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This year, the theme chosen by the WIPO is ‘Women & Intellectual Property – Accelerating Innovation and Creativity. The aim of this theme is to raise awareness of the contributions of women to innovation and creativity, highlight the importance of gender equality in IP systems, and inspire action to promote women's empowerment in the field of IP.

The Legal 500 EMEA rankings for 2023 are out and we are happy to announce that Chetcuti Cauchi have been recommended in 5 practice areas including 9 recommended lawyers and a rising star!

Managing Partner Dr. Jean Philippe Chetcuti attends the Andersen European Industry and Service Line Coordinators meeting in Athens. Experiences and best practices to strengthen the structure and collaboration between firms internationally were discussed.

The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) greylists South Africa and puts the country under increased scrutiny from the international community, making it more difficult for South Africa to conduct international transactions.

Accounting Today released its annual ranking of top tax firms across the United States, once again naming Andersen as a top U.S. tax firm.

On the 2 of March 2023, the MFSA has published its high-level supervision priorities for the year and has identified three main high-level themes in its supervision of financial entities, namely resilience, digital finance and sustainable finance.

The European guide to support employers seeks to shed greater light on the legal solutions currently implemented in 29 European countries.

On the 23rd December 2022, Council Directive (EU) 2022/2523 of the 14th of December 2022 entered into force. The Directive’s aim is to ensure a global minimum level of taxation for multinational enterprise groups and large-scale domestic groups in the Union, commonly referred to as the Minimum Tax Directive.

The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has pronounced itself in a landmark judgement deeming public access to the beneficial owner registers for companies in the EU member states is no longer valid. This decision was arrived at based on articles 7 and 8 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union (the Charter). These articles deal with the respect for private and family life and the protection of personal data.

Back in 2002, Chetcuti Cauchi’s founders left Big 4 and Big Law with their experiences of deep world-class expertise, of the multi-disciplinary model and started combining these strengths with the beauty of working as a boutique law firm. Their mission: to create a next gen law firm based on meaningful personal relationships, integrity throughout, and with the technologically-empowered commercially aware mindset we share with many of our clients.