Filletti & Filletti Advocates

Filletti & Filletti Advocates is a Valletta law firm best known for criminal law, supported by a practice in civil and commercial disputes, property and family matters. Its office is at 123 Old Bakery Street in the capital, and the firm acts for private individuals, employers, employees and companies.

For UK readers the main reasons to get in touch are practical: a dispute that must be heard in Maltese courts, a property purchase or lease, a family matter, or a criminal case involving Malta. The firm appears in our directory of lawyers in Malta.

Leadership and team

The managing partner is Professor Stefano Filletti, a specialist in criminal law. He is Senior Lecturer and Head of the Department of Criminal Law at the University of Malta's Faculty of Laws and a visiting lecturer at the International Maritime Law Institute. His studies include a PhD from the University of Malta, a master's in criminal law with distinction from Oxford as a Chevening Scholar, and a master's in international law and the law of the sea. He leads the Maltese delegation to the Council of Europe's European Committee on Crime Problems and is Honorary Consul for Ecuador.

Dr Maurice Meli is the senior associate, advising institutional and private clients on commercial, employment, public procurement and sports law and on contentious commercial contracts. Dr Martina Cuschieri and Dr Nicole Galea are associates, covering litigation in family, civil, criminal and commercial law, property and human rights. Dr Megan Sammut and Dr Maya Thornton are junior associates, and Davina Sullivan is the legal procurator who helps prepare and file court and arbitration documents.

Dr Meli has been with the firm for over a decade, having joined as a legal trainee in 2014 before being admitted to the Maltese Bar in 2017. He also advises on financial crime, sports law and distributed ledger technology. Dr Cuschieri joined in 2019 and was admitted to the Bar in 2020, with particular experience in family law proceedings, commercial disputes, property law and debt collection. The younger lawyers, who joined as interns in 2024, handle civil, criminal and corporate matters.

Criminal, civil and commercial litigation

Criminal defence is the firm's core expertise. The office has been consulted by local and foreign authorities on criminal law, including transboundary crime, extradition and surrender proceedings, which can matter to British nationals facing a European arrest or surrender request.

Civil and commercial litigation covers a wide range of business and civil disputes, including debt collection, and advice is offered to employers and employees alike. The team also assists with arbitration and other forms of alternative dispute resolution. Businesses weighing up where to base themselves can read our overview of financial services in Malta.

Property and family law

Property services include legal advice and contract drafting for leasehold and freehold contracts, and consultancy for foreign clients who want to buy or rent property in Malta. Anyone planning a purchase should also read our guide to relocating to Malta and the Malta tax guide for UK nationals.

Family law work consists of consultancy and litigation on personal separation, divorce, paternity and inheritance. The firm also runs the Consulate of the Republic of Ecuador in Malta, which is open by appointment.

Visiting the office and getting in touch

The office is on Old Bakery Street in Valletta. You can find your bearings with our Valletta guide, choose accommodation from our page on hotels in Valletta, and arrange travel using flights to Malta. Valletta rewards a longer stay, so add St John's Co-Cathedral and the Upper Barrakka Gardens to your plans, or browse things to do in Malta.

Fees are not published. Use the VisitMalta.co.uk enquiry form on this page, describe your matter briefly and say whether it is urgent, and we will pass your message to Filletti & Filletti Advocates, who will reply to you directly.