Nicola Mallia

Areas of Practice
Corporate and Commercial Law, Mergers & Acquisitions, Aviation, Gaming.

Languages
Fluent in Maltese & English, excellent knowledge of Italian and basic working knowledge of French

Education
2000-2002    
University of Malta - Masters Degree in European and Comparative Law. - Covering European Competition Law; EU Internal Market, Environmental law and European Consumer Legislation. Graduated in November 2002 after successfully submitting a dissertation entitled 'Alternative Dispute Resolution and Consumer Disputes: Improving Consumer confidence and Access to Justice' dealing with the problems of on-line disputes for Consumer Claims.

1999-2001
University of Malta - Doctor of Laws, University of Malta. Degree conferred in November 2001 following the submission of a thesis entitled 'Human Cloning: Legal, ethical and social issues' examining the legal perspective of the various socio-legal effects after the successful cloning of 'Dolly' and the possibility of human cloning become a political reality.

1999
University of Malta - Diploma of Notary Public.

1995-1999
University of Malta - BA legal and humanistic studies (philosophy)

Publications and conferences

Publications

• E-Gaming Review Malta Report 2010, “A changing landscape, but changing to what?”
• July 2009, Competition in Maltese M&A, CorporateINTL
• Times of Malta, 2009, “Reconnecting farmers with consumers – the EU publishes a new Communication Labelling Rules for Agricultural Produce”
• Getting the Deal Through - Vertical Restraints 2008 - Malta Chapter 2008, Global competition Review 2008
• Merger Notification Flowchart - Online database Malta Chapter 2008, Van Doorne N.V. and Kluwer Law, 2008
• The globalisation of legal disputes: Emerging problems of trading on a global market, The Times of Malta - 2006
• Alternative Dispute Resolution – the European Commission’s recent address to the problem of transborder Consumer Disputes Law and Practice – Journal of the Malta Chamber of Advocates, 2003
• The European Union: Possible Scenarios and their effects on Maltese University Students For the Kunsill Student Universitarji (KSU) (University Students Council), 2002
• Report on the feasibility of Biotechnology as an area of legal research for ELSA International’s International Focus Programme, For ELSA International 1999

Conferences

• September 2009: Malta Communications Authority E-Commerce Forum 2008. Presentation given “Consumer Confidence and ODR”. 
• June 2009: COMNET IT Conference. Presentation given discusiing "Improving consumer confidence in Electronic commerce: ADR in consumer disputes"

Involments/ Memberships
Malta Remote Gaming Council (MRGC)
Chamber of Advocates, Malta
Akkademja tal-Malti
Institute of Financial Services Practitioners (IFSP)