FIRM PROFILE

Galea Salomone & Associates was established in Malta in 1989. Galea Salomone & Associates is an independent medium-sized law firm which is highly regarded in the corporate and commercial sector. The firm’s continuing development and growth are owed primarily to a focused approach in specified commercial areas of practice, a pro-active approach to legal issues, robust academic preparation coupled with business acumen enabling the firm to provide optimum legal solutions for clients’ business requirements.

The firm’s client base is mixed though it is predominantly made up of foreign clients. The firm is broadly involved in commercial work across the board, with its core areas of practice and interest being the following:

Company Law Financial Services Regulation
Corporate Finance International Business
Banking Law
Transactions
Insurance Law
Franchising
Insolvency Law
Intellectual Property
Tax Law Maritime Law Int. Trade
Real Estate Employment
Mergers & Acquisitions Commercial Litigation
Debt Recovery
Foreign Investment

Besides the wide-ranging corporate and commercial practice, the firm has been engaged as legal advisor in relation to a number of high-profile projects, both locally and overseas. Such projects include providing legal advice in respect of mergers and acquisitions, the setting up of international franchise operations in Malta; the setting up of international industrial operations in Malta; financing deals for shipping fleets; registration of sea going vessels, liquidations of domestic and multinational companies, real estate projects; investment vehicles; privatisations, bringing of securities to listing on the stock exchange, establishment and operation of financial institutions established in Malta, advising local government authorities and agencies on financial services.