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Practice Areas
Corporate and commercial
- Competition law
- Industrial and employment
- Maintenance
- Adoption
Family Law
- Cross-border family disputes
- Separation, divorce and annulment
- Trademark
- Parental Issues
Intellectual property
- Litigation
- Copyright infringement
- Care and custody of children
PUBLIC PROCUREMENT
Dalli Advocates has extensive experience aiding both private bidders and procuring entities in significant public procurement exercises encompassing goods, services, and supplies. Our team offers guidance and support to public entities/authorities and private bidders or bidder consortia during tender drafting, pre-contractual, tendering, and execution phases. Our clientele, including contract bidders, government bodies (both central and local), and utility firms in sectors like energy, pharmaceuticals, education, infrastructure, and telecommunications, regularly seek our expertise in public procurement matters.
Energy and environmental law
Our team provides comprehensive advice in energy law, environmental law, health and safety law, and climate change. We offer guidance on regulatory matters impacting clients throughout the value chain, market regulations in commercial and infrastructure projects, including project financing. Additionally, we specialise in utilities cases encompassing electric, natural gas, water, wastewater, and stormwater issues, as well as the evolution of rules for electricity and natural gas markets. Proficient in major standardised natural gas and electricity contracts, we support the development of on-site generation projects, analysing costs and benefits, negotiating contracts, and vendor selection via request for proposals. Moreover, our adept litigators possess deep knowledge in environmental law and toxic tort litigation, grounded in a strong understanding of scientific principles.
Commercial Law
The law firm understands the importance of fast turnarounds and cost-effective solutions for small and mid-size businesses. Dalli Advocates provides a wide array of services in the sector, ranging from contract drafting and vetting to dispute resolution The firm recognizes the importance of quick turnaround in the corporate sector, which is characterised by rapid decision-making processes: Dalli Advocates prides itself in providing swift assistance to maximize productivity and efficiency and give you a competitive edge.
employment law
A growing sector in a vibrant economy, employment law is designed to safeguard both employers as well as their employees. Dalli Advocates provides assistance to both, with services ranging from strategic advice on human resource matters, contract negotiation, and representation before the Industrial Tribunal in dismissal claims.
Media
Dalli Advocates has a wealth of experience in media law and is legal counsel to one of Malta’s leading media houses. It provides assistance in a number of press-related matters, including registration of publications, data protection disputes, and libel suits.
DATA PRIVACY
Our team covers data protection, privacy concerns, and the management of data-related risks. We remain updated on legal developments worldwide, particularly in Europe. Operating within our multi-disciplinary cyber, risk, and tech group, we deliver clear, practical, and timely guidance on all data privacy aspects, from GDPR compliance to intricate global data risk strategies. Our expertise spans diverse areas, including data compliance strategies, cyber breaches, M&A-related data protection, international data transfers, tech-related privacy implications, individual rights, data sharing agreements, policy drafting, Brexit implications, and freedom of information legislation.
INFRASTRUCTURE law
Construction and development ventures within the infrastructure sector pose considerable complexities. Leveraging vast experience across traditional, smart, and technology-driven projects, coupled with adeptness in critical infrastructure domains, we ensure timely and budget-friendly project success. Our proficient legal experts providing comprehensive support throughout your infrastructure project lifecycle—from planning, funding, and development to operational phases and eventual decommissioning. Our extensive background includes advising diverse project stakeholders, such as sponsors, contractors, off-takers, host governments, and lenders, developers, financial institutions, investors, construction firms, and infrastructure users. Our infrastructure lawyers boast expertise in pertinent legal realms, including public procurement, construction, real estate, and public law.
Family law
Family disputes often involve sensitive and delicate negotiations.Dalli Advocates prides itself on havng great experience in this practice area, gaining a reputation for its emphatic approach which prioritizes fair resolutions for everyone involved. While the firm seeks to avoid lengthy litigation in this sensitive field, it is fully-equipped to assist clients in court when negotiations fail.
Civil law
This sector is broad and the potential for litigation in is wide-ranging and extremely diverse. Dalli Advocates offers a vast range of services in this field that includes everything from personal injury claims, debt collection, inheritance matters, and property disputes. The firm keeps abreast with the evolving domestic landscape, be it the introduction of new laws as well as landmark court decisions, ensuring up-to-date and all-encompassing advice to its clients.
Criminal Law
With many years of experience in this field, Dalli Advocates offers services throughout the entire criminal process, including consultation and representation in pre-trial matters including in the investigative stage, as well as court representation during the criminal judicial process. The firm has successfully defended numerous individuals in high-profile cases before the Maltese criminal courts.
