Annalise Papa > Ganado Advocates > Valletta, Malta > Lawyer Profile

Ganado Advocates
171 OLD BAKERY STREET
VALLETTA VLT 1455
Malta

Work Department

Corporate and M&A

Position

Annalise Papa is a Partner within Ganado Advocates’ corporate team with particular focus on mergers, acquisitions, continuations and joint ventures. She assists both local and international business clients on a broad range of matters including legal due diligence processes, corporate restructuring and corporate finance projects. Annalise also regularly assists clients with their ongoing corporate and commercial work – both local and cross-border – including the formation and conversion of companies, corporate governance issues, share dematerialisations and voluntary dissolutions. She also advises local companies on their beneficial ownership reporting obligations and has most recently taken the lead of the firm’s CSP advisory practice.

Annalise enjoys delivering training sessions on corporate law issues both at the firm and externally.

Career

Ganado Advocates, Partner: 2021
Ganado Advocates, Senior Associate: 2017
Ganado Advocates, Associate: 2013
Ganado Advocates, Advocate: 2010

Languages

English, Maltese and Italian

Memberships

Admitted to the Maltese Bar, Superior Courts of Malta

Education

Master of Laws (LL.M) (International Law), 2010 (Edinburgh)
Doctor of Laws (LL.D), 2009 (Malta)
Bachelor of Laws (LL.B), 2006 (Malta)

Lawyer Rankings

Malta > Commercial, corporate and M&A

Ganado Advocates stands out in the Maltese legal market for its ‘bench strength and knowledge‘. The team’s workload include M&A, joint ventures, restructurings and reorganisations, and company formations. Stephen Attard regularly acts as corporate counsel to blue-chip companies, private equity and hedge fund managers, and investment funds. Nikolai Muscat Farrugia assists with the formation of companies and day-to-day corporate support. Simon Schembri, Annalise Papa and senior associate Christina Scicluna field expertise in cross-border transactions, corporate structuring matters, and TMT and fintech work.