GVZH Advocates

Firm Details:

Managing Partner: Dr Andrew J Zammit

Number of partners: 4

Number of associates: 13

Languages:Maltese, English, French & Italian

Firm Overview:

GVZH Advocates is a modern and sophisticated legal practice composed of top-tier professionals, firmly rooted in decades of experience in the Maltese legal landscape. The firm has established itself as a market leader in cross-border transactions and business structuring particularly in the banking and finance, hospitality, pharmaceutical and telecommunications and technology sectors. Built on the values of acumen, integrity and clarity, the firm is dedicated to providing the highest levels of customer satisfaction, ensuring that legal solutions are not only soundly rooted and rigorously tested, but also meticulously implemented.

Banking & Finance:

GVZH Advocates is actively involved in banking, finance and capital market transactions in Malta, and the volume, nature and complexity of deals handled by the firm each year stands as evidence of the depth and breadth of its expertise. The firm acts for both institutional lenders and borrowers on a variety of financing and secured lending transactions.

Contact: Dr Kurt Hyzler

Email: [email protected]

Corporate & M&A:

The foundations of GVZH Advocates lie in our corporate and M&A practice, acting predominantly for an international client base in cross-border transactions, advising on all aspects of the Maltese legal and regulatory landscape . The firm has acted as Maltese counsel for several Fortune 500 companies, advising on international merger and acquisition transactions, tender offers, corporate restructuring, transfers of business, spin-offs and leveraged buy-out transactions, mandatory bids, and capital market transactions. The firm is geared to assist buyers, sellers, investors, investment banks, commercial banks, private equity and venture capital funds, institutional lenders, and management groups.

Contact: Dr Kurt Hyzler

Email: [email protected]

Data Protection:

Forming part of the firm’s TMT practice, the privacy and data protection practice is active in advising on all aspects of the GDPR, from audits and compliance to the handling of data breaches, incident responses, and international data transfers.

Contact: Dr Andrew J Zammit

Email: [email protected]

Employment & Industrial Relations Law:

Whilst the firm’s M&A practice generates a significant volume of work on transfers of undertakings and the related safeguarding of employee rights, principally from an employer perspective, the firm is also heavily engaged in advising on collective agreements, posting of workers, gig economy models for freelance workers, managing work permits, structuring employee share option programmes, and the hiring and dismissal of C-suite staff.

Contact: Dr Ann Bugeja

Email: [email protected]

Financial Services:

GVZH Advocates boasts a leading financial services practice, covering banking, payment services, asset management, and insurance business, and is retained by top names for their legal and regulatory needs in Malta.

Contact: Dr Andrew J Zammit & Dr Kurt Hyzler

Email: [email protected]

iGaming:

The firm advises top-end gaming operators with all their licensing, legal and compliance requirements in Malta, working alongside a wide network of advisors in other jurisdictions worldwide.

Contact: Dr Andrew J Zammit

Email: [email protected]

Intellectual Property:

GVZH Advocates offers a full spectrum of IP related services, advising clients on technology and software related issues, as well as traditional trademark, copyright and patent-related work for several household name brands.

Contact: Dr Michael Grech

Email: [email protected]

Private Client, Citizenship & Residence:

The firm provides an array of solutions to private clients including assistance with obtaining work permits; obtaining special tax statuses; applying for Maltese citizenship by naturalisation or by investment and any legal aspects related to relocating to Malta.

Contact: Dr Ann Bugeja

Email: [email protected]

Technology, Media & Telecommunications (TMT):

The firm’s TMT team is a cross-disciplinary team dealing with various aspects of the technology, media and telecommunications industries, advising on various legal, regulatory and compliance issues from the regulation of satellite transmissions to converging technologies, and from the legal aspects of IOT technologies to legal intercept allowances under Maltese legislation. The team has been engaged to advise the FAANG companies on some aspects of their business in Malta.

Contact: Dr Andrew J Zammit

Email: [email protected]