Monica Galea

Areas of Practice
Corporate Law, Corporate Finance, Mergers & Acquisitions, Financial Services and Banking Law, Trusts & Estate Planning, General Commercial Law and Family Mediation.

Languages
English, Maltese, Italian

Education
2006-2008
M.A Degree in Financial Services, University of Malta. Thesis on “Legal Aspects of the Right to Beneficial Interest in a Trust Context”.

2005
Successfully attended a course leading to a Certificate in Trust Law and Administration organized by the Institute of Financial Services Practitioners Malta.

2002-2003
Family Mediation – successfully completed a training course organized by Malta Dispute Management Limited in Family Mediation, accredited by the European Forum for Training and Research in Family Mediation.

2000
LL.D. Degree conferred by the University of Malta after successfully submitting a thesis on "Company Law – the legal framework governing the competence, liability and accountability of the liquidator.” Awarded warrant to practice in March 2000.

1997
Diploma Notary Public - University of Malta

1996
B.A. Legal and Humanistic Studies - Degree conferred by the University of Malta. Main areas covered were Civil Law, Commercial Law, Criminal Law, Public International Law and Public Law as well as European Studies.

Publications

2011 - Co-author of the Malta Chapter of the 2010 edition of International Trust Laws published by Jordans.

2010 – Estate Planning – Would a Trust help? –(International Law Office)

2009 - The Trust: Its main elements and key players (Times of Malta)

2009 - Does settling property on trust mean full relinquishment of control by the settlor? (Times of Malta)

2009 - Trusts providing peace of mind (Times of Malta)

Conferences/Seminars

2010 & 2011- Speaker at the Introducing PMLFT: Obligations and Responsibilities, a detailed anti-money laundering training course organized by the Institute of Financial Services Practitioners discussing "Reliance on Third Parties and Ongoing Monitoring” (In Malta)

2010 – Speaker at the Trusts and Foundations Seminar organised by the Chamber of Commerce in collaboration with Fenech & Fenech Advocates giving a detailed presentation on trusts in Malta

Involvements/ Memberships

Malta Chamber of Advocates
Institute of Financial Services Practitioners
STEP-Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners
Member of the National Council for the Promotion of Equality
Substitute Chairperson on the Local Councils’ Board of Appeal
Lecturer on Business Law at the Malta Association of Credit Management (2008-2010)