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Of Counsel

Michael Borg Costanzi

Michael Borg Costanzi

Michael Borg Costanzi is Of Counsel at Mamo TCV Advocates.  He joined Bank of Valletta p.l.c. in 1980 and graduated as Doctor of Laws from the University of Malta in 1993. During the 35 years spent at Bank of Valletta, Michael headed the Bank’s legal office from 2001 and was appointed as a Chief Officer responsible for the Bank’s Legal Office, Office of the Company Secretary, Customer Issues Unit and Compliance Unit in 2008. In 2005, Michael was appointed as a member of the Bank’s Executive Committee and from 2008, he sat on the Bank’s Compliance and Risk Management Committees.

From 2000 to 2009, Michael, as a visiting lecturer, delivered lectures on banking law to law students at the University of Malta.

Michael took up early retirement from Bank of Valletta with effect from the 1 April 2015 and joined Mamo TCV Advocates at the beginning of August 2015.

Michael serves as a non-executive director on a number of boards of local companies.

Michael’s main area of practice is banking and finance.

Michael is a member of the Chamber of Advocates.

Michael Borg Costanzi - Mamo TCV Advocates

Education

  • Doctor of Laws (1993, University of Malta)

Representative Experience

  • Counsel in the matter concerning lending for the acquisition of land and construction of buildings thereon in Malta for a total value of approximately €75,000,000.

Memberships

  • Admitted to the Maltese Bar, Superior Courts of Malta (1993)
  • Malta Chamber of Advocates

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Address

MAMO TCV Advocates
Palazzo Pietro Stiges
103, Strait Street
Valletta, VLT 1436
Malta

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