Senior Associate
Jeanine Mallia Schembri
Jeanine Mallia Schembri
Jeanine is a Senior Associate at Mamo TCV Advocates working with the firm’s Corporate and Commercial department. She joined the firm in July 2021. Prior to joining the firm, she worked as a Legal Associate in the legal department of a Corporate Services Provider where she gained experience in corporate law, mergers and acquisitions, shipping law and aviation related matters.
She holds a Bachelor of Laws (Honours) degree awarded by the University of Malta in 2017 after the successful submission of her research paper entitled “A Study on the effect of Judicial Discretion in Quantifying Child Maintenance in Malta: Should there be a Systematic Mathematical Calculation?”. Subsequently, she sat for and graduated with a degree in Master of Advocacy in 2018 and was admitted to the Maltese Bar in 2019.
Jeanine’s main areas of practice at the firm include certain aspects of insurance and inheritance, general commercial, corporate and property law. She is also actively involved in handling claims before the Office of the Arbiter for Financial Services (OAFS).
Jeanine is fluent in Maltese, English and has basic knowledge of Italian.
Practice Areas
- Corporate and Commercial
- Litigation
- Arbitration, Mediation and other Dispute Resolution
- Insurance and Reinsurance
- Real Estate and Construction
- Shipping and Yachting
Education
- Bachelor of Laws (Honours) (LL.B. (Hons.)) (2017, University of Malta)
- Master of Advocacy (M.Adv) (Melit.) (2018, University of Malta)
Representative Experience
- Attendance at board meetings and shareholder’s meetings and taking of minutes, advising the said companies on different legal and regulatory aspects
- Handling of claims before the Office of the Arbiter for Financial Services (OAFS)
- Handling of disputes in relation to insurance policies
- She has also handled shipping transactions such as sale, transfer, deletion.
Memberships
- Admitted to the Maltese Bar, Superior Courts of Malta (2019)
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Address
MAMO TCV Advocates
Palazzo Pietro Stiges
103, Strait Street
Valletta, VLT 1436
Malta
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