Refalo Advocates

About Refalo Advocates

Founded by Professor Ian Refalo, whose practice started in the 1970s as a dispute-resolution office, this Valletta law firm now covers corporate, commercial, finance, maritime, aviation, real estate, immigration and tax work. Its clients range from local businesses to public and private companies, private equity firms and investors, and international clients are specifically mentioned in directory testimonials. A tax group advises on corporate, personal, cross-border and indirect taxation as well as residency schemes. Foreign nationals are helped with residence permits, employment licences and retirement or high-net-worth schemes. An affiliated company, Cavalier Trust Services, holds an MFSA trustee and fiduciary authorisation and delivers wealth structuring together with incorporation, company secretarial, bookkeeping and accountancy services. The website lists a small team of lawyers, a finance manager and support staff.

Services

Corporate lawyers handle company incorporation, share transfers, restructurings, liquidations, mergers and statutory compliance and annual maintenance, with company secretarial assistance. The affiliated trust company adds corporate maintenance, bookkeeping and accountancy, trustee services and succession planning. Employment lawyers assist with employer and employee registrations and payroll services. Tax services cover corporate, personal, property, cross-border and indirect taxes plus tax investigations. Immigration support covers residence permits, long-term residence, employment licences and retirement schemes, and further teams deal with ship and aircraft registration and intellectual property filings.

• ✓ Company formation: offered
• ✓ Accounting and bookkeeping: offered
• ✓ Tax compliance: offered
• ✕ VAT: not listed
• ✓ Payroll: offered
• ✕ Audit: not listed
• ✕ Bank account assistance: not listed
• ✓ Residency and visas: offered
• ✓ Corporate secretarial: offered
• ✕ Virtual office: not listed

Licences and registrations

• Cavalier Trust Services Limited (affiliate): MFSA authorisation for trustee and fiduciary business

As declared by the firm. Check a licence with the regulator before you rely on it.