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Dr Rosanne Bonnici

+356 21 241232 rosanne.bonnici@fenechlaw.com View profile

Work Department

Tax, Financial Services and Company Law.

Position

Partner

Career

Rosanne heads the Tax Law and Immigration Law Departments and co-heads the Financial Services Department of the Firm, specialising in investment services and investment funds.

An experienced tax and finance lawyer practising since 1993, Rosanne advises a largely international client base in financial services, funds, corporate finance, M&As, group restructuring, domestic and international taxation, tax efficient cross-border structures with a focus on inbound investment, international tax planning, advice to high net worth individuals on personal tax and financial issues, corporate law, trusts and foundations.

World Tax (International Tax Review) has, on several occasions, ranked the Firm and its Tax Department as the recognised leading tax law practice in Malta. Dr. Bonnici has won the World Finance 2011 Best Tax Consultant – Malta award. More recently, at the Citywealth International Financial Awards held in London on January 23, 2014, the firm won the prestigious ‘Law Firm of the Year – Malta’ Award for the firm’s private client work (http://www.citywealthmag.com/international-financial-centre-awards).

Dr. Bonnici is regularly recommended by clients and peers with respect to various professional directories, including Chambers Global/Europe, Legal 500, World Tax, Citywealth Leaders List, Expert Guide to the World’s Leading Tax Advisers, International Who’s Who of Corporate Tax Lawyers, Who’s Who Legal, amongst others.

Languages

English, Maltese and Italian.

Memberships

Elected Honorary Secretary of the Council and member of The Institute of Financial Services Practitioners; past Co-Chairperson, Regulated Business Sub-Committee (2001 to date). Member – Tax Expert Group, FinanceMalta (2007 – 2009). Founding Member of STEP – Malta Branch (2007 to date). Visiting lecturer in fiscal law within the Department of Public Law of the Faculty of Law at the University of Malta (2001 – 2003). Founding Member – Malta Institute of Taxation; past Deputy President and elected member of Council; past Chairperson of the Institute’s Technical Committee; Fellow of the Malta Institute of Taxation (1995 to date). Member – International Fiscal Association. Member – International Tax Planning Association. Member – International Bar Association. Member – Chamber of Advocates – Malta.

Education

• University of Malta – Malta 1995 – 1998 Master of Arts degree summa cum laude in Financial Services. Thesis on “The Hybrid Company – An Alternative to Trusts and Foundations.” • University of Malta – Malta 1987 – 1993 Doctor of Laws (LL.D.) Title of doctoral thesis: The Impact of Some New Forms of Fiscal Legislation on Malta’s Revenue Structure. • University of Malta – Malta 1992 Diploma – Notary Public.