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Malta’s Transposition of the NIS 2 Directive: S.L. 460.41 Telecoms, Media & Technology

Malta’s Transposition of the NIS 2 Directive: S.L. 460.41

Following Malta’s Draft Order transposing the EU NIS 2 Directive, which closed for public consultation on 7 October 2024, as an EU Member State, Malta was obliged to transpose EU Directive 2022/2555 (‘NIS 2’) by 17 October 2024. The transposition was finally implemented on 8 April 2025 through Legal Notice 71 of 2025 which creates the Measures for a High Common Level of Cybersecurity across the European Union (Malta) Order, 2025 as Subsidiary Legislation 460.41 (S.L. 460.41). It should however be noted that at time of writing, S.L. 460.41 is not yet in force, though it is expected to come…
Nicole Bonett and Warren Ciantar
22nd April 2025
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Fintech Insights #10 –
Raising Funds Through Tokenisation FinTech

Fintech Insights #10 –
Raising Funds Through Tokenisation

The EU’s process towards further harmonisation of its Capital Markets Union (“CMU”) provides a timely context for the implementation of tokenisation. The CMU aims to create a single, integrated financial market across the EU, fostering cross-border investments, mobilising citizens’ personal savings and reducing the reliance on bank-driven financing. The implementation of tokenisation within capital markets can help achieve these objectives by enabling frictionless trading and unlocking access to new pools of capital whilst increasing liquidity. As discussed in the previous insight on tokenisation in Malta, tokenisation reimagines asset representation by embedding ownership and legal rights into programmable tokens recorded on…
Mario Mizzi
17th April 2025
European Blockchain Sandbox
European Blockchain Sandbox 3rd Cohort & Best Practices Webinar Telecoms, Media & Technology

European Blockchain Sandbox 3rd Cohort & Best Practices Webinar

The selection process for the third and final cohort of the European Blockchain Sandbox has been completed and the final twenty selected use cases have now been announced. Moreover, the European Blockchain Sandbox will soon be publishing the second cohort’s Best Practices Report which shall contain an overview of the regulatory best practices identified. The Report will be launched during a public webinar to be held on the 29th April 2025 at 14:00 CET, wherein the public is invited to ask any questions they may have regarding the Report. In conjunction, the award for the Most Innovative Regulator for the…
Mamo TCV Advocates
15th April 2025
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MFSA Consolidates Maltese CASP Supervision FinTech

MFSA Consolidates Maltese CASP Supervision

On the 4th of April 2025, the Malta Financial Services Authority (“MFSA”) published a circular addressed to all crypto-asset service providers (“CASPs”) licensed under the Markets in Crypto-Assets Act, Chapter 647 of the Laws of Malta, which integrates the EU’s Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (“MiCAR”). The circular informs CASP licence-holders (“LH”) of the publication of the Crypto-Asset Service Provider Return (“CASP Return”). The CASP Return forms part of the MFSA’s efforts to build a consistent and transparent regulatory framework for CASPs in Malta. Through the introduction of formalised reporting obligations, the Authority will support greater regulatory oversight and contribute to…
Mamo TCV Advocates
8th April 2025
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Urgent Family Leave Increased Under New Rules Employment and Industrial Relations

Urgent Family Leave Increased Under New Rules

Prior to the introduction of recent amendments, and in line with the Urgent Family Leave Regulations (Subsidiary Legislation 452.88), employees were entitled to a minimum of fifteen hours of paid urgent family leave, to be availed of in cases involving accidents, sudden illness, births and deaths of immediate family members. These hours were deducted from employees’ annual leave entitlement. With the introduction of the Urgent Family Leave (Amendment) Regulations of 2025 (Legal Notice 28 of 2025), urgent family leave has been extended from fifteen hours to thirty-two hours with pay. However, whilst the first sixteen hours are deducted from the…
Mamo TCV Advocates
7th April 2025
Legal 500 EMEA 2025
Mamo TCV Top Ranked in The Legal 500 News

Mamo TCV Top Ranked in The Legal 500

The Legal 500 has once again awarded Mamo TCV Advocates top-tier rankings across a number of its practice areas and in respect of a number of its lawyers. AVIATION (TIER 1) “Mamo TCV Advocates has a core strength in asset finance in the aviation industry, on top of its strength in regulatory matters. The group has a track record of assisting clients with conversion into aviation cell companies. Nicholas Valenzia and Joseph Camilleri head up the team, the latter of whom stands out for aircraft litigation and is often engaged in the group’s matters in that space. The pair assist…
Mamo TCV Advocates
26th March 2025