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Welcoming 2026 Summer Interns at Mamo TCV News

Welcoming 2026 Summer Interns at Mamo TCV

The Firm’s Managing Partner, Dr Joe Borg Bartolo, together with Dr Christine Calleja, partner of Employment and Industrial Relations, welcomed the interns joining this year’s summer internship programme. The programme offers university law students the opportunity to gain hands-on experience across the Firm’s various practice areas, providing valuable insight into the legal profession.
Mamo TCV Advocates
26th June 2026
MFSA Circular on Amendments to the Prospectus Regulation and Market Abuse Regulation under the EU Listing Act Capital Markets

MFSA Circular on Amendments to the Prospectus Regulation and Market Abuse Regulation under the EU Listing Act

On 19 June 2026, the Malta Financial Services Authority (“MFSA”) issued a circular drawing stakeholders’ attention to key amendments to Regulation (EU) 2017/1129, the Prospectus Regulation, and Regulation (EU) No 596/2014, the Market Abuse Regulation (“MAR”), introduced by Regulation (EU) 2024/2809 as part of the EU Listing Act package. The EU Listing Act is intended to make EU public capital markets more attractive and accessible, particularly for small and medium-sized enterprises, by reducing administrative burdens, compliance costs and regulatory complexity. The amendments highlighted by the MFSA apply as from 5 June 2026. A key change concerns the prospectus exemption threshold,…
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19th June 2026
Mamo TCV Advocates at the MSE Ringing of the Bell Event Capital Markets

Mamo TCV Advocates at the MSE Ringing of the Bell Event

On Wednesday 17th of June 2026, the Malta Stock Exchange hosted the ‘Ringing of the Bell’ ceremony to mark the listing of Challenge Aviation p.l.c. (the “Issuer”) €30 million 5.75% secured Bonds 2032 on the Official List of the Malta Stock Exchange (the “Listing”). The Listing represents a significant milestone for both the Challenge Group and Malta’s aviation sector, being the first secured bond issue backed by aircraft. Mr. Simon Zammit, Chief Executive Officer of the Malta Stock Exchange, expressed his best wishes to the Issuer on the successful commencement of trading. Mr. Yossi Shoukroun, Independent Non-Executive Director of the…
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19th June 2026
Revised formats of Insider Lists under MAR introduced by updated Implementing Technical Standards Capital Markets

Revised formats of Insider Lists under MAR introduced by updated Implementing Technical Standards

On the 15th of June 2026, the European Commission published Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2026/1291 introducing a revised set of implementing technical standards under the Market Abuse Regulation concerning the format and maintenance of insider lists (hereinafter, the “Revised ITS”). The Revised ITS will start to apply from the 5th of July 2026 and replaces Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/1210. The objective of the Revised ITS is to harmonise the use of a simplified (“alleviated”) format across all Insider Lists and reduce administrative burdens while ensuring that competent authorities retain sufficient information to monitor market abuse risks.  Key changes include, inter…
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17th June 2026
Mamo TCV Advocates Contribute to AI and Debt Collection Dialogue at LIC 2026 News

Mamo TCV Advocates Contribute to AI and Debt Collection Dialogue at LIC 2026

Mamo TCV Advocates was represented at the first day of the LIC General Assembly 2026. A central theme of the day was Artificial Intelligence (AI), with speakers exploring both the opportunities and challenges that AI presents for debt collection practices and legal advisory work. During the session, Dr Kirk Brincau and Ian Busuttil shared practical perspectives drawn from the firm’s experience, highlighting how debt collection operations are managed within the Maltese legal and regulatory framework. With Malta hosting this year’s assembly, the contribution offered attendees valuable local context and real-world examples. The League International for Creditors (LIC) is an association…
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16th June 2026
MFSA Enforcement and the Limits of Appeal Rights in Malta: Key Takeaways from the Phoenix Judgment Banking & Finance

MFSA Enforcement and the Limits of Appeal Rights in Malta: Key Takeaways from the Phoenix Judgment

The Civil Court, First Hall (Constitutional Jurisdiction), in the judgment Phoenix Payments Limited (now Lazarus Long Limited) v the Malta Financial Services Authority and the State Advocate (Application Number 272/2021), delivered by the Honorable Madam Justice Rachel Montebello on 27 April 2026, examined the administrative enforcement powers of the Malta Financial Services Authority (“MFSA”) and, critically, whether the available appeal mechanism satisfies the right to a fair hearing. Phoenix’s Application Phoenix Payments Limited (subsequently renamed Lazarus Long Limited) (“Phoenix”), a financial institution licensed and regulated by the MFSA under the Financial Institutions Act (Chapter 376 of the Laws of Malta)…
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9th June 2026