Matthew Bianchi

Practice Areas

Matthew Bianchi is the Partner heading the firm’s insurance and pensions legal and regulatory team. As a leading specialist in insurance, he regularly advises insurance and reinsurance companies, insurance managers, captive insurers, protected cell companies (PCCs) and insurance intermediaries established in Malta or offering their services there. He is also active in the field of insurance securitisation and assisted with the establishment of the first ILS structures.

Matthew sits as the Secretary General of the Malta Association of Insurance Brokers and the Malta Insurance Managers Association and represents the Maltese insurance industry as a Governor on the Board of FinanceMalta.

As head of the pensions team, Matthew was instrumental in the development of a market for pensions in Malta and now supports and advises most of the pension trustees. He was also a founder of the Association of Pension Administrators.

Career

Ganado Advocates, Partner: 2009

Ganado Advocates, Senior Associate: 2007

Holland & Knight LLP, New York (USA), Secondment: 2003

Ganado Advocates, Associate: 2002

Professional Memberships

Admitted to the Maltese Bar, Superior Courts of Malta

Member of the Chamber of Advocates

Member of the Institute of Financial Services Practitioners (IFSP) Insurance Sub-Committee

Governor and Deputy Chairman at FinanceMalta

Malta Financial Services Advisory Council Sub-Committee Chair

Languages Spoken

English

Italian

Maltese