Nicholas Curmi

Practice Areas

Nicholas Curmi heads Ganado Advocates’ capital markets practice, where he advises on a broad range of securities regulation, structured finance and financial services matters, including private and public offerings of securities and listing on Maltese as well as foreign markets, also assisting listed issuers with their continuing obligations in terms of Malta’s listing rules and all relevant EU securities regulation. Nicholas is admitted to practise law in both Malta and New York.

Nicholas regularly advises on the establishment of securitisation structures. He has represented originators, arrangers and investors in securitisation transactions involving a variety of asset classes and has advised on a number of innovative deals that have made use of the unique benefits offered by Maltese securitisation vehicles. Nicholas was Co-Chair of the Malta EU Council Presidency 2017 Working Party on the proposed EU STS Securitisation Regulation, where he was responsible for leading the technical negotiations on the Regulation on behalf of the EU Council.

Nicholas is admitted to practise law in both Malta and New York.

Other Activities:

• Malta Stock Exchange External Advisory Board: 2016 – Present

• Visiting Lecturer, M.A. Financial Services, University of Malta: 2016 – Present

• New York City Bar Association Committee on Insurance Law: 2010 – 2013

• Associate Editor, Fordham Journal of Corporate & Financial Law: 2010 – 2011

Career

Ganado Advocates, Partner: 2021

Ganado Advocates, Senior Associate: 2017

Ganado Advocates, Associate: 2014

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP, New York (USA), Visiting Attorney: 2011-2013

Ganado Advocates, Advocate: 2009-2011

Professional Memberships

Maltese Bar, Superior Courts of Malta

New York State Bar, Appellate Division – First Judicial Department

New York City Bar Association

Malta Chamber of Advocates

American Chamber of Commerce in Malta

Languages Spoken

English

Italian

Maltese