Lawyers

Kyle Debattista

Kyle Debattista

Work Department

Financial Services, Banking and Finance, Financial Regulatory and Compliance, Funds and Investment Management, Capital Markets, Corporate and M andA

Position

Associate

Career

Kyle's main areas of practice being banking and finance, general corporate and commercial transactions, capital markets and mergers & acquisitions. Kyle is actively involved in local and cross-border banking, corporate finance & corporate restructuring. He also advises on regulatory aspects relating to credit and financial institutions, and investment service providers.

Kyle was recruited as a trainee with the firm in 2015. In 2016 he graduated with an LL.B (Hons.) from the University of Malta and in 2017 he graduated from the Masters in Advocacy degree at the same University.  In the course of his studies for the first degree, he submitted a dissertation entitled ‘CRD IV – A Post-Financial Crisis Reaction to Banking Regulation. Does More Regulation Make Banks Safer?’ In 2018, Kyle was appointed as an Associate in the Corporate & Finance Practice Group and was admitted to the bar. In the following year, Kyle successfully obtained the Masters in Law (LL.M) in International Financial Law degree at King’s College London.

Languages

English, Maltese, Italian

Memberships

Interlaw Chamber of Advocates

Education

2019

LL.M. International Financial Law, King’s College, London

2017

M.Adv., University of Malta, Malta

2016

LL.B. (Hons.), University of Malta, Malta