Jeanette Ciantar

Areas of Practice
Corporate & Commercial Law; EU & Regulatory; EU Competition Law; European Company Law; European Criminal Law; Taxation 

Languages
English, Maltese, French and Italian 

Education
Sept. 2009 – June 2010
Master of Laws, College of Europe (Bruges, Belgium)
Masters Paper Title: ‘How Far is Too Far? The Growing Tension Between the Building of a Fortress Europe and the Effective Protection of Migrants’ Human Rights’.

Sept. 2006 – June 2009
Doctor of Laws, University of Malta (Malta)
Final Year Thesis Title: ‘The Liability in Tort for the European Community and Member State Liability: Common Basis and Conditions?’.

Sept. 2006 – June 2007
Diploma of Notary Public, University of Malta (Malta).

Sept. 2003 - June 2006
Summa cum laude Bachelor of Laws Degree with European Studies as a subsidiary area, University of Malta (Malta).

Publications and conferences

• November 2011, Competing for the Premier League, Times of Malta Business Section
• September 2011, Co-author of Malta Chapter in fifth edition of The Mergers & Acquisitions Review, Law Business Research Limited, London, 2011
• May 2011, The EEIG: How Can It Help Your Business After the Financial Crisis?, distributed by MONDAQ
• December 2010, In-house lawyers: Time to re-think their position, Times of Malta Business Section
• October 2010, Class Actions: How Court Action can Make you (or Lose you) Money, Times of Malta Business Section
• Co-author of Malta Chapter in Air Transport, Getting the Deal Through Handbook, 2011
• Co-author of Malta Chapter in The International Comparative Legal Guide to Litigation and Dispute Resolution 2010: A Practical Cross-Border Insight into Litigation and Dispute Resolution, published by Global Legal Group, in association with CDR News, January 2010.
• Co-author of Malta Chapter in The International Comparative Legal Guide to Environmental Law 2009: A Practical Cross-Border Insight into Environmental Law, published by Global Legal Group Limited in association with Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP, January 2009.
• Report entitled “Immigration in the UK: A Review of the Economical and Social Effects of Immigration from the A8 countries into the UK after the 2004 Enlargement”, November 2007, officially presented as a personal tribute to Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II on 29 July 2008.

Involvements

Admitted to the Maltese Bar, February 2011 

Memberships

Chamber of Advocates, Malta
AMSDE - Assocjazzjoni Maltija Ghall-Istudji tad-Dritt Ewropew
College of Europe Alumni Association