Our Startup Lawyers Team advises founders, early-stage ventures, scaleups and technology-enabled businesses on the legal, tax and corporate structuring decisions that shape long-term success.We support clients across the full startup lifecycle—from formation and governance to funding, IP protection, regulatory matters, cross-border expansion, and investor-facing compliance.Working within Malta’s increasingly sophisticated innovation ecosystem, our integrated legal-tax-corporate approach ensures that founders benefit from precise, commercially-oriented advice grounded in international best practice and sector-specific insight.

Danielle Mercieca
As a technology lawyer, Danielle has extensive technology law experience in the private and public sectors and her legal practice covers technology contracts, public procurement, technology-related contracts, intellectual property, privacy and defamation actions, and AI legal advisory and regulatory compliance. Her areas of expertise include ICT Law, IGaming, Cybersecurity, Privacy Law, Telecoms, GDPR, and Digital Gaming, with a strong focus on emerging technologies and regulatory frameworks.

Susanna Grech Deguara
Susanna focuses on Intellectual Property, Technology, and Innovation‑driven legal matters, guiding clients in protecting digital assets and navigating the legal implications of emerging technologies. Her work also spans the Maritime & Aviation sectors, where she assists clients operating across highly regulated industries. With a background that blends legal training with marketing and technology insight, she supports clients in developing IP strategies aligned to their commercial priorities.

Kimberley Zarb
With an extensive background in corporate, commercial, civil, and fintech law, Kimberley offers expert guidance and support to clients on a broad spectrum of legal issues. Her key areas of expertise include Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate Law, Commercial Law, and Corporate Services, supporting both local and international clients across various sectors.

Charlene Mifsud
Dr Charlene Mifsud leads the firm’s Property & Real Estate Law practice and the Corporate & Commercial team. She advises high‑net‑worth individuals, family offices, international investors, and corporate groups on strategic decisions involving property, succession, and corporate structuring.
Recognised for her calm authority, precision, and multidisciplinary depth, Charlene brings together real‑estate expertise with corporate, tax, residency, and succession considerations to deliver integrated solutions. Her approach ensures that clients’ assets, transactions, and long‑term objectives are aligned within coherent, future‑proof legal structures.

Jean-Philippe Chetcuti
Senior private client lawyer specialising in global citizenship and European residency programmes, Maltese Citizenship by Merit, family office structuring, international tax, trusts and estate planning. Jean-Philippe has advised some of the world's most accomplished ultra-HNWIs and their family offices, lawyers, private banks, and wealth managers.

Priscilla Mifsud Parker
Priscilla is a private client lawyer who heads the Families & Wealth and Corporate, Trusts & Fintech practice groups at Chetcuti Cauchi. She specialises in wealth structuring and preservation for business families and high net worth individuals and cooperates with legal and tax advisors worldwide to plan, set up and maintain corporate structure representing an international footprint. Priscilla also advises on residence and citizenship.




