Mamo TCV

Mamo TCV Advocates is one of the larger independent law firms in Malta, with a team of over fifty lawyers and professionals from other disciplines working from Valletta. The practice is organised around business law: companies and their transactions, banks and regulated financial firms, insurers, shipowners and airlines, developers and public bodies. It also acts in court and before arbitrators when matters turn contentious.

For a UK reader, the firm is worth knowing about in three situations: you are buying, selling or financing a Maltese business or property, you are setting up a regulated or fintech venture that needs a Maltese licence, or you own an aircraft, yacht or company that touches Maltese law. The firm is listed in our directory of lawyers in Malta, and this page explains the range of work so you can decide whether to send an enquiry.

A firm built on breadth

The firm aims to be a point of reference for clients who face complex business and legal questions, and its guiding ideas are integrity, practical advice in the client's interest and investment in its own people. Its leadership includes Joseph Borg Bartolo as managing partner, working with a group of fourteen partners, an of-counsel lawyer, senior associates and advisers, associates, and non-legal professionals such as a chief financial officer, a head of corporate services and an HR manager.

Mamo TCV also belongs to two international networks. World Services Group is a global membership of independent law firms with more than 120 members across over 150 jurisdictions, and the International Fraud Group is an alliance created in London in 1997 to help clients trace and recover stolen assets across several countries. For UK clients, these links mean a Maltese team that can coordinate with lawyers elsewhere.

Corporate, banking and capital markets

Corporate and M&A work is a central strength, covering company acquisitions and sales, group reorganisations, insolvency and winding up, and the court procedures under the Companies Act. Partners with a corporate focus also handle banking and finance and capital markets, including financing for acquisitions and securities issues. If you are weighing a Maltese holding or trading company, our guides to Malta's corporate tax structure and Malta tax for UK nationals give the background before you speak to a lawyer, and our featured partner CLA Malta is a separate route for accounting and tax support.

The firm also advises on data protection and privacy, competition and trade, intellectual property, telecoms, media and technology, and on public procurement and state aid. That combination is useful for a business entering the Maltese market, where contracts, regulation and employment questions usually arrive together.

Financial services regulation and fintech

Malta presents itself as a financial services domicile with a clear rulebook, and the firm's fintech and regulatory team advises throughout the licensing lifecycle: structuring, applying to the Malta Financial Services Authority, passporting services across the EU and meeting ongoing compliance duties. Clients include fund managers, investment firms, banking groups, payment and electronic money institutions, crypto-asset service providers and start-ups. Katya Tua leads this practice. See our overview of the financial services sector in Malta for the wider picture.

On funds, the team structures and licenses collective investment schemes, including UCITS, alternative investment funds and professional investor funds, and helps with the notified versions of those funds. On digital finance, it advises on crypto-assets, payment services, electronic money and tokenisation, including authorisation under the EU's MiCA regime and applications to the regulator's FinTech Regulatory Sandbox. It can also act as compliance officer for entities licensed under the Investment Services Act, draft compliance plans, advise on anti-money laundering and run staff training for regulated businesses.

Litigation, disputes and specialist sectors

Litigation and dispute resolution is a major practice, with several partners working on commercial, property and debt recovery cases and on intellectual property matters before Maltese and European courts. Mediation, arbitration and other dispute resolution have their own team, alongside winding up and insolvency, employment and industrial relations, and white-collar crime compliance.

Sector work is wide. The firm advises on shipping, yachting and transport, with a partner who covers shipping, yachting and aviation, including aircraft importation, financing and changes of ownership, and the sale and purchase of yachts. If you are still choosing a vessel, our directory lists 73 Marine, a yacht broker. Other areas include insurance and reinsurance, real estate and construction, development planning, environmental, social and governance matters, occupational health and safety, further and higher education, estate planning and inheritance administration, and immigration. Anyone planning a move can read our Malta relocation guide alongside a conversation with the immigration team, and the directory also lists ACC Malta Immigration Advisors, only a short walk away.

The partners and what they cover

Knowing who handles what helps you write a sharper enquiry. Among the partners, Mikiel Calleja, Andrew Muscat and Michael Psaila cover corporate, banking and capital markets work, with Michael Psaila also handling immigration. Veronica Grixti and Edmond Zammit Laferla work on insurance and reinsurance as well as corporate matters, and Edmond Zammit Laferla also advises on financial crime and education. Joseph Camilleri and Frank B. Testa combine litigation with development planning, and Joseph Camilleri also handles procurement.

Antoine Camilleri and Claude Micallef-Grimaud focus on intellectual property, media and technology. Christine Calleja advises on employment and dispute resolution, Jonathan Abela Fiorentino on mediation and arbitration, Stephen Muscat on litigation, and Nicholas Valenzia on shipping, yachting and aviation. A legal procurator and commissioner for oaths is also on the team, which is handy for documents that need to be sworn.

The non-legal staff include a head of corporate services, an IT and facilities manager and a marketing executive, so a client can expect support beyond the lawyers themselves.

Corporate services and trusteeship

Two subsidiaries sit alongside the law practice. TCV Management and Trust Services Limited has been incorporated since 1994 and is licensed by the MFSA to act as a trustee and corporate services provider. It assists Maltese and international clients with company incorporations and related corporate services, and it acts as company secretary for privately held companies, collective investment schemes, insurers and other regulated entities. MamoTCV Consultancy Limited offers administrative and operational support aimed at keeping costs down for clients.

Keeping the legal work and the corporate administration under one group can simplify matters if you need a Maltese company formed, maintained and advised on in one place.

Training and community

The firm runs the Mamo TCV Training Academy for professional development and publishes regular legal insights on topics such as payments law, crypto-asset rules and company court procedures. Recent pieces look at how Maltese regulation treats prediction markets, the progress of the EU's new payment services rules, and the court remedies available under the Companies Act. The firm also wrote the Maltese contribution to an international guide on artificial intelligence laws, and it co-hosted an aviation lease finance event with the Malta Business Network. It supports local charities through donations, pro bono hours for refugees from Ukraine seeking asylum in Malta, weekly help at a food bank and environmental clean-ups, and it works to cut energy and water use in its offices. It also recruits across all backgrounds and runs an inclusion programme.

Visiting the Valletta office

Valletta is compact and best explored on foot. Strait Street, where the firm's footer address sits, is a narrow lane close to bars and venues, among them the 97Notes entertainment venue. A guide to Valletta will help you plan your day around a meeting, and nearby Advocates Primei is another practice you may wish to compare. Confirm the exact building when you book.

How to start

Describe your matter in a few lines: who is involved, which country each party is in, what you want to achieve and any deadline. The firm does not publish fees, so ask how it will charge. Use the VisitMalta.co.uk enquiry form on this page and we will pass your message to Mamo TCV Advocates.