Nicolai Vella Falzon

Managing Partner

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Nicolai Vella Falzon

Managing Partner

Nicolai is Managing Partner at Fenech & Fenech Advocates. He heads the Commercial and Corporate Department. Nicolai is an experienced commercial and corporate lawyer, having practised in this area since 1998.

His expertise includes corporate and commercial law, M&A transactions, liquidation and insolvency. He has also handled numerous project and asset finance transactions with particular expertise in aircraft finance having in-depth knowledge of the Cape Town Convention and the Aircraft Protocol as applying to security interests in aircraft and related assets. Nicolai is also an experienced litigator in commercial and corporate disputes and handles court and arbitration cases of this nature on a continuing basis.

Nicolai is also a visiting lecturer and an examiner within the Commercial Law Department of the Faculty of Law at the University of Malta. He is a contributor to a number of international publications such as Aircraft Liens and Detention Rights (Sweet & Maxwell) and Aircraft Finance – Registration, Security and Enforcement (Sweet & Maxwell).

Languages: English, Maltese, Italian and French

Career Highlights

January 2021

Fenech & Fenech Advocates, Managing Partner heading the Commercial & Corporate Department

January 2008

Fenech & Fenech Advocates, Equity Partner heading the Commercial & Corporate Department and co-heading the Aviation Law Department

January 2004

Fenech & Fenech Advocates, Junior Partner heading the Commercial & Corporate Department and co-heading the Aviation Law Department

January 2002

Fenech & Fenech Advocates, Senior Associate

January 2000

Fenech & Fenech Advocates, Associate

October 1998

Fenech & Fenech Advocates, Trainee Associate

Education

London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)

1997 – 1998, Masters (LL.M.): Commercial & Corporate Law

University of Malta

1995 – 1997, Doctor of Laws (LL.D.) Title of doctoral thesis: Ships as a Cause of Marine Pollution – The role of Regulatory Legislation in its Prevention