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Jean-Philippe Chetcuti
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Malta, Valletta
  • Lawyers
  • Tax Consultants
  • Offshore Service Provider
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Jean-Philippe acts as legal and tax counsel to foreign High Net Worth individuals and business entities seeking a tax efficient base and residence in European Malta. JP is a respected advisor to overseas professional firms and clients on corporate law, international taxation and estate planning matters and has acted as counsel in complex commercial transactions, often involving issues of tax, corporate finance and cross-border issues.

Main Areas of Practice

  • Corporate and M&A
  • Estate planning, trusts and probate
  • Immigration
  • Offshore companies, trusts and structures
  • Taxation

Overview

Jean-Philippe acts as legal counsel and tax consultant to foreign high net worth individuals and business entities seeking a tax efficient base and residence in European Malta.  JP is a respected advisor of overseas professional firms and clients on corporate lawtaxation, company formation and trust law matters and has acted as counsel in complex commercial transactions, often involving issues of tax, corporate finance and cross-border issues.

Jean-Philippe is recognized for his in-depth experience in trust and estate administration and for his handling of sophisticated domestic and international transactions for individuals, covering in some instances several generations of families. 

Through the firm's trust company, he acts as trustee for many established trusts working closely with clients in providing strategic advice on the investment, tax and legal aspects of these arrangements as well as with respective trust beneficiaries.  In addition, JP’s practice includes working with other individual and institutional trustees and doing significant work with non-profit organizations. He has an extensive background in estate and gift taxation as well as charitable trust and fiduciary law.
 
Jean-Philippe speaks regularly at various international fora and academic institutions on international taxation and trust law.  JP delivers the ACCA Advanced Tax paper at the Richard Clarke Academy and is a regular speaker at the Academy for Law & Finance.

Honours Achieved

  • Secretary & Co-Founder, Malta Association of Family Enterprises, 03/2011-

Professional Memberships

  • Chamber of Advocates, 01/2002-
  • Malta Institute of Taxation, 01/2003-
  • Society for Trusts & Estate Practitioners, 05/2007-
  • International Fiscal Association, 01/2006-
  • International Tax Planning Association, 01/2007-
  • Finance Malta Foundation, 01/2007-
  • Institute of Financial Services Practitioners, 01/2002-

Publications & Presentations

  • Malta as a holding company jurisdiction, Sheltons Tax, 05/2002
  • Tax planning using Malta Companies, Sheltons Tax, 05/2003
  • Diploma in International Trust Management, STEP Malta, 02/2009
  • Anti-money laundering legislation under EU Law, Academy for Law & Finance, 06/2004
  • The Maltese Permanent Residence Scheme, Sheltons Tax, 05/2004
  • ACCA Advanced Taxation (P6), Richard Clarke Academy/ACCA, 01/2009
  • Malta Tax Planning for Professional Sports People, Chetcuti Cauchi Fact Sheets, 01/2007

Previous Firms & Positions Held

PricewaterhouseCoopers, Tax & Legal, 05/2000 - 09/2002
FSO Law Firm, Tax Partner, 01/2002 - 09/2003

Colleges Attended

  • University of Malta, 1998
  • University of Malta, 2000
  • University of Warwick, 2002
  • STEP Central Law Training, 2008
  • Malta Institute of Taxation, 2006

Languages Spoken

  • English
  • French
  • Italian
  • Maltese
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