Dr. Jean-Philippe Chetcuti

Since 2002, JP has co-headed the firm's acclaimed Malta residency and citizenship practice and the firm's Private Client Tax practice.

Professional Involvements

• Served as the Chairman of the Malta Branch of the Society of Trust & Estate Practitioners (STEP)
• The international associate representing Malta at the American Immigration Lawyers Association AILA.

Recognition

• Who's Who Legal for Malta
• Chambers and Partners ranked Private Wealth Lawyer in Malta
• Uglobal-verified immigration lawyer.

Legal Books and Publications

• Author of The Dual Citizenship Report, Global, European, and Russia & CIS editions
• A regular contributor to Investment Migration Insider and STEP on citizenship and investment migration matters.

Thought Leadership

Jean-Philippe Chetcuti is highly recognised in:

• The investment migration sector.
• Foreign direct investment sector.
• Private client sectors.

He has made policy reform contributions especially in Malta but also in Cyprus, Montenegro, Moldova and other small states, on their attractiveness for high-net-worth families, innovators and investors and on the introduction and on the sustainable operation of residency and citizenship-by-investment programmes.

Professional Highlights

• A prominent driver behind the enactment of the Family Business Act in Maltese law, a world first in 2013.
• Since 2002 handled over 2,000 citizenship and residency applications with an outstanding success rate.
• Accredited in 1999 to handle Permanent Residence applications in Malta.
• First Malta Citizenship Agent to be accredited in Malta in January 2014 (licence IIP 001) to handle citizenship by investment  applications under the Individual Investor Programme.
• Represented the first Malta Citizenship Approvals under the Individual Investor Programme in 2014.
• Accredited with the first round of licencing of Cypriot Investment Programme Service Provider Licence 046.
• First to be promoted from 'Accredited Person' to an 'Approved Agent' of the Malta Citizenship Programme, in recognition of the firm's track record of quality and success in handling Malta citizenship applications.
• International Marketing Agent for the St Kitts & Nevis Citizenship by Investment Programme.
• Authorised Representative for the Antigua & Barbuda Citizenship by Investment Programme.

Notable Client Cases

Over the years, Jean-Philippe has personally advised several of the firm's high profile clients hailing from six continents in their connections with Malta and in their activities in a number of European countries, handling high profile cases with the utmost discretion.

Notable cases include enhanced due diligence and risk profiling exercises, high-stakes tax cases, complex global citizenship and immigration cases, high profile defamation cases spanning multiple jurisdictions.

• Malta Association of Family Businesses
• ‍Finance Malta Foundation
• International Fiscal Association
• Malta Institute of Taxation
• International Tax Planning Association
• Chamber of Advocates
• Society for Trust & Estate Practitioners (STEP) Malta Branch (ex-Chairman)
• Global Migration Section, American Immigration Lawyers Association
• Investment Migration Council
• European Immigration Lawyers Network (EILN)

Central Law Training
Dip.International Trust Management
2008

Malta Institute of Taxation
Dip. Taxation
2006

University of Warwick
Master of Laws (Tax & Economic Law)
2002

University of Malta
Doctor of Laws (European Tax Law)
2001

University of Malta
Notary Public
1999

University of Malta
B.A. Law & English
1998

Visiting Lecturer
International Tax Programme
Maastricht University
The Netherlands.