Dr Cherise Abela Grech > GTG Advocates > Valletta, Malta > Lawyer Profile
GTG Advocates Offices
66 OLD BAKERY STREET
VALLETTA VLT 1454
MALTA
Malta
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Dr Cherise Abela Grech
Work Department
Corporate, Financial Services, Competition Law
Position
Partner
Career
Dr Cherise Abela Grech is the Partner responsible for the Corporate, Financial Services and Competition Law practices within the firm.
Having joined the firm in 2011, she has assisted a vast range of corporate clients throughout the lifetime of their company, starting with incorporation or redomiciliation in Malta and providing support on numerous matters including share transfer agreements, shareholders’ agreements, effecting corporate changes, dissolutions and ensuring companies remain compliant with their ongoing corporate obligations and filings with the relevant authorities.
She has advised on multiple notable Corporate transactions and matters, including advising on Competition and Foreign Directive Investment matters, such as by representing clients in anti-trust clearances, guiding large-scale firms undergo a merger or acquisition process, or the acquisition/disposal of critical infrastructure.
Dr Abela Grech has assisted numerous clients to successfully obtain a licence from the Malta Financial Services Authority (MFSA), most notably assisting investment services licensees, financial institutions, insurance companies and intermediaries and credit institutions. She also regularly advises large-scale corporations on the setting up and regulatory implications of share option schemes.
She also works closely with the firm’s FinTech team on matters related to virtual currencies and distributed ledger technologies, including in respect of security token offerings, virtual currency-related activities requiring investment services licensing and investment funds investing in virtual currencies.
Dr Abela Grech has also gained extensive experience on compliance and AML matters, employment law matters as well as assisting clients apply for Maltese residence, citizenship and Malta’s beneficial tax residence schemes. Her knowledge in these areas has helped her guide clients more holistically to ensure a smoother process for clients establishing themselves in Malta.
Dr Abela Grech graduated Doctor of Laws from the University of Malta in 2013. She subsequently read for a Masters in Financial Services from the same university. She was admitted to the Maltese bar in 2014.
Languages
Maltese, English, Italian and French
Memberships
Malta Chamber of Advocates
Education
Dr Abela Grech read law at the University of Malta. In furtherance of her studies, she read for a Masters in Financial Services and submitted her Masters thesis entitled ‘Exchange Traded Funds: an area for growth for the Maltese Funds Industry?’.
Lawyer Rankings
Malta > Fintech
(Rising stars)GTG Advocates‘ fintech practice ‘stands out in the legal landscape‘. The team ‘possesses a unique blend of legal acumen and contemporary knowledge of the rapidly evolving fintech space‘ and ‘their hands-on approach, combined with unparalleled expertise, positions them as leaders in the fintech legal domain‘. The highly regarded practitioner Ian Gauci heads up the practice, and counts regulatory, licensing, e-commerce, initial coin offerings and crypto-asset matters as key areas of strength. Cherise Abela Grech fields expertise in virtual currency issues, and Terence Cassar advises on data protection matters.
Malta > Commercial, corporate and M&A
GTG Advocates is perhaps best known for its expertise in advising on corporate and commercial matters in the TMT sector. The group regularly handles contractual matters, regulatory and compliance issues, and due diligence proceedings pertaining to commercial transactions. The practice is led by the ‘extremely knowledgeable‘ trio of Ian Gauci, Terence Cassar and Cherise Abela Grech.