Malta: Inward/ Foreign Investment

On April 29, 2025, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) delivered a landmark judgment in Commission v Malta (Case C-181/23), ruling that Malta's investor citizenship scheme...

Malta continues to position itself as a competitive hub for global businesses, leveraging its robust foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows, stable regulatory framework, and commitment to innovation

Malta Enterprise, the government economic development agency tasked with facilitating growth and attracting new foreign direct investment...

Fundamental human rights are rights which are inherent to all persons regardless of status, and in Malta these are enforceable through the Constitution of Malta (the "Constitution")...

The case concerns Malta's 2020 investor citizenship framework, formally called "Citizenship by Naturalisation for Exceptional Services by Direct Investment" or NESDI. Under this framework, foreign nationals could apply for Maltese nationality by making substantial pre-determined financial contributions and fulfilling a residency status requirement of 12 or 36 months.

Malta's summer season is synonymous with one of the island's most cherished cultural traditions – the village festa.

Money laundering is the process whereby the proceeds of illegal activity are changed into seemingly legitimate funds. Sums of money are passed through various structures such as company structures, businesses, banks, and various other means, to obscure its origin.

The Financial Intelligence Analysis Unit (FIAU) has released its 2024 Annual Report, setting out developments that directly impact subject persons operating under Malta's AML and CFT framework.

On 8 April 2025, the Maltese Government published Legal Notice 71 of 2025, entitled "Measures for a High Common Level of Cybersecurity Across the European Union (Malta) Order, 2025" (Order)...

Over the past few years, the European Union has been actively working to overhaul its pharmaceutical legislative framework to better address unmet medical needs, such as those relating to rare diseases...

Whilst recognising the impact that AI is having on a range of economic sectors and establishing the Malta Digital Innovation Authority (MDIA) to spearhead initiatives...

Forty-six years after providing its first loan to Malta, the European Investment Bank (EIB) opened a permanent office on the island last year. This move is part of a broader effort to ensure the EIB Group...