Dr Priscilla Mifsud Parker

Professional Experience

Priscilla is a private client lawyer heading the Corporate, Trusts & Fintech as well as the Families & Wealth practice within the firm. In this capacity, she specialises in trusts and estate planning, wealth and business structuring for high net-worth individuals, families, financial institutions as well as multinationals. In the structuring field her main speciality is tailoring solutions for the optimisation and protection of high value assets and reorganisations of complex structures. Priscilla's background and experience has enables her to assist clients in structuring their wealth through well-structured, licensed entities such as investment funds. Priscilla handled the setup of the first Malta crypto exchange in 2013 at a time when no regulatory framework was existent. Priscilla’s deep understanding of Malta’s legislation permits her to identify and design structures that meet client requirements while also meeting regulatory approval on an ongoing basis.

Priscilla also advises on Maltese tax residency, permanent residence and citizenship by investment in Malta.  Priscilla is the Chairperson of the Society for Trusts and Estates Practitioners Malta Branch and is also a Committee member of the technical sub-committee of STEP Malta. She is featured as an Immigration Specialist on Investment Migration Insider, focusing on residency and citizenship through investment, along with expertise in international tax and wealth planning.

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Academic Record

Research

Priscilla has conducted the following research: 

Private International Law at the Universita Degli Studi di Perugia with a focus on the interaction between American and Italian law 

Italian Trust Law at the Universita Degli Studi di Perugia with special focus on the implementation of the domestic trust in Italy and the application of the Hague Convention in Italy 

Thesis at the University of Malta on The Implications of the Trusts and Trustees Act on the reserved portion provisions in the Civil Code

Thesis at the University of Malta on The exercise of discretion by trustees under Maltese Law 

Responsibilities and obligations of trustees emanating from The Prevention of Money Laundering and Funding of Terrorism Regulations

Director's Responsibility under the Maltese Companies Act

Tax on Malta Trusts 

Property Ownership Options in Malta

Languages

English, French, Italian & Maltese