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Annalies Muscat

Annalies Muscat is a senior associate within the competition and commercial practice of the firm. As a member of the competition group, she advises various businesses in different industries (such as manufacturing, utilities, food and beverage, entertainment, telecommunications, import and export, co-operatives) on competition issues. This includes making submissions to and representing clients in front of the Office for Competition, the Competition and Consumer Appeals Tribunal, the civil courts and regulators as well as advising on contracts and mergers and acquisitions. As a member of the commercial practice of the firm, she assists and advises clients on various contractual issues; advises clients on consumer law related matters; and also has experience of capital markets, having assisted clients with bond issues and initial public offerings and other corporate governance matters.

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EU Adopts Regulation Prohibiting Geo-Blocking Antitrust, Competition and Trade

EU Adopts Regulation Prohibiting Geo-Blocking

This article was written by​ Dr Annalies Muscat and Dr Laura Spiteri.​The European Commission (the 'Commission') has adopted an e-commerce package that included the adoption of different laws with the aim of making it easier for European consumers to shop online throughout the European Union (the 'EU'). One of the measures adopted was Regulation 2018/302 on addressing unjustified geo-blocking and other forms of discrimination based on customers' nationality, place of residence or place of establishment within the internal market (the 'Regulation'). The Regulation became applicable from the 3 December 2018.BackgroundGeo-blocking is a practice whereby traders operating in a country block or…
Annalies Muscat
10th January 2019
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Commission Seeks Feedback on Commitments Offered by Visa and Mastercard on Inter-Regional Interchange Fees Antitrust, Competition and Trade

Commission Seeks Feedback on Commitments Offered by Visa and Mastercard on Inter-Regional Interchange Fees

This article was written by​ Dr Annalies Muscat and Dr Laura Spiteri.​Following the issue of a Statement of Objections by the European Commission (the 'Commission') against Visa and MasterCard regarding the competition concerns raised by inter-regional interchange fees ('inter-regional MIFs') for payment card transactions, the Commission is inviting any interested parties to comment on the commitments that have been proposed by Visa and MasterCard separately. Inter-regional MIFs are fees applicable to payments made in the European Economic Area (the 'EEA') using debit or credit cards which had been issued outside the EEA. The Commission had issued a Statement of Objections against…
Annalies Muscat
1st January 2019
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Commission Seeks Feedback on Commitments Offered by Visa and Mastercard on Inter-Regional Interchange Fees Antitrust, Competition and Trade

Commission Seeks Feedback on Commitments Offered by Visa and Mastercard on Inter-Regional Interchange Fees

This article was written by​ Dr Annalies Muscat and Dr Laura Spiteri.​Following the issue of a Statement of Objections by the European Commission (the 'Commission') against Visa and MasterCard regarding the competition concerns raised by inter-regional interchange fees ('inter-regional MIFs') for payment card transactions, the Commission is inviting any interested parties to comment on the commitments that have been proposed by Visa and MasterCard separately. Inter-regional MIFs are fees applicable to payments made in the European Economic Area (the 'EEA') using debit or credit cards which had been issued outside the EEA. The Commission had issued a Statement of Objections against…
Annalies Muscat
1st January 2019
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International Comparative Legal Guide to: Cartels & Leniency 2019 Antitrust, Competition and Trade

International Comparative Legal Guide to: Cartels & Leniency 2019

 Mamo TCV has been featured in the Global Legal Group's International Comparative Legal Guide to Cartels & Leniency. The guide covers issues in cartels and leniency laws and regulations in 27 jurisdictions, covering areas such as the legislative framework, investigative powers, sanctions, leniency, whistle-blowing procedures, plea bargaining arrangements, appeal processes and damages actions. The Guide is a collective effort among leading competition lawyers and is now in its twelfth edition. This is not the first time that Mamo TCV has been chosen to contribute to similar publications, confirming the firm's expertise in antitrust law. Naturally, the Guide is not intended…
Annalies Muscat
5th November 2018
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International Comparative Legal Guide to: Cartels & Leniency 2019 Antitrust, Competition and Trade

International Comparative Legal Guide to: Cartels & Leniency 2019

 Mamo TCV has been featured in the Global Legal Group's International Comparative Legal Guide to Cartels & Leniency. The guide covers issues in cartels and leniency laws and regulations in 27 jurisdictions, covering areas such as the legislative framework, investigative powers, sanctions, leniency, whistle-blowing procedures, plea bargaining arrangements, appeal processes and damages actions. The Guide is a collective effort among leading competition lawyers and is now in its twelfth edition. This is not the first time that Mamo TCV has been chosen to contribute to similar publications, confirming the firm's expertise in antitrust law. Naturally, the Guide is not intended…
Annalies Muscat
5th November 2018
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Constitutional Court Confirms that Cases of a Criminal Nature have to be Heard by a Court at Every Stage of the Proceedings Corporate and M&A

Constitutional Court Confirms that Cases of a Criminal Nature have to be Heard by a Court at Every Stage of the Proceedings

This article was written by Dr Annalies Muscat and Dr Laura Spiteri. On the 8 October 2018, the Constitutional Court handed down its decision in Thake et vs Electoral Commission et.The main issue in this case was whether the procedure laid down in the Financing of Political Parties Act ('the Act') violates Article 39 of the Constitution and Article 6 of the European Court of Human Rights ('the ECHR'). The plaintiff political party had filed a case before the First Hall in its Constitutional jurisdiction arguing that the functions of the Electoral Commission ('the Commission') as an investigator and judicial…
Annalies Muscat
18th October 2018