Andrew J Zammit

Practice Areas

Baking & Finance

Corporate and Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A)

Financial Services & Fintech

iGaming Law

Career

Andrew is the firm’s managing partner and is actively involved in mergers and acquisitions, corporate finance, licensing of financial services businesses with the Malta Financial Services Authority (MFSA) and banking and finance transactions. He has a passion for businesses within the TMT and Fintech space, having pioneered the licensing of various fintech and online gaming operators in Malta, and led various corporate acquisitions including the sale of Malta’s largest quad telecoms player, and many significant acquisitions within the online gaming sector.

Professional Memberships

Malta Chamber of Advocates

International Bar Association

International Tax Planning Association

International Fiscal Association

Employment Law Alliance

International Masters of Gaming Law

Institute for Financial Services Practitioners

FinanceMalta

Malta Maritime Law Association

Work Highlights

Assisting eToro obtain an Electronic Money Institution (EMI) licence from the Malta Financial Services Authority and establish their operations in Malta (April 2021)

Advising EPIC Communications Limited (formerly Vodafone Malta Limited) in relation to a corporate restructuring and the spinning-off of their base transmission station (BTS) assets in the context of a sale to Phoenix Tower international (March 2021)

Advising OPAP Investment Limited on their acquisition of a controlling interest in Kaizen, a Malta-based online gaming operator (March 2021)

Assisting Calamatta Cuschieri with obtaining an Electronic Money Institution (EMI) licence from the Malta Financial Services Authority for their fully owned subsidiary Moneybase Limited

Advising Mastercard on the roll-out of various programmes and initiatives in the Maltese market (ongoing).

Advising the American Insurance Group (AIG) on various aspects of their Maltese operations (ongoing).

Acting as Malta counsel to Apax Partners Midmarket SAS in respect of their acquisition of 100% of Melita, a leading converged telecommunications operator in Malta, and on all Maltese law aspects of the financing of the transaction (February 2016).

Assisting the vendors of Tipico in the context of the 100% equity buyout by CVC Capital Partners (February 2016)

Expert in these Jurisdictions

Malta

Languages Spoken

Andrew is fluent in English, Maltese, Italian and French.

Education