INTERNATIONAL PRIVATE CLIENTS

Our specialised private client practice provides effective legal advice to high net worth individuals, financial institutions, partnerships, professional bodies, and cultural organizations.

Our mix of legal, tax and financial expertise can provide a comprehensive service to both potential and current permanent residents in Malta where no minimum period of physical presence is required.

In particular, we are in a position to provide the following services:

liaison with our clients' foreign consultants to develop and implement tailor-made solutions which are effective and tax-efficient.

immigration expertise for successful Permanent Residence applications.

legal assistance with the purchase or rental of property in Malta, with tax advice on stamp duty and capital gains implications of Maltese property purchases.

annual tax return services and assistance with annual compliance with residence permit conditions;

Succession Planning

For the more traditional private client, typically property-owning families and those who own family businesses, we provide specialist tax planning advice to ensure that transmission to the next generation is made as tax efficiently as possible.  The estate planning exercise is as simple or complex as best suits our client's needs.

Property

Besides property law advice from our lawyers, our property consultants can help our private clients find residential property in Malta, assisting purchasers with honest, eye-opening advice on the local ins and outs of the property market.

Matrimonial

We have expertise in legal and financial implications of personal separations, foreign divorces and annulments.  Our lawyers have experience in separation proceedings, financial settlements and custody disputes.