Senior Associate
Andrea Theuma
Andrea Theuma
Andrea Theuma is a Senior Associate with the Corporate Finance & Insolvency Group at Mamo TCV Advocates. He first joined Mamo TCV Advocates in June 2014 after graduating Doctor of Laws from the University of Malta in 2014. Andrea followed up his studies with a Masters of Law degree in corporate and commercial law at the University of London. His main practice areas include asset management & securities, banking & corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions, insolvency and debt restructuring, corporate rescue and company incorporations.
Andrea’s other specialist areas include providing advice to clients on issues of interpretation and regulatory compliance with local and EU legislation (as applicable) and liaising with the competent authorities on matters affecting stakeholders within a wide range of industries, ranging from gaming and betting to the pharma and cannabis industry.
Practice Areas
- Corporate and M&A
- Banking and Finance
- Regulatory Compliance
- Gaming and Betting Law
- Insolvency and Restructuring
Education
- Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in Legal and Humanistic (European) Studies (2011, University of Malta)
- Doctor of Laws (LL.D.), (2014, University of Malta)
- Master of Laws (LL.M.) in Commercial & Corporate Law – (2021, University of London)
Representative Experience
- Advised acquiring party in the acquisition of an international pharmaceutical group of companies in a deal worth $2.9 Billion.
Regularly acts as counsel for a number of prominent banks and financial institutions in banking financing operations and in asset-based securities - Acts as local counsel to one of the largest, leading international tobacco company by advising on the compliance of the new EU Tobacco Products Directive
- Advised a large mining company in resolving a deadlock scenario on both a shareholder and Board of Directors’ level
Memberships
- Malta Chamber of Advocates
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Palazzo Pietro Stiges
103, Strait Street
Valletta, VLT 1436
Malta
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