[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":177},["ShallowReactive",2],{"$fI3QWa6NbgWnPLT9jtZTFk7O5Mdo7J-4rf6gIJsEJ8PE":3},{"id":4,"slug":5,"name":6,"position":7,"email":8,"phone":9,"linkedin":10,"facebook":11,"twitter":11,"photo":12,"bio":13,"bioHtml":14,"insights":15,"practiceAreas":176},1,"alain-muscat","Alain Muscat","Partner","amuscat@muscatmizzi.com","+356 21 241577","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.linkedin.com\u002Fin\u002Falain-muscat-7189a37b\u002F",null,"https:\u002F\u002Fadmin.muscatmizzi.com\u002Fstorage\u002Fmedia\u002F50rJ0g02JU9tOAh1EgjFwYEsUwq1WIObo58K0qbI.jpg","Dr. Alain Muscat is an accomplished lawyer with dual expertise in law and finance. Holding a Doctor of Laws (LL.D.) degree from the University of Malta and a Master of Science (M.Sc) in Law and…","\u003Cp>Dr. Alain Muscat is an accomplished lawyer with dual expertise in law and finance. Holding a Doctor of Laws (LL.D.) degree from the University of Malta and a Master of Science (M.Sc) in Law and Finance from the University of London, Queen Mary he blends legal acumen with a keen interest in financial markets. Specialising in corporate law, finance, as well as intellectual property. Dr. Muscat offers comprehensive legal solutions tailored to his clients' needs.\u003C\u002Fp>\r\n\u003Cp> \u003C\u002Fp>",[16,24,31,36,43,50,57,63,70,77,84,91,97,103,109,116,122,128,135,141,147,152,159,164,170],{"id":17,"slug":18,"title":19,"excerpt":20,"date":21,"category":22,"image":23},186,"court-of-appeal-overturns-arbiters-decision-in-favour-of-appellant","Court of Appeal Overturns Arbiter’s Decision in Favour of Appellant","In a judgment delivered on 18th September 2024, the Maltese Court of Appeal, presided by Hon. Judge Lawrence Mintoff, ruled in favour of the appellant, overturning a prior decision by the Arbiter for…","September 2024","Financial And Investment Services Disputes","https:\u002F\u002Fadmin.muscatmizzi.com\u002Fstorage\u002Fmedia\u002FzrwZZeC2gf0pfqUJBVNeecDIWnPV7XVWC354LGGv.jpg",{"id":25,"slug":26,"title":27,"excerpt":28,"date":29,"category":30,"image":11},172,"muscat-mizzi-advocates-hosting-the-it-ip-law-group-europe-in-malta","Muscat Mizzi Advocates hosting the IT IP Law Group Europe in Malta","We are delighted to be hosting the IT IP Law Group Europe in Malta this weekend.","May 2022","Technology & IP Transactions",{"id":32,"slug":33,"title":34,"excerpt":35,"date":29,"category":11,"image":11},171,"freedom-of-information-law-challenged-in-the-constitutional-court","Freedom of Information Law Challenged in the Constitutional Court","We are proud to be assisting the Daphne Caruana Galizia Foundation, together with our colleague Dr. Claire Bonello, in constitutional proceedings, in which we seek to challenge, in particular,…",{"id":37,"slug":38,"title":39,"excerpt":40,"date":41,"category":42,"image":11},170,"buying-real-estate-off-plan-be-aware-of-the-risks","Buying real estate off-plan? Be aware of the risks.","Real estate is the world’s most important and largest asset class, and is purchased both as a utility as well as an investment.","January 2022","Real Estate Disputes",{"id":44,"slug":45,"title":46,"excerpt":47,"date":48,"category":49,"image":11},167,"muscat-mizzi-advocates-joins-the-public-interest-litigation-network","Muscat Mizzi Advocates joins the 'Public Interest Litigation Network'","The practice of law is a privilege that carries with it the responsibility to serve our community whenever it is possible for us to do so.","September 2021","Dispute Resolution",{"id":51,"slug":52,"title":53,"excerpt":54,"date":55,"category":56,"image":11},166,"zero-commission-trading-is-payment-for-order-flow-consistent-local-rules-transposing-mifid-ii","Zero-Commission Trading: Is Payment for Order Flow consistent with local rules transposing MiFID II?","The rise of zero-commission trading has brought about a revolution in the investment services industry; contributing in part to the unprecedented number of retail investors that are now actively…","July 2021","Financial Services",{"id":58,"slug":59,"title":60,"excerpt":61,"date":62,"category":56,"image":11},164,"2021-online-trading-platforms-and-risks-to-investor-protection","2021: Online Trading Platforms and Risks to Investor Protection","Among several events that 2021 will be remembered for, this year will probably go down as the year in which financial markets saw unprecedented levels of trading volumes, ostensibly due to the…","March 2021",{"id":64,"slug":65,"title":66,"excerpt":67,"date":68,"category":69,"image":11},153,"licence-required-to-provide-services-of-a-property-broker-or-a-real-estate-agent","Licence required to provide services of a property broker or a real estate agent","A new legal notice regulating the licensing of property brokers and real estate agents in Malta was enacted on the 3rd of July, 2020. The following article gives an overview of the most important…","July 2020","Real Estate",{"id":71,"slug":72,"title":73,"excerpt":74,"date":75,"category":76,"image":11},148,"employee-share-options-in-malta","Employee Share Options in Malta","Employee share options are often used to align the interests of employees with those of the company by tying part of the remuneration package with performance, as reflected in the share price.","January 2020","Employment",{"id":78,"slug":79,"title":80,"excerpt":81,"date":82,"category":83,"image":11},144,"muscat-mizzi-receives-in-principle-approval-to-act-as-vfa-agent","Muscat Mizzi receives 'in principle' approval to act as VFA Agent","Muscat Mizzi Advocates is pleased to announce that its virtual financial assets arm, MMC Consultancy Limited, is in receipt of an ‘in principle’ approval from the Malta Financial Services Authority…","April 2019","Transactions",{"id":85,"slug":86,"title":87,"excerpt":88,"date":89,"category":90,"image":11},142,"esmas-advice-on-icos-and-crypto-assets-an-endorsement-of-maltas-legal-framework","ESMA’s Advice on ICOs and Crypto-Assets: an endorsement of Malta’s legal framework?","On 9 January 2019, the European Securities and Markets Authority (“ESMA”) published its advice to regulators across the EU Member States in relation to initial coin offerings (“ICOs”) and…","February 2019","DLT & Fintech",{"id":92,"slug":93,"title":94,"excerpt":95,"date":96,"category":90,"image":11},141,"blockchain-and-crypto-looking-beyond-the-hype","Blockchain and Crypto: Looking beyond the hype","The dialogue on the subject of blockchain has evolved since bitcoin achieved mainstream notoriety a few years ago.","January 2019",{"id":98,"slug":99,"title":100,"excerpt":101,"date":102,"category":90,"image":11},137,"summary-of-the-3-main-acts-related-to-blockchain-technology","Summary of the 3 main acts related to blockchain technology","Malta has established itself as the ‘first mover’ in the regulation of businesses utilizing distributed ledger technology (DLT), upon which blockchain is based.","August 2018",{"id":104,"slug":105,"title":106,"excerpt":107,"date":108,"category":90,"image":11},134,"an-appraisal-of-the-mfsas-proposed-financial-instrument-test","An appraisal of the MFSA’s proposed ‘Financial Instrument Test’","Pursuant to the ‘Discussion Paper on Initial Coin Offerings, Virtual Currencies and Related Service Providers’, the MFSA has released a consultation document in respect of the ‘financial instrument…","June 2018",{"id":110,"slug":111,"title":112,"excerpt":113,"date":114,"category":115,"image":11},129,"guidelines-issued-on-procurement-of-consent-under-gdpr","Guidelines issued on procurement of consent under GDPR","As businesses set out to implement operational changes to phase into the new regulatory environment brought about by the GDPR, many are those who are still struggling to understand the parameters in…","January 2018","Data Protection & Privacy",{"id":117,"slug":118,"title":119,"excerpt":120,"date":121,"category":115,"image":11},127,"the-right-to-be-forgotten-part-two","The Right to be Forgotten - Part Two","In May 2014, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) ruled that search engines, such as Google, assumed the function of a controller and set out the right of data subjects to request the…","November 2017",{"id":123,"slug":124,"title":125,"excerpt":126,"date":127,"category":115,"image":11},123,"the-right-to-be-forgotten-part-one","The right to be forgotten – Part One","Negative search engine results can have undesired consequences such as loss of business or employment opportunities. This can be disproportionately unfair if the information is false, misleading or…","April 2017",{"id":129,"slug":130,"title":131,"excerpt":132,"date":133,"category":134,"image":11},122,"proposed-amendments-to-euveca-and-eusef-regulations-to-face-european-parliamentary-process","Proposed amendments to EuVECA and EuSEF Regulations to face European Parliamentary process","On the 22nd July 2013, the European Parliament enacted Regulation 345\u002F2013 and 346\u002F2013 which laid down uniform requirements and conditions for managers of European Venture Capital Funds (EuVECAs)…","November 2016","Compliance",{"id":136,"slug":137,"title":138,"excerpt":139,"date":140,"category":30,"image":11},119,"copyright-aspects-of-hyperlinking","Copyright aspects of hyperlinking","A hyperlink, or simply a link, is a reference to data found elsewhere on the internet. It is the most common tool used to share information online and is oftentimes considered to be a sine qua non to…","October 2016",{"id":142,"slug":143,"title":144,"excerpt":145,"date":146,"category":83,"image":11},118,"malta-ranked-at-the-top-of-the-eu-scoreboard","Malta ranked at the top of the EU Scoreboard","The European Commission has once again ranked Malta among the top 5 European Union Member States, according to the latest Competitiveness scoreboard published on Thursday 29th September 2016. In…","September 2016",{"id":148,"slug":149,"title":150,"excerpt":151,"date":146,"category":56,"image":11},117,"the-apple-ruling-and-its-relevance-to-the-maltese-tax-regime","The Apple ruling and its relevance to the Maltese tax regime","In a recent State aid ruling delivered by the European Commission’s competition department, Apple Inc., a multinational consumer electronics company, was ordered to pay €13 billion (plus…",{"id":153,"slug":154,"title":155,"excerpt":156,"date":157,"category":158,"image":11},116,"hows-that-for-roi","How’s that for ROI…","In July 2016, the Ultimate Fighting Championship (“UFC”) was sold for a price tag of $4 billion, making it the most expensive transaction in history for a sports organization.","August 2016","Mergers & Acquisitions",{"id":160,"slug":161,"title":162,"excerpt":163,"date":157,"category":83,"image":11},114,"choosing-the-right-business-set-up","Choosing the right business set-up","When it comes to starting your own business, it is important to identify the right set-up to cater for your individual requirements and those of your business. In order to guide you in this journey,…",{"id":165,"slug":166,"title":167,"excerpt":168,"date":169,"category":30,"image":11},108,"choosing-the-right-brand-name","Choosing the right brand name","A trademark is what makes one item or service distinguishable from another and in order for it to be effective, it usually has to be distinct from other marks and must have a quality which makes it…","June 2016",{"id":171,"slug":172,"title":173,"excerpt":174,"date":175,"category":134,"image":11},109,"new-investment-fund-rules-set-out-to-solve-time-to-market-issues","New investment fund rules set out to solve time to market issues","Last February, the Malta Financial Services Authority (MFSA) announced its intention to implement a new set of rules to govern the notification (as opposed to the licensing) of Alternative Investment…","May 2016",[90,30,56,83,115],1786960193932]