Law Booth - Fenech & Fenech Advocates Podcast: Recent Episodes
Fenech & Fenech Advocates
Founded in 1891, Fenech & Fenech Advocates is the longest established law firm in Malta. Its legal expertise spans numerous practice areas including Corporate, Commercial, Shipping and Maritime, Aviation, Tax, Immigration, Litigation, Employment, Data Protection, Financial Services, Telecoms, Media and Technology (TMT) and Intellectual Property. In addition, the Firm’s associated company, Fenlex Corporate Services Ltd, is an authorised company service provider that has, since the late 1980s, assisted businesses in setting up structures and operations on the island by providing a wide range of corporate services.Law Booth tackles different topics that are of relevance to the Firm and Fenlex’s practice areas. Listen to seasoned lawyers and corporate services practitioners from these entities as they engage in interesting discussions and debates relative to the legal and corporate world.
In this episode of Law Booth, Thomas Bugeja, Partner, and Maria DeBono, Associate, from the Firm’s Competition Law Practice, sit down with Dr. Aloysius Bianchi, Director of the Inspectorate and Cartel Investigations Directorate within the Maltese Office for Competition (OfC), to discuss the practical realities of Maltese competition law and its enforcement in Malta.
In this Law Booth episode, Dr. Jake Desira, Associate within the International Practice Department, sits down with GħSL President, Mr. Andrew Drago. On this episode of Law Booth, Fenech & Fenech have chosen to discuss the draft bill entitled the ‘Judicial Review Act,’ with GħSL who originally proposed such bill. Together, they discuss the current flaws and pitfalls of judicial review of administrative action and explore the way forward as proposed by GħSL in its draft bill which is aimed at reforming the institute.
Dr. Nicholas DeBono and Dr. Maria Camilleri discuss property ownership and the implications when contracting marriage in Malta. This podcast delves into regulating spouses' property, analysing matrimonial regimes, with a focus on Community of Acquests as the default regime together with analysing the ways of derogating therefrom.
In this thirteenth podcast episode of Law Booth, Dr. Peter Grima and Dr. Matthew Cassar from Fenech & Fenech Advocates’ Ship Finance and Ship Registration Departments discuss the implications of climate change mitigation measures that have been introduced at IMO and EU level and those that are due to be introduced in the coming years, as well as the numerous voluntary measures introduced by stakeholders, each aimed at expediting the transition to a carbon neutral shipping industry.
In the twelfth episode of Law Booth, Luca Amato, Senior Associate within our Corporate and Commercial department, sits down with Bethany Magro, COO of the Malta National Foreign Direct Investment Screening Office, to discuss Malta’s FDI regime and its implications on M&A transactions in Malta.
Fenech & Fenech Advocates presents the 11th episode of its Podcast, ‘Law Booth’, where Senior Associate Martina Farrugia speaks to Ann Fenech, head of Fenech & Fenech Marine Litigation Department about her new role as the President of the Comite’ Maritime International, her vision for her term of presidency, and the latest developments in the Convention on the International Effects of Judicial Sales of Ships which was approved by the United Nations General Assembly on the 7 December 2022.
In the tenth episode of Law Booth, Alison Vassallo, head of our Yachting Department, speaks with Rory Jackson, Head of Superyachts at VesselsValue, to gain insight on trends and predictions in the superyacht industry in these extraordinary times. Subjects covered include the current state of the global superyacht orderbook, usage trends and sustainability.
In the ninth episode of Law Booth, Dr Nicholas DeBono and Dr Christian Ellul from the Litigation Department talk about the rights and obligations that arise from a Promise of Sale agreement (“the Konvenju”) and the issues and clauses one should cater for and watch out for when entering into such agreement before acquiring property. The common issues that may arise from Promise of Sale agreements are also discussed together with the remedies available, both from a buyer’s and seller’s perspective.
In the eight podcast episode of Law Booth, Dr. Paul Gonzi, Partner and Head of the Employment Law Department at the Firm, discusses the newly introduced Work-Life Balance for Parents and Carers Regulations with Ms. Diane Vella Muscat, Director General of the Department of Industrial and Employment Relations.
In the seventh podcast episode of Law Booth, Dr. Peter Grima and Dr. Matthew Cassar from Fenech & Fenech Advocates’ Ship Finance Department talk about the new market realities being faced by the shipping community two and a half years on from the first cases of Covid-19, as well as the more recent ongoing sanctions against Russian entities and individuals and the corresponding impact that all this has had, and is continuing to have, on the financing and re-financing of Malta flagged vessels.
In the sixth podcast episode of Law Booth, Dr. Joseph Ghio and Dr. Steffi Vella Laurenti from Fenech & Fenech Advocates’ Aviation Department talk about the impact of sanctions on aircraft lessors.
In this fifth podcast episode, Dr Sarah Cannataci, Associate within the Technology, Media & Telecommunications Department at the Firm, sits down with the Department's leading partner, Dr Antonio Ghio, to discuss the right of access available to data subjects on the fourth anniversary of the coming into force of the General Data Protection Regulation (the 'GDPR').
In the first part of the fourth episode of the Law Booth, Maria DeBono, an Associate within the Corporate & Commercial department at the firm, discusses Subsidiary Legislation 386.24 titled the “Companies Act (Suspension of Filing for Dissolution and Winding Up) Regulations” (the “Regulations”) with Senior Associate Thomas Bugeja and Associate Nikol Caruana, both also working within the same department at the Firm, to provide our listeners with an introduction to the Regulations and what they entail. In the second part of the episode, Maria is joined by none other than the Official Receiver within the Malta Business Registry, Dr. Kevan Azzopardi who sits down to answer some of our pressing questions regarding the Regulations and how these have played out in practice.
In the third episode of the the Law Booth, Senior Associate Martina Farrugia met with Ann Fenech, Head of the Marine Litigation Department, to talk about Ann's career over the last 35 years, the highs and lows of the job and her advice for upcoming lawyers.
In this second podcast episode Romina Camilleri, Compliance Officer at Fenlex and Karl Diacono, CEO and Director of the Group discuss the regulatory challenges currently faced by Corporate Services Providers.
In Fenech and Fenech’s first podcast episode, Dr Steffi Vella Laurenti, Senior Associate within the Firm, sits down with the new Managing Partner, Dr Nicolai Vella Falzon, to hear more about the Firm, its legacy and its future direction in his own words.