Lawyers

Lisa Abela

Lisa Abela

Work Department

Public Procurement EU Law, Competition and State Aid

Position

Senior Associate

Career

Lisa commenced her legal practice in civil litigation and then proceeded to join the Corporate Department of Deloitte (Malta) where she assisted in the restructuring of companies. She then moved on to join the Office for Competition, within the Malta Competition and Consumer Affairs Authority where she headed the regulated sector Directorate and was involved in both antitrust and M&A investigations. In 2014, Lisa was recruited as Senior Associate with her main areas of focus being Public Procurement law, Competition law and State Aid law.  She holds a Master’s degree in Commercial law and has recently obtained a PG Diploma in Public Procurement Law from King’s College London. She is also a visiting lecturer at the University of Malta for the LL.B. undergraduate programme and the Master of Laws programme in European and Comparative Law.

Languages

English, Maltese, Italian, French

Memberships

Interlaw Chamber of Advocates

Education

2017

Post Graduate Diploma in Public Procurement Regulation in the EU and in its Global Context, King’s College, London, UK

2004

LL.M. Northumbria University, Newcastle, UK

1999

LL.D. University of Malta, Malta