UCITS funds and other retail funds. Marina Grech and David Borg-Carbott are active in a range of transactional and regulatory matters.
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