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Recent Amendments to the Maltese Special Rules of Processing of Personal Data by Public Authorities in Relation to Criminal Offences Legal UpdatesTelecoms, Media & Technology

Recent Amendments to the Maltese Special Rules of Processing of Personal Data by Public Authorities in Relation to Criminal Offences

The Maltese subsidiary legislation regulating the Processing of Personal Data by Competent Authorities for the Purposes of the Prevention, Investigation, Detection or Prosecution of Criminal Offences or the Execution of Criminal Penalties (S.L. 586.08), implementing EU Directive 2016/680, came into force on the same day as and in parallel with the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).The said S.L. 586.08 has recently been amended by virtue of the similarly named Data Protection (Processing of Personal Data by Competent Authorities for the Purposes of the Prevention, Investigation, Detection or Prosecution of Criminal Offences or the Execution of Criminal Penalties) (Amendment) Regulations,…
MamoTCV Advocates
30th March 2020
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The Court of Justice of the European Union Gives Preliminary Ruling on Unfair Terms in a Mortgage Loan Agreement Banking & Finance

The Court of Justice of the European Union Gives Preliminary Ruling on Unfair Terms in a Mortgage Loan Agreement

FactsCase C-125/18, "Marc Gomez del Moral Guasch vs. Bankia SA" concerns a request to the European Court of Justice (the "ECJ") for a preliminary ruling from Juzgado de Primera Instancia No 38 de Barcelona (Court of First Instance No. 38, Barcelona, Spain) in relation to the fairness or otherwise of a contractual term governing the variable ordinary and remunerative interest rate in a mortgage loan agreement. Under the agreement in question, the interest rate payable by Mr Gomez del Moral Guasch was to vary according to the reference index based on the mortgage loans granted by the Spanish savings banks,…
Nicole Portelli
17th March 2020
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Mamo TCV Participates at the KSU Careers Expo 2020 News

Mamo TCV Participates at the KSU Careers Expo 2020

Mamo TCV Advocates participated for the third consecutive year at the Kunsill Studenti Universitarji (KSU) Careers Expo which was held at the University of Malta between the 3rd and 5th March. Lawyers from Mamo TCV met with students at the Firm's stand where they answered questions in relation to the Firm's 2020 student internship program, as well as questions about their prospective careers and life at the Firm in general. Lawyers from Mamo TCV also took part in the Live Interview sessions organised by KSU where students were given the opportunity to ask a variety of questions about their desired…
MamoTCV Advocates
6th March 2020
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Merger Filers Global Legal Guide Legal Updates

Merger Filers Global Legal Guide

Mamo TCV has authored the Malta Guide on the Merger Filers Global Legal Guide. The Guide is a collective effort among leading competition lawyers, providing information on the merger control rules in a number of jurisdictions worldwide covering areas such as how mergers are to be notified to the relevant competent authorities, the process of merger notification, and appeal processes. It also provides summaries of merger decisions taken by the competent authorities of each jurisdiction and will be periodically updated to include recent decisions. This is not the first time that Mamo TCV has been chosen to contribute to similar…
MamoTCV Advocates
5th March 2020
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Amendments to Beneficial Ownership Regulations relating to Trusts, Foundations and Associations Trusts, Foundations and Wealth Management

Amendments to Beneficial Ownership Regulations relating to Trusts, Foundations and Associations

Amendments have been made to the beneficial ownership regulations relating to trusts, foundations and associations together with other amendments to the principal AML/CFT regulations. The purpose of the majority of these amendments is to transpose Directive (EU) 2015/849 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 May 2015 on the prevention of the use of the financial system for the purposes of money laundering or terrorist financing as amended by Directive (EU) 2018/843 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 May 2018 and other amending Directives that might be applicable.Amendments to TrustsIn exercise of the…
Joshua Chircop
24th February 2020
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Malta Foundations Legal UpdatesNewsTrusts, Foundations and Wealth Management

Malta Foundations

INTRODUCTIONMaltese law allows for the establishment of various types of foundations, whether for a social or private purpose or for the benefit of named beneficiaries or a class thereof. DEFINITION OF FOUNDATIONA foundation is an organisation consisting of a universality of things constituted in writing, including by means of a will, by a founder or founders whereby assets are destined either:(a) for the fulfillment of a specified purpose; and/or(b) for the benefit of a named person or class of persons,and which are entrusted to the administration of a designated person or persons.TYPES OF FOUNDATIONS1. Purpose foundations(a) Public benefit foundationsA public…
MamoTCV Advocates
21st February 2020