Rosanne Bonnici

Practice Areas
Rosanne heads the Tax, Financial Services and Company Law Departments of the Firm. An experienced tax and finance lawyer practising since 1993, Rosanne advises a largely international client base in financial services, funds, corporate finance, M&As, group restructuring, domestic and international taxation, tax efficient cross-border structures with a focus on inbound investment, international tax planning, advice to high net worth individuals on personal tax and financial issues, corporate law, trusts and foundations.

Languages
Maltese, English and Italian

Education
University of Malta – Malta 1995 - 1998 Master of Arts degree summa cum laude in Financial Services.  Thesis on “The Hybrid Company - An Alternative to Trusts and Foundations.”

University of Malta – Malta 1987 – 1993 Doctor of Laws (LL.D.) Title of doctoral thesis: The Impact of Some New Forms of Fiscal Legislation on Malta’s Revenue Structure.

University of Malta – Malta 1992 Diploma - Notary Public.

Publications and Conferences

Publications 

• 2010 – Voluntary Disclosure Handbook, 5th Edition (LawInContext, www.lawincontext.com) – Co-author of Chapter on Malta.
• 2010 – 2010 Malta Budget – International Tax Review (Euro Money plc, www.internationaltaxreview.com).
• 2009 –  Malta - 2010 Budget (Mondaq, www.mondaq.com)
• 2009 - Double tax treaties with Ireland and UAE for Malta (Lexology, www.lexology.com).
• 2007 - The European Company, Volume II (Cambridge University Press) – Co-author of Chapter on Malta.
• 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 - EU Cross-border Insolvency (Sweet &  Maxwell) – Co-author of Chapter on Malta.
• 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 - Capital Taxes and Estate Planning in Europe (Sweet &  Maxwell) – Co-author of Chapter on Malta.
• 2004 - Raising Finance on the Maltese Market (Euromoney) – published in ‘IFLR 1000, The Guide to the World’s Leading Financial Law Firms’, 2004 edition.
• 2003 - The Case for the Maltese International Holding Company is a simple one – Speaker at a conference organised by the International Bar Association in Dublin, Ireland.
• 2001 - The OFC Report 2001 (Campden Publishing) – Author of Chapter on Malta, 2001 edition.
• 2000 - The Maltese Gamble (The Times of Malta).
• 1999 - Captive Insurance (Campden Publishing) – published in the THE OFC REPORT 1999.
• 1998 - Some Aspects of the Fiscal Regime that regulates Collective Investment Schemes – Speaker at a seminar organised by the Malta Chamber of Advocates in conjunction with the Malta Financial Services Centre.
• 1995 - Value Added Tax: Non-Profit Making Philanthropic Organisations (M.I.T. Newsletter, Malta Institute of Taxation).
• 1995 - Opportunities for Doing Business in Malta – Speaker at a seminar organised by The Chamber of Commerce.
• 1995 - Value Added Tax – Speaker at a seminar organised by the Malta Institute of Management.
• 1994 - Money Talks – Author of a series of articles on taxation published in The Malta Independent.

Conferences

• 2003, Speaker at a conference organised by the International Bar Association in Dublin Ireland, discussing “The Case for the Maltese International Holding Company is a simple one”.
• 1998, Speaker at a seminar organised by the Malta Chamber of Advocates in conjunction with the Malta Financial Services Centre, discussing “Some Aspects of the Fiscal Regime that regulates Collective Investment Schemes”
• 1995, Speaker at a seminar organised by The Chamber of Commerce, discussing “Opportunities for Doing Business in Malta”
• 1995, Speaker at a seminar organised by the Malta Institute of Management, discussing “Value Added Tax”

Memberships / Involvements
Elected Honorary Secretary of the Council and member of The Institute of Financial Services Practitioners; past Co-Chairperson, Regulated Business Sub-Committee (2001 to date).
Member - Tax Expert Group, FinanceMalta (2007 to date).
Founding Member of STEP - Malta Branch (2007 to date).
Visiting lecturer in fiscal law within the Department of Public Law of the Faculty of Law at the University of Malta (2001 – 2003). 
Founding Member - Malta Institute of Taxation; past Deputy President and elected member of Council; past Chairperson of the Institute’s Technical Committee; Fellow of the Malta Institute of Taxation (1995 to date).
Member - International Fiscal Association.
Member - International Tax Planning Association.
Member - International Bar Association.
Member - Chamber of Advocates – Malta.