Senior Associate
Kevin Cutajar
Kevin Cutajar
Kevin Cutajar is a Senior Associate at Mamo TCV Advocates. He graduated Doctor of Laws from the University of Malta in 2006 after submitting a doctoral thesis entitled ‘An analysis of disability as taken from the legal perspective’.
Kevin was called to the Bar in January, 2007 and was an associate at GVTH Advocates and later on at Simon Tortell & Associates, until the latter merged with Mamo TCV Advocates in July 2016.
His present main areas of practice include litigation, banking and finance and employment and industrial relations. Other practice areas that he worked on earlier in his career were investment funds and tax planning.
Kevin also speaks four languages, i.e. Maltese, English, Italian and German.
Despite the fact that Kevin has been visually impaired since childhood, he showed and continues to show a particular passion to the legal profession and with the help of assistive technology, can perform all tasks entrusted to him.
Education
- B.A. Hons in languages (2000, University of Malta)
- B.A. Legal and Humanistic Studies (2003, University of Malta)
- Doctor of Laws (2006, University of Malta)
Representative Experience
- Member of the Maltese National Parliament 2019-2022
- Member of the Local Council in his hometown of Xagħra between years 2007 and 2019
- Active in associations representing the rights of persons with disability since year 2000
- Numerous debt collection cases for different clients, using various innovative techniques
- Trade agreements relating to the food business
- Employment related matters concerning clients’ personnel
Memberships
- Admitted to the Maltese Bar, Superior Courts of Malta (2007)
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MAMO TCV Advocates
Palazzo Pietro Stiges
103, Strait Street
Valletta, VLT 1436
Malta
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