Chetcuti Cauchi announces new partners and directors

We are delighted to announce the promotion of three outstanding lawyers and professionals to Partner and Director level at Chetcuti Cauchi Advocates. Dr Antoine Saliba Haig, Magdalena Velkovska, and Marina Magri have demonstrated exceptional expertise, leadership, and dedication to our firm and to our clients. Their promotions reflect their significant contributions to their respective practice areas and the continued growth of our firm.

‍Antoine has been an integral part of our immigration practice since joining in 2014. Specialising in immigration law, particularly residency and citizenship law, he has advised some of our firm's most prominent international clients on different immigration routes by descent and by investment. In his doctoral studies, Antoine wrote his thesis on modes of acquisition of citizenship under Maltese citizenship law. Throughout his career, Antoine has addressed international fora and contributed extensively to industry publications on investment migration.

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I am honoured to be appointed as a partner at Chetcuti Cauchi Advocates, a firm that has been my professional family since my graduation as a lawyer. I am deeply grateful for  the trust placed in me by my colleagues and mentors. I have had the privilege of growing alongside an exceptional team, working on impactful cases, and assisting clients achieving their goals. I look forward to contributing further to our shared vision, strengthening our forward-looking legal proposition  on an international level. - Dr Antoine Saliba-Haig, Partner.

Magdalena joined the firm's private client practice in 2017, initially within our immigration practice before specialising in personal residency and private client taxation. As Head of our Private Client Tax team, she has been instrumental in advising high-net-worth individuals, investors, and corporate executives on tax residence and special tax status programmes appealing to different client profiles including HNW, investor, entrepreneur, and highly-qualified residence programmes. Magdalena is a member of the International Bar Association, the European Immigration Lawyers Network a frequent speaker at international conferences, showcasing her expertise in private client tax planning and tax compliance.

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I am honoured to share this journey with those who were my mentors and are now my partners. Together, we will continue to innovate, inspire, and achieve new heights, empowering the next generation of colleagues and clients to reach their full potential through exceptional work ethic, standards of client service, and leading them by example. I am thankful for the opportunity to grow within this firm and I look forward to many more successes as we strive to remain best-in-class. - Magdalena Velkovska, Director, Private Client Tax

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‍Marina has been with the firm’s immigration practice since 2015, advising prominent business families and executives on global mobility, residency, and citizenship matters. In 2024, she was appointed co-head of the firm’s immigration and global mobility arm, where she has played a pivotal role in risk management, compliance and immigration. Marina is a well-regarded speaker at international conferences, representing the firm on a global stage.

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Joining the partner and director rank at Chetcuti Cauchi is both an honour and a responsibility that I embrace with gratitude. Over the past decade, I have been privileged to work alongside exceptional professionals who inspire me daily. I am excited to continue this journey, contributing to our collective success and upholding the strong ethical values that define us. - Marina Magri, Director, Immigration & Global Mobility

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We extend our heartfelt congratulations to Antoine, Magdalena, and Marina on this well-deserved achievement. Their leadership and expertise will continue to enhance the firm's capabilities and provide our clients with the highest level of service.

The latest trio joining our partner and director group are commended for their energy, loyalty and expertise, and for their representation of the firm's values as an outcomes-based law firm  that puts its people and its clients first. We congratulate them for their efforts and pledge our support in their ongoing quest for professional development and improvement. - Dr Jean-Philippe Chetcuti, Managing Partner

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Founded in 2002, Chetcuti Cauchi Advocates is a recognised international player in the legal, tax, immigration and fiduciary sector serving a varied clientele of successful entrepreneurs, world renowned business families and multi-national companies. Headquartered in Valletta, Malta, the law firm and its affiliate firms operate on a global level, serving international private and corporate clients seeking a holistic cross-border legal and tax coverage. The firm is a partner of choice to most of the largest international legal, tax and accounting firms and forms part of the Andersen Global network of legal, tax and accounting firms