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Published:
28.08.2025
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28.08.2025
28.08.2025

Chetcuti Cauchi Advocates featured in Chambers Expert Focus for Malta’s Private Wealth Law

By
Jean-Philippe Chetcuti
(
Managing Partner
)
Antoine Saliba Haig
(
Partner, Immigration & Global Mobility
)
Magdalena Velkovska
(
Director, Private Client Tax
)
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Chetcuti Cauchi Advocates has been featured in Chambers Expert Focus for its authoritative overview of Malta’s private wealth legal framework. Authored by Jean-Philippe Chetcuti, Antoine Saliba Haig, and Magdalena Velkovska, the article explores why Malta continues to attract high-net-worth individuals and families seeking robust legal structures for tax planning, succession, and investor residency.

As part of Chambers’ global Expert Focus series, this contribution places Malta alongside other leading wealth jurisdictions, offering comparative insights into private client law. The article highlights Malta’s strategic advantages, legal flexibility, and the depth of expertise available to international families and their advisers.

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Copyright © 2025 Chetcuti Cauchi. This document is for informational purposes only and does not constitute legal advice. Professional legal advice should be obtained before taking any action based on the contents of this document. Chetcuti Cauchi disclaims any liability for actions taken based on the information provided. Reproduction of reasonable portions of the content is permitted for non-commercial purposes, provided proper attribution is given and the content is not altered or presented in a false light.

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what's inside

Chetcuti Cauchi Advocates has been featured in Chambers Expert Focus for its authoritative overview of Malta’s private wealth legal framework. Authored by Jean-Philippe Chetcuti, Antoine Saliba Haig, and Magdalena Velkovska, the article explores why Malta continues to attract high-net-worth individuals and families seeking robust legal structures for tax planning, succession, and investor residency.

As part of Chambers’ global Expert Focus series, this contribution places Malta alongside other leading wealth jurisdictions, offering comparative insights into private client law. The article highlights Malta’s strategic advantages, legal flexibility, and the depth of expertise available to international families and their advisers.

  • Malta offers flexible succession planning structures tailored to international families.
  • Tax planning in Malta benefits from a robust legal framework and EU-compliant incentives.
  • Investor residency programmes in Malta provide attractive options for HNWIs.
  • Malta’s private wealth laws support cross-border estate and citizenship planning.

Our contribution to Chambers Expert Focus

We are proud to share our latest contribution to Chambers Expert Focus, where our team provides a comprehensive overview of Malta’s private wealth legal landscape. Authored by Jean-Philippe Chetcuti, Antoine Saliba Haig and Magdalena Velkovska, the article explores Malta’s appeal to high-net-worth individuals and families, covering key areas such as tax planning, succession structures, and investor residency.

This publication is part of Chambers’ global Expert Focus series, which features thought leadership from top-ranked law firms across jurisdictions. Our Malta-focused insights sit alongside contributions from leading firms in other wealth hubs, offering readers a comparative perspective on private wealth law worldwide.

📖 Read our full article on Chambers: MALTA: An Introduction to Private Wealth Law

About Chambers and Partners

Chambers is one of the most respected legal directories globally, known for its rigorous search and rankings of law firms and lawyers. Its Expert Focus platform showcases in-depth commentary from top-tier professionals, making it a trusted source for legal insights among general counsel, private clients, and industry leaders

About our Private Client Practice

OurMalta Private Clients practice serves successful families, HNWIs, theirtrustees, family offices, private banks and wealth management advisers.  Our Private Client lawyers cover all aspectsof estate planning, tax planning, succession planning, immigration andresidency and citizenship planning. With advisers spanning the legal,accounting and tax professions, we boast a commitment to quality whist at thesame time emphasising responsiveness and paramount client service.

Copyright © 2026 Chetcuti Cauchi. This document is for informational purposes only and does not constitute legal advice. Professional legal advice should be obtained before taking any action based on the contents of this document. Chetcuti Cauchi disclaims any liability for actions taken based on the information provided. Reproduction of reasonable portions of the content is permitted for non-commercial purposes, provided proper attribution is given and the content is not altered or presented in a false light.

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What success sounds like,from our clients

We have a superstar client point of contact in Magdalena Velkovska. We use the firm for everything - setting up and managing entities, asset purchases and disposals, citizenship, tax, and as such use members of the entire team. She provides a superior, single point of contact.

Private Client speaking to Legal 500 Private Client Tax

It took me time to find such a well-informed source of guidance in establishing a course of action that best suits my circumstances in preserving my quality of life and assets. Taxation regulations differ from country to country, making professional advice essential. I have no hesitation in stating that I found Messrs. Chetcuti Cauchi, and more specifically Magdalena Velkovska, as an illuminated lighthouse of information and advice on Maltese law and regulations – help that has been invaluable to me.

Retired HNW Business Owner

I engaged Chetcuti Cauchi to transition my citizenship by investment process, started before the ECJ decision, to the new Citizenship by Merit laws in Malta. Partners Jean-Philippe Chetcuti, Priscilla Mifsud-Parker, and Antoine Saliba-Haig inspired confidence in their extensive experience from the first conversations, which confirmed my decision to work with a local specialist law firm. JP, Priscilla and Antoine stayed involved throughout the case right to completion, in a process that clearly needed senior legal attention. I am now a proud Maltese citizen, having moved from the US to Malta with my family. I'm in love with Malta, the Mediterranean lifestyle, the inclusivity and above all, the warm people I now form part of.

Tech Entrepreneur & Venture Capitalist, USA

We have worked with Magdalena Velkovska, and she is exceptional, detailed, and deal oriented. She has responded in time, giving us, prompt, well explained detailed information on the subject.

Legal 500, Private Client, 2024

Magdalena Velkovska is a very knowledgeable and competent lawyer. Her experience is evident as she is even pre-empting what would my questions be, what I would be concerned about - and she addressed all these points in the most calm, clear and understandable way. She was very diligent, reliable and prompt in handling all my matters and applied thorough legal analysis to my case, unlike the previous lawyer I had engaged. She is very easy to work with, and I would definitely recommend her.

Legal 500, Private Client, 2024

Dr. Chetcuti has always shown great wisdom and knowledge. He’s remarkably courteous and client-oriented.

UHNWI speaking to Chambers & Partners, Private Wealth Law

Antoine is very professional and knows his field of expertise very well.

Chambers & Partners, Private Wealth Guide

My wife and I have an association with Chetcuti Cauchi since 2009. They assisted  us with our original residence permit applications for Malta and since then  have taken care of our annual income tax submissions and Permanent Residence and residence card renewals. They always handle our matters very efficiently  and professionally. The consultants that work with us are friendly, helpful  and very competent. They are familiar with the regulations and procedures in  the related government departments, and this makes the process run extremely  smoothly for us. We are very satisfied with the service we received from  Chetcuti Cauchi and will continue to maintain our relationship with them in  future. We can highly recommend them for any of the services that they offer.

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