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Malta focus: Grey skies turn to blue – the Malta report

Having weathered the Covid storm, Malta’s legal community is in defiant mood in the face of looming geopolitical and regulatory challenges

Posted on 28 June 2022 09:30am14 July 2022 12:31pm
Charles Avery
International Malta

‘There was a significant and much welcome upward trend in dealmaking from June 2020 up to the end of last year,’ reflects James Scicluna, co-founder of WH Partners. ‘On the M&A side of things, there’s just been one thing after another.’

Data from the European Commission (EC) would suggest that Malta enjoyed a 2021 characterised by rejuvenation. Having sustained a Covid-induced reduction of 8.3% in 2020, GDP jumped by 9.4% last year, well ahead of the global growth of 5.7% recorded by the World Bank.

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