Magdalena Velkovska
Bio
Magdalena Velkovska, Director, Private Client Tax at Chetcuti Cauchi Advocates, specialises in private clients tax and global mobility solutions for founders and entrepreneurs and their families. Her expertise spans tax, private wealth and immigration services, with a focus on resident non-domicile status, tax residency, special tax statuses, and cross-border private tax planning.
Experience
Magdalena Velkovska advises ultra-high-net-worth individuals, founders, entrepreneurs and their families on private client taxation, international relocation and cross-border wealth planning. Her practice spans European destinations, including Switzerland, Italy and the United Kingdom, with particular expertise in Maltese tax residency, resident non-domiciled taxation, special tax status programmes and pre-immigration tax planning. She coordinates with advisers in relevant jurisdictions to align clients’ residence arrangements, business interests and family wealth objectives.
She is ranked Up and Coming for Private Wealth Law in Malta in Chambers High Net Worth 2026. The Legal 500 highlights her expertise in personal tax planning and investment migration, supported by client feedback on her technical precision, diligence and comprehensive advice. She also features in ITR World Tax, whose practitioner profile records her rating as “Promoted”.
Magdalena joined Chetcuti Cauchi Advocates in 2017 following earlier in-house legal experience. Initially working within the immigration practice, she developed expertise in investment and entrepreneur immigration, advising internationally mobile individuals and families. In 2020, she assumed responsibility for the personal tax advisory and compliance team. Her appointment as Director, Private Client Tax in 2025 reflected the development of her practice across taxation, relocation and international private client advisory.
Magdalena was one of the curators of the Global Wealth and Mobility Summit Malta 2026, contributing to its focus on founder liquidity, cross-border taxation and international mobility structuring. Her speaking engagements include the ThoughtLeaders4 HNW Tax and FIG Regime Forum in London, addressing comparative jurisdictional considerations, and the Andersen European Private Clients Summit in Milan, where she presented on Maltese tax residency and relocation planning.
She advises clients including family offices, professional athletes, artists, digital creators, aviation and maritime professionals, and senior executives. Her work combines personal tax advisory and compliance with coordinated wealth and estate structuring, helping clients manage the interaction between their personal circumstances and cross-border legal obligations.
Magdalena holds an LL.B., an LL.M. in Criminal Law and a Professional Award in Tax, alongside the Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist designation. She is affiliated with the Malta Institute of Taxation, the International Bar Association and the Association of Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialists.
Legal Books and Publications
Her professional contributions include co-authoring with Dr JP Chetcuti the Malta chapter of International Relocation and Tax Planning for High-Net-Worth Individuals: A Legal and Lifestyle Guide for Clients and Their Advisors, edited by Jack Bernstein and announced for publication by Wolters Kluwer in October 2026.
She is a named contributor to Chambers’ Malta: A Private Wealth Law Overview, alongside Jean-Philippe Chetcuti and Antoine Saliba Haig, and co-author of Malta: a former British colony offering stability for non-doms, published in Taxation with Miles Dean and Jean-Philippe Chetcuti.
Professional Affiliations & Bar Admissions
Academic Record
Malta Institution of Taxation (MIT)
Professional Award in Tax, Cert. Tax
2020
University of St. Cyril and Methodious, Macedonia
Master of Laws, LLM. (Criminal Law)
2012
University of St. Cyril and Methodious, Macedonia
Bachelor of Laws , LL.B
2009
