Nicolai Vella Falzon

Practice Areas

Nicolai heads the Commercial & Corporate, ICT & IT, Corporate & Asset Finance and Aviation Law Departments of the Firm. He is particularly active in transactional work, mainly mergers and acquisitions, and in asset and corporate finance transactions acting for financiers and borrowers alike. He also engages in commercial litigation in the courts and tribunals of Malta. Areas of practice include also Aviation (aircraft registration, leasing and finance) and Intellectual Property law.

Languages

Maltese, English, Italian and French

Education

University of London – London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) 1997 – 1998 Masters (LL.M.): Commercial & Corporate Law

University of Malta – Malta 1995 – 1997 Doctor of Laws (LL.D.) Title of doctoral thesis: Ships as a Cause of Marine Pollution – The role of Regulatory Legislation in its Prevention

University of Malta – Malta 1991 – 1995 Diploma - Notary Public
 

Publications and Conferences

2009 - Aircraft Finance - Registration, Security and Enforcement (Longman) - Co-Author of Chapter on Malta

2009 - The Comparative Legal Guide To Merger Control, 2009 (Global Legal Group UK) – Author of Chapter on Malta

2008 - A Practitioner’s Guide To Takeovers And Mergers In The Emerging EU (City & Financial) – Author of Chapter on Malta

2007 - The Comparative Legal Guide To Merger Control, 2007 (Global Legal Group UK) – Author of Chapter on Malta

2006 - Malta Association Of Credit Management (MACM) – Annual Conference (Speaker on Managing Credit Risk – 9 May, 2006)

2006 - The Comparative Legal Guide To Merger Control (Global Legal Group UK) – Author of Chapter on Malta

2005 - A Practitioner’s Guide To Takeovers And Mergers In The Eu (City & Financial) – Author of Chapter on Malta

2004 - Aircraft Liens and Detention Rights (Sweet & Maxwell) - Author of Chapter on Malta, 2004 (currently being updated)

2004 - Aircraft Finance - Registration, Security and Enforcement (Longman) – Update of Chapter on Malta as at March, 2004

2003 - A Practitioner’s Guide To Takeovers And Mergers In The Emerging EU (City & Financial) – Author of Chapter on Malta

2002 - Malta Financial Services Authority Conference On Recent Amendments To Corporate And Commercial Legislation (Speaker on The Law on Intellectual Property, An Update – June 2002)

2001-2002 - Law & Practice (Chamber of Advocates, Malta) – Assistant Editor

2001 - Aircraft Finance - Registration, Security and Enforcement (Longman) – Co-authored Update of Chapter on Malta

Memberships

IBA - International Bar Association

EALA - European Aviation Law Academy

IFSP – Institute of Financial Services Practitioners - Malta

Chamber of Advocates - Malta

Chamber of Commerce - Malta