Sammut Legal

Sammut Legal is a small law firm in Mosta that deliberately concentrates on the legal questions facing digital businesses: technology law, data privacy, cybersecurity compliance, intellectual property and business law. Clients deal directly with the senior lawyer responsible for their advice, rather than being passed through layers of a large firm.

The office is at The Agora Business Centre in Mosta, in the middle of the island. On VisitMalta.co.uk the firm is listed with the island's lawyers in Malta, a directory for UK businesses and individuals who need a Maltese legal adviser.

A boutique approach

Being boutique is a deliberate choice that keeps focus at the heart of the service. Karl Sammut is Managing Partner and leads work for technology companies, digital operators and growing businesses dealing with Maltese and EU legal requirements. Associates and other team members help with research, drafting, regulatory tracking and preparing matters, and specialist support is drawn in where it helps.

The working style is direct and commercially minded: advice is meant to make the next decision clearer, without unnecessary ceremony. It is shaped around platforms, software, data flows and digital operations, and framed in terms of risk, timing and business outcomes.

Cybersecurity and data privacy

Cybersecurity is a headline service. Sammut Legal advises on whether the NIS2 Directive, the EU rules that widened cybersecurity duties across many sectors, applies to a business, and on what follows if it does. The work also covers compliance with NIS2, DORA and Maltese cybersecurity obligations, incident response planning, security governance, board advisory and vendor due diligence.

Data privacy sits alongside it, since the firm's focus on the digital economy means working with data-heavy businesses, regulated operators and EU-facing service providers. Intellectual property advice completes the technology offer, helping clients fix their IP position before value is exposed, for example before a product launch or a contract closes. For firms in the sector, our guides to iGaming in Malta and financial services in Malta explain the wider industries in which such rules matter.

Business law and who the firm serves

The business law team handles commercial contracts, corporate governance and group structuring, employment law, joint ventures, shareholder agreements and terms of business. The firm does not offer company incorporation, registered office, nominee, fiduciary or directorship services and is not a licensed company service provider, so anyone forming a company will need a separate, licensed provider, and the firm can then advise on governance and contracts once the company exists. Our guide to the Malta corporate tax structure and the relocation guide for the UK cover the surrounding questions.

Clients include software and platform companies, AI and cloud businesses, gaming and betting operators, financial services firms, healthcare, e-commerce and media businesses, professional services firms and start-ups, as well as international companies entering Malta or structuring EU-facing operations. Tech professionals planning a move can also read our digital nomad guide. For tax advice you may want an accountant such as 3a Malta, and for a second legal opinion see Advocates Primei.

Contacting Sammut Legal

The office is at The Agora Business Centre, Office 3, Triq l-Ahwa Galea, Mosta, and opening hours are Monday to Friday, 9.00 to 18.00. If you are planning a trip to the north-west, our Mdina guide covers the walled city a few minutes away. The firm offers a free initial consultation of about thirty minutes with no commitment.

Documents, contracts and longer queries can follow once the firm replies. Describe your issue briefly and say whether it concerns technology, privacy, cybersecurity, IP or a commercial contract. Use the VisitMalta.co.uk enquiry form on this page and we will pass your message to Sammut Legal, who will reply to you directly.