The aviation and shipping industries are unique in the sense that both industries operate using high value assets which are very costly to purchase and even more challenging to operate and maintain.

It is no news that the Maltese Islands is one of the most reputable Flag States in the world and it is partly for the smooth registration process available.

The European Commission has recently published its proposal for an EU Business Wallet together with the draft European Business Wallet Regulation, a development that further cements...

Originally proposed in 2022, the European Union ("EU") has taken a transformative step towards a resilient and secure digital health ecosystem with the adoption...

The Malta Financial Services Authority (‘MFSA'), following consultation with the Malta Digital Innovation Authority (‘MDIA')...

On 7 March 2025, the Ministry for Home Affairs, Security and Employment launched a public consultation concerning Malta's transposition of Directive (EU) 2022/2557...

The Malta Gaming Authority (MGA) has introduced the ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) Voluntary Code of Good Practice, a landmark initiative aimed at encouraging sustainability and responsible corporate.

Double taxation occurs when tax is levied on the same income in two different points, which may also be in a cross-border context.

The figure appears in the European Central Bank's Financial Stability Review published in November.

The Financial services industry in the EU is undergoing an unprecedented regulatory transformation. A wave of new legislation, spanning from AI, data governance...

On 12 September 2025 the EU Data Act starts to apply. From that moment, every manufacturer of a connected product, every provider of a related service...

Across Europe, rules once written for human readers are being interpreted by machines.

AI Systems have quietly become the engine behind countless decisions and processes across Europe's private and public sectors. Reliance on these systems is deepening...

In 1887, Edward Bellamy's book Looking Backward offered a vision of a utopian society transformed by cooperation and technological progress.

Finance has always evolved around trust. From the first instruments of credit to the emergence of central banks, from clearing houses to electronic trading, the story has been one of institutions slowly absorbing new technologies, sometimes with enthusiasm, often with resistance.

The Malta Financial Services Authority ("MFSA") has issued a circular announcing targeted amendments to Chapters 5 and 11 of the Capital Markets Rules ("CMRs"). Two developments stand out...

On the 27th of January 2026, the European Union (the "EU") and India concluded negotiations for the largest free trade agreement (the "FTA") either party has concluded.

In our previous article, EU Court Clarifies When Pseudonymized Data Does Not Remain Personal Data, we discussed the General Court's judgment in Case T-557/20...

On 16 January 2026, Malta has officially issued its intended transposition of the EU's Critical Entities Directive (Directive EU 2022/2557) ("CER") into national legislation through the Resilience of Critical Entities...

Last week I found myself writing two separate pieces. One focused on the US AI Action Plan, the other on what unfolded during Washington's so-called Crypto Week...