Our Corporate practice ranges from small privately held businesses to multinational companies. We counsel clients in complex transactions including mergers, sales and purchases of shares and assets, tender offers, exchange offers, and leveraged buy-outs.
Our company lawyers advise on mergers and acquisitions, divisions, and reorganisations, whether or not motivated by tax planning considerations. The firm assists its clients in relation to issues of corporate governance and general company law matters under Maltese company law as well as advises directors and other company officers as to their obligations.
Corporate Law
International business in Malta is usually run through the limited liability company form. For this reason, company law acts as the basis for modern businesses, which makes corporate law advice significant to all businesses. The 1995 Companies Act is the primary source of legislation governing Maltese company law.
Chetcuti Cauchi advises on various corporate law matters, from day-to-day administration to regulatory compliance. Our Corporate Services department specialises in a large amount of company management services in Malta, including company formation, official company secretarial assistance, back office administration services, tax compliance, auditing and accounting services.
Mergers & Acquisitions
As part of our corporate practice, we are geared towards assisting clients with their significant Merger & Acquisition transactions. Firstly, we carry out all necessary legal and financial due diligence processes in the early stages of the transaction in order to identify and solve any issues which may arise as early as possible. We offer our counsel to buyers, sellers and investment bankers in complex transactions which include mergers, sales, purchases of shares and assets, tender offerings, exchange offers and leveraged buy-outs.
Corporate finance
Our Corporate Law and Corporate Finance Team provides advice on project finance, corporate structuring, general corporate transactions, share transfers, agreements between shareholders, mergers and acquisitions, drafting of memoranda and articles of association, divisions, and re-organisations, both motivated and not motivated by tax planning considerations. Our company also advises on issues concerning general company law and governance matters under Maltese company law.
Banking & Finance
In the light of all the changes which the Banking & Finance sector has been experiencing, it is always wise to seek sound legal advice when it comes to important transactions. As a leading law firm, Chetcuti Cauchi possesses a wealth of expertise in all aspects of banking and finance. We advise on a wide range of banking law matters, in particular on property law transactions and mortgages, e-commerce transactions, granting of loans, merchant accounts, collateral, professional secrecy, security enforcement, syndication, online banking transactions as well as general licencing and compliance issues.