Ganado Advocates, one of Malta’s foremost law firms, has announced four partnership promotions, effective as of July 1.

The newly-appointed partners – Nikolai Muscat Farrugia, Matthew Brincat, Paul Micallef Grimaud and Christine Cassar Naudi – are established professionals within the firm’s practice areas.

Since joining the firm, they have brought specialisation and a wealth of expertise within their respective area of practice, which qualities have helped further develop such key areas within the firm.

Muscat Farrugia regularly assists clients in corporate matters, with particular focus on the formation and support of companies and corporate restructuring, as well as M&A transactions. Brincat’s areas of practice are employment and pensions, and he is a well-known figure both locally and internationally in both areas of law, which he has been spearheading within the firm.

Micallef Grimaud leads the firm’s intellectual property, telecoms, media and technology practice and is also notably active in commercial disputes of an international and national dimension. Cassar Naudi, now tax partner, works within the firm’s corporate finance and tax practice, providing advice to the firm’s clients on various tax matters, and was responsible for the creation and development of the firm’s tax practice in the yachting sphere.

Such appointments, which have now increased the count of partners within the firm to 18, come at a time when the firm is registering consistent growth in its legal resource base.

Louis Cassar Pullicino, Ganado Advocates’ managing partner, said: “I am delighted to welcome all of our new partners. These appointments reflect our confidence in the future growth of our firm and the clients we serve. It is thanks to initiatives pursued by professionals like Nikolai, Matthew, Paul and Christine that the firm has grown steadily over such a little span of time.

“The new partners are seasoned professionals in their respective field who have demonstrated great ability and enthusiasm not only in growing the firm’s business within their area of practice, but also in helping the firm venture and establish itself in new areas which were still unexplored.”