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Matthew Bianchi

+356 2123 5406 mbianchi@ganado.com View profile

Work Department

Insurance and Pensions

Position

Matthew Bianchi is the Partner heading the firm’s insurance and pensions legal and regulatory team. As a leading specialist in insurance, he regularly advises insurance and reinsurance companies, insurance managers, captive insurers, protected cell companies (PCCs) and insurance intermediaries established in Malta or offering their services there. He is also active in the field of insurance securitisation and assisted with the establishment of the first ILS structures.

Matthew sits as the Secretary General of the Malta Association of Insurance Brokers and the Malta Insurance Managers Association and represents the Maltese insurance industry as a Governor on the Board of FinanceMalta.

As head of the pensions team, Matthew was instrumental in the development of a market for pensions in Malta and now supports and advises most of the pension trustees. He was also a founder of the Association of Pension Administrators.

Career

Ganado Advocates, Partner: 2009
Ganado Advocates, Senior Associate: 2007
Holland & Knight LLP, New York (USA), Secondment: 2003
Ganado Advocates, Associate: 2002

Languages

Maltese, English and Italian

Memberships

Admitted to the Maltese Bar, Superior Courts of Malta
Member of the Chamber of Advocates
Member of the Institute of Financial Services Practitioners
Member of the IFSP Insurance Sub-Committee

Education

Master of Laws (LL.M)(Company & Trust Law) 2001 (London)
Doctor of Laws (LL.D) 1999 (Malta)
Bachelor of Arts (B.A) 1996 (Malta)