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Mamo TCV Contributes to Chambers Aviation: Finance & Leasing 2026 Aviation

Mamo TCV Contributes to Chambers Aviation: Finance & Leasing 2026

Mamo TCV Advocates is pleased to announce its contribution to the 2026 edition of the Chambers Aviation: Finance & Leasing Global Practice Guide. The Malta chapter was prepared by Partner Nicholas Valenzia and Senior Associate Joshua Chircop, who share their insights on the legal and regulatory developments shaping Malta's aviation finance and leasing sector. Mamo TCV & Aviation Mamo TCV is recognised as one of Malta's leading aviation law practices, advising local and international clients across the full spectrum of aviation-related matters. The firm's Aviation team regularly assists with complex ownership and operational structures, aircraft financing and leasing transactions, acquisitions…
Mamo TCV Advocates
24th July 2026
Mamo TCV Supports Finance Malta’s International Outreach Investment Services & Funds

Mamo TCV Supports Finance Malta’s International Outreach

As an integral active member of Finance Malta, Mamo TCV Advocates, continues to support the organisation in its mission to promote Malta as a jurisdiction of choice within global financial markets. During ADFW (the Abu Dhabi Finance Week), Dr Mario Mizzi, a financial regulatory lawyer at Mamo TCV Advocates joined Finance Malta’s delegation and shared key features of Malta’s hybrid legal framework which brings together foundations drawn from English common law and the proactive supervisory practices of a national competent authority applying EU financial legislation with proportionality. These elements combined with Malta’s EU residency routes, tax considerations, family office exemptions,…
Mamo TCV Advocates
12th December 2025
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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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Mandatory Course for Third-Country Nationals from 2026 Immigration

Mandatory Course for Third-Country Nationals from 2026

As of January 2026, third‑country nationals (TCNs) who wish to work in Malta for the first time will be required to complete and pass a mandatory online pre‑departure course on life and work in Malta, costing €250, before they can proceed with a single permit application. This measure forms part of the wider Malta Labour Migration Policy, intended to regulate inflows of non‑EU workers, raise basic standards, and support better integration and enforcement.​ The pre‑departure programme consists of two online modules covering living and working in Malta, including basic English, cultural norms, workplace hygiene and conduct, and workers’ rights and…
Julian Fenech Adami
28th November 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 Contributes to Chambers Aviation: Finance & Leasing 2025 Aviation

Mamo TCV Contributes to Chambers Aviation: Finance & Leasing 2025

Mamo TCV Advocates is pleased to announce that its Aviation team has contributed to the 2025 edition of the Chambers Aviation: Finance & Leasing Global Practice Guide. Partner Nicholas Valenzia and Senior Associate Joshua Chircop contributed to the Guide.With Paul P. Jebely from The Hague CAA acting as Contributing Editor, the guide provides the latest legal information on aircraft and engine purchase and sale, aircraft and engine leasing, aircraft debt finance, security, liens, enforcement and current legislative proposals. The Malta Guide may be accessed here: https://practiceguides.chambers.com/practice-guides/aviation-finance-leasing-2025/malta/trends-and-developments. Mamo TCV & Aviation Mamo TCV Advocates is one of the foremost law firms in Malta in the…
Mamo TCV Advocates
29th July 2025