Alison Vassallo

Marine Litigation, Yachting

Partner

• 2005 Master of Laws (LL.M) in International Maritime Law with distinction conferred by International Maritime Law Institute (IMLI) (IMO) Malta. Awarded IMO Secretary General’s Prize for Best Dissertation for the work ‘Persons Rescued at Sea: Recent Developments and Trends in Coastal State Response’. The latter delves into coastal State obligations relating to the treatment of illegal immigrants arriving by sea and covers the impact of the present security-sensitive environment on the coastal State’s concerns to protect its legitimate interests when faced with this problem. • 2005 Presented with Warrant to exercise the profession of advocate in the Courts of Malta and Gozo by the Deputy Prime Minister and the Minister of Justice and Home Affairs. • 2004 Graduated Doctor of Laws (LL.D) from the University of Malta after submission of LL.D thesis entitled ‘Recent Initiatives Affecting Port and Vessel Security Regimes’ which delves in current developments in maritime security, on both an International and European level, and their subsequent incorporation into Maltese law. • 2004 Awarded a scholarship following nomination by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to pursue the IMLI (IMO) LLM programme in Maritime law, starting mid-September 2004 and ending May 2005. • 2003-2004 Chosen by the University of Malta and the University of Verona, Italy, to participate in the Erasmus Exchange Programme of the European Union during Semester 1 of the academic year. During such period, undertook studies in the law of International Organizations and EU Labour law. • 2002 Graduated Diploma of Notary Public from the University of Malta. • 2001 Graduated Bachelor of Arts in legal and Humanistic Studies from the University of Malta.