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Six Months Until DORA: Mamo TCV Advocates Launches Detailed Overview Banking & FinanceCapital MarketsDORAFinTechInsurance & Reinsurance

Six Months Until DORA: Mamo TCV Advocates Launches Detailed Overview

On the 17th of January 2025, the Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) will become applicable across the EU, including Malta. Maltese financial entities and ICT providers have 6 months to prepare for the new legal obligations that shall be imposed. In conjunction, on the 17th of January 2025, the Malta Financial Services Authority Act (Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA)) Regulations, shall also come into force, further regulating the matter in Malta. We have recently launched our DORA microsite (www.doramalta.com) with easily understandable information which can serve as your reference point for available guidance. This document does not purport to give legal, financial…
Mamo TCV Advocates
17th July 2024
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Mamo TCV Welcomes New Interns for its Summer Internship Programme News

Mamo TCV Welcomes New Interns for its Summer Internship Programme

The Firm’s managing partner, Dr Joe Borg Bartolo, welcomed the new interns who have joined its summer internship programme for this year. As part of the programme, university law students are given the opportunity to obtain hands-on experience in the legal field across the Firm’s various practice areas. Two of the Firm’s newly joined associates, Dr Kristen Camilleri and Dr Jake Buttigieg, also participated in this morning’s meeting to share their internship experience at the Firm and their transition from intern to associate.
Mamo TCV Advocates
11th July 2024
Mamo TCV Advocates - Integration of EU’s MiCAR in Maltese law
FinTech Insights #7 –
Integration of EU’s MiCAR in Maltese law
FinTech

FinTech Insights #7 –
Integration of EU’s MiCAR in Maltese law

Malta has been a forerunner in regulating digital assets with the introduction of the Virtual Financial Assets Act, Chapter 590 of the Laws of Malta (the “VFA Act”) back in 2018.  Following its approval in 2022 and publication in 2023, Regulation (EU) 2023/1114 of the European Parliament and Council on markets in crypto-assets (“MiCAR”) has an 18-month window to become fully enforceable by 30th December 2024. However, MiCAR’s Title III and Title IV on issuing and regulating stablecoins will be applicable from 30th June 2024 according to Article 149 MiCAR.  Rules on crypto-asset service providers in Title V of MiCAR…
Mario Mizzi
26th June 2024
Mamo TCV Advocates - DORA Services
Are you ready for DORA? Banking & FinanceCapital MarketsDORAInsurance & ReinsuranceTelecoms, Media & Technology

Are you ready for DORA?

The ‘Digital Operational Resilience Act’ or “DORA” (Regulation (EU) 2022/2554) shall be enhancing and improving Information and Communications Technology (‘ICT’) operational risk requirements across various financial sectors. Subsequently, it imposes obligations on a vast array of different financial entities, as well as certain ICT service providers that assist such financial entities. These financial entities include the following: Credit institutions Account information service providers Investment firms Alternative Investment Fund Managers Crypto-asset service providers Payment institutions Central securities depositories Credit rating agencies Data reporting service providers Insurance and reinsurance undertakings Insurance intermediaries Crowdfunding service providers Mamo TCV Advocates can provide assistance by…
Mamo TCV Advocates
18th June 2024
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Temporary Emphyteutical Concessions of Government-Owned Commercial Property Real Estate & Construction

Temporary Emphyteutical Concessions of Government-Owned Commercial Property

A new set of regulations regulating the grant of a temporary emphyteutical concession to the emphyteuta, tenant or operator of Government-owned commercial property came into force on 4th June 2024 in virtue of Legal Notice 131 of 2024 (the “Regulations”). Eligibility Applications for the granting of a temporary emphyteutical concession of Government-owned commercial property (please refer to the First Schedule to the Regulations) are to be submitted to the Lands Authority (the “Authority”) by an applicant, being any natural or legal person, and having any of the following: (a) a valid emphyteutical concession recognised by the Authority; (b) a valid…
Dorita Cardona
13th June 2024