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David Zahra & Associates Advocates are excited to join the Public Interest Litigation Network (PILN), led by the Daphne Caruana Galizia Foundation, which has just been launched. As Malta’s first independent network for public interest cases, the foundation said that PILN’s purpose is to promote awareness of policy and legal systems based on the rule […]

The Use of Cash (Restriction) Regulations (the “Regulations”) have been introduced to combat money laundering and criminal activity in certain sectors involving cash payments. By virtue of the Regulations, it is now a criminal offence to make or receive payment or carry out cash transactions of €10,000 or more (or its equivalent in any other […]

The recent amendments to the Seamen Wages Council Wage Regulation Order (Subsidiary Legislation 452.51) (the “Order”) by virtue of Legal Notice 469 of 2020 brought about an increase in the minimum wage of certain categories of seafarers in order to reflect an increase in the cost of living. The amendment came into force on 1 […]

Amendments are being proposed to the Companies Act, Chapter 386 of the Laws of Malta (the “Act”) through Bill No. 233 of 2021 (the “Bill”). These amendments deal with the required qualifications for an individual to be a director of a company, the registration of electronic addresses and the obligation of every company to have […]

David Zahra & Associates Advocates (DZ&A) has maintained its rank as a Tier 2 law firm in the Financial and Corporate practice area in this year’s edition of the IFLR1000 rankings. The IFLR1000 is an independent reviewer of the world’s leading financial and corporate law firms and lawyers, carrying out research and tracking legal market […]