On 4th October 2023, the Malta Financial Services Authority (the "MFSA) published a Guidance Note (the "Guidance Note") on the Fulfilment of Post-Authorisation Requirements ("PARs")...

On the 20th March 2020, the Malta Financial Services Authority ("MFSA") issued a Circular dealing with the timing of regulatory reporting in light of the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic...

On the 14th March 2022, the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) published a statement on the war in Ukraine, in particular in relation to the regulatory response to the...

On 25th October 2023, the FIAU issued a Consultation Document on the Implementing Procedures – Part II for Collective Investment Schemes ("CISs") and related investment...

The Budget for the 2025 legislature was presented to the Maltese Parliament on the 28th of October 2024, against a backdrop of notable global economic growth ...

The European Banking Authority (EBA) has published a significant No Action letter addressing the complex overlap between the Payment Services Directive 2 (PSD2) and the Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation...

Act XXXI of 2019, enacted on the 6th of December 2019, effected several amendments to the procedure of execution of the ‘Warrant of Arrest of Sea Vessels'

The European Union (the "EU") has adopted financial sanctions in response to Russia's military attack against Ukraine. Sanctions are an essential tool in the EU's common foreign and security policy...

On 2 October 2019, the European Securities and Markets Authority ("ESMA") issued an update of its Q&A on practical questions regarding data reporting issues, stemming from the European ...

The European Union Intellectual Property Office (the "EUIPO") has implemented ‘The Ideas Powered for Business SME Fund' (the "Fund"), a European Commission initiative, for the year 2022.

In light of the climate and environmental targets set by the European Union (EU), particularly that of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 55% by 2030...

The Covid-19 pandemic is above all a human and social crisis. In an attempt to contain its spread and mitigate its effects we need to respond swiftly and effectively to...

The article addresses key legal challenges and opportunities in the sector, such as intellectual property rights for AI-generated works, data privacy concerns, and the implications of the new EU AI Act.

In November 2020, the European Securities and Markets Authority ("ESMA") conducted a series of updates to its Q&A documents.

On the 1 December, 2021, the Ministry for Energy, Enterprise and Sustainable Development and Malta Enterprise announced the launch of Malta's ESG (Environmental, Social and Governance)...

Summer in Malta is often dictated by sweltering heat and dry spells, making mundane activities more challenging to pursue. Naturally, this does not exclude the additional challenges faced by employees...

Act XIV of 2025 (the "Act"), published in the Government Gazette on 6th June, is set to come into force on 6th August 2025, two months from its date of publication.

On 12 April 2021, the Malta Financial Services Authority ("MFSA") issued a circular to collective investment schemes (locally licensed or notified) the requirement for all collective investment schemes to submit a new fund return...

The European Union has taken a major step towards strengthening its rules on Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism (AML/CFT).

A few weeks ago, the European Commission published a notice setting out tools and guidance on fighting collusion in public procurement (the "Notice"). Collusion is addressed both in the Treaty on the...