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Maltese Residency for Investment Family Offices ImmigrationInvestment Services & Funds

Maltese Residency for Investment Family Offices

Investment family offices that are setting up an investment structure in Malta (or even a branch thereof) have been given an additional incentive to choose Malta as an EU base due to a new residency law interpretation. On the  3rd of December, the MFSA issued a circular together with Malta’s immigration authorities titled “Joint MFSA and Residency Malta Agency Communication on a New Residency Scheme for Family Offices”. The circular explicitly “focuses on granting residence permits to individuals forming part of a family office structure”, notably ultimate beneficial owners (UBOs) and qualifying senior employees. This initiative is intended to enhance…
Mario Mizzi and Julian Fenech Adami
5th December 2025
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Malta’s Shariah-Compliant Funds Framework Investment Services & Funds

Malta’s Shariah-Compliant Funds Framework

Malta’s recent revamp of its Shariah-compliant investment funds framework is a strategic move to attract investors and asset managers from the Middle East and North Africa (‘MENA’), including family offices from the Gulf region (‘GCC’) to the EU’s southernmost jurisdiction. The Malta Financial Services Authority (‘MFSA’) informed the industry through a circular about this update in November 2025. This update continues positioning the islands as a bridge between Europe and Sharia finance. Being EU and Eurozone currency member, Malta offers MENA investors a seamless point of entry into the EU’s single financial market. For Middle Eastern fund promoters looking to…
Mario Mizzi
24th November 2025
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Mamo TCV Participates in Seminar on Family Offices in Malta Investment Services & FundsNews

Mamo TCV Participates in Seminar on Family Offices in Malta

Mamo TCV Advocates participated in a seminar organised by Finance Malta titled ‘Malta’s Family Office Proposition’. Recently, Dr. Katya Tua, head of the investment services practice at Mamo TCV Advocates, participated in a panel made up of local experts who discussed the advantages of choosing Malta for the setting up multi-family offices. Dr. Rachel Gauci and Dr. Mario Mizzi from the investment services team also attended this seminar. Following last year’s legal exemption for single-family offices and the exemptions envisaged under AIFMD II, Malta is becoming increasingly attractive for boutique investment managers and family offices wishing to establish a structure…
Mamo TCV Advocates
17th November 2025
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CJEU preliminary rulings as a path towards further investment law harmonisation Investment Services & FundsLitigation & Dispute Resolution

CJEU preliminary rulings as a path towards further investment law harmonisation

The preliminary reference procedure under Article 267 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU) constitutes a mechanism by which the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) ensures the uniform interpretation and application of Union law across the Member States. In the specific context of EU financial regulation, this procedural instrument assumes a distinctive function: that of enabling organic harmonisation within the internal market. By facilitating a judicial dialogue between national courts and the CJEU, the preliminary ruling mechanism operates as a decentralised yet effective method of aligning national interpretations of key provisions within directives…
Mario Mizzi
14th July 2025
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SLPFs: Partnership Funds Without Legal Personality Investment Services & Funds

SLPFs: Partnership Funds Without Legal Personality

The Investment Services Act (Special Limited Partnership Funds) Regulations (“LN 30 (2025)” or “the Regulations”) introduced a new type of structure for investment funds in Malta which will be useful for those who are interested in setting up a vehicle without a separate legal personality. The Regulations provide the framework for the Special Limited Partnership Fund (“SLPF”), a limited partnership without juridical personality, a structure that aligns Malta with several other leading asset-management jurisdictions. The SLPF can only be set-up as an investment vehicle which is notified or licensed by the Malta Financial Service Authority (“MFSA”) as a collective investment…
Mario Mizzi
13th February 2025
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Family Offices Get Maltese Investment Law Exemption Investment Services & Funds

Family Offices Get Maltese Investment Law Exemption

Family offices which choose to manage their global investments from Malta have been given a new legal exemption through a recent amendment in the applicable investment services rulebook of the Malta Financial Services Authority (“MFSA”). On the  27th of November 2024, the MFSA issued a circular titled “Establishment of Single Family Offices in Malta”. The circular provides that a Notified Professional Investor Fund (“NPIF”) which is set up to solely manage the investment of a single family office (without raising external capital) does not require a licensed fund manager anymore. This is a beneficial exemption which reduces cost and bureaucracy…
Katya Tua and Mario Mizzi
28th November 2024