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Krista Ellul recently represented David Zahra & Associates Advocates at the 5th IBA Global Entrepreneurship Conference held in Copenhagen, Denmark, between 19 and 21 May 2019. Krista Ellul was one of the key speakers in a panel discussion entitled “Blockchain technology and cryptocurrencies: the next bubble or here to stay?”, and contributed to the panel […]

David Zahra & Associates Advocates once again collaborated with FinanceMalta, the public-private initiative entusted with the promotion of the Maltese financial services industry, R&P Legal, a renowned law firm with offices throughout Italy, and this time also with Studio Rubini & Partners, in delivering on the second stage of its Blockchain Roadshow events. This time, […]

David Zahra & Associates Advocates was proud to be one of the key figures in organising the first leg of several Blockchain Roadshow events in Italy, entitled “Utilizzare La Blockchain A Malta: L’innovazione Attraverso La Regolamentazione”. The roadshow took place on 4 and 5 March 2019 at the Hotel NH Torino Santo Stefano in Torino […]

The Ministry for Justice has recently announced that the Administrative Review Tribunal would be acquiring two new specialised panels: the first intended to hear cases relating to gaming, and the second intended to hear matters concerning digital innovation. The role of the Maltese Administrative Review Tribunal is primarily to review the administrative acts of any […]

Issued on the advice of the Financial Intelligence Analysis Unit (“FIAU”), Legal Notice 430 of 2018 (the “Notice”) has introduced a series of constructive amendments to the Prevention of Money Laundering and Funding of Terrorism Regulations (“PMLFTR”). New Competent Authorities A foremost amendment is the introduction of the Asset Recovery Bureau and of the Commissioner […]

David Zahra and Krista Ellul, on behalf of David Zahra & Associates Advocates, recently attended the IBA European Start-up Conference held in Berlin. The confernce was held on 22 November at the EUREF Campus, a 5.5-hectare urban quarter is a symbol of the energy revolution in Germany which serves as a home base for companies working […]

Gianluca Busuttil, responsible for blockchain-related activities at David Zahra & Associates Advocates, will be representing the firm on a panel discussion which shall take place at the esteemed Unleash Innovation in Blockchain conference in Amsterdam, which will take place over the 10 and 11 December 2018. The panel discussion is being organised by FinanceMalta and […]

  David Zahra & Associates has recently collaborated with the Italy representative office of Bank of Valletta in drafting a concise review of the Maltese Blockchain Framework from the perspective of an ICO Issuer. The review has been distributed as part of BOV’s Italian newsletter for the month of October 2018, entitled “Malta e La […]

The blockchain revolution continues to gain more traction within the Malta thanks to the imminent enactment of Malta’s unprecedented legal framework for blockchain and distributed ledger technologies. David Zahra & Associates Advocates, as early enthusiasts of DLT technology and cryptocurrencies, have observed with great interest as the technology has developed beyond its roots as an […]