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Dr Rosanne Bonnici is a Partner at Fenech & Fenech Advocates. She heads the firm’s Tax & Immigration Law Department, also forming part of the Financial Services and Corporate Commercial Teams respectively. Additionally, Rosanne forms part of the firm’s Executive Committee as well as of the management team leading the firm’s corporate and trust services group, Fenlex.
Rosanne is an experienced tax and finance lawyer. She graduated Doctor of Laws in 1993, being later conferred a Master of Arts Degree in Financial Services by the University of Malta.
She advises a largely international clientele, advising both corporate and private clients. Her main areas of practice are domestic and international taxation, wealth and succession planning, immigration law, corporate law, trusts and foundations law.
Rosanne is a founder member, past Deputy President and Fellow of the Malta Institute of Taxation; founder member of the STEP (Malta) and IFA (Malta) branches; elected Council member and Honorary Secretary of the Institute of Financial Services Practitioners, member of its Tax sub-committee; member of the International Bar Association and the Chamber of Advocates.
World Tax (International Tax Review) has, on several occasions, ranked the firm and its Tax team as the recognised legal tax law practice in Malta in the private client, tax and tax controversy areas respectively. The team is also regularly ranked in Chambers as the leading law practice in Malta for high net worth clients. In addition, the firm is regularly ranked in other leading publications such as Legal 500 and IFLR 1000 and, most recently, won the Law Firm of the Year – Malta award at the Citywealth International Financial Awards for its private client work on a number of occasions.
Languages: Maltese, English, Italian
Career Highlights
2008 Fenlex Corporate Services Ltd., Director
1998 Fenech & Fenech Advocates, Partner
Education
University of Malta
1995 – 1998 Master of Arts degree summa cum laude in Financial Services. Thesis on “The Hybrid Company – An Alternative to Trusts and Foundations.”
University of Malta
1987 – 1993 Doctor of Laws (LL.D.) Title of doctoral thesis: The Impact of Some New Forms of Fiscal Legislation on Malta’s Revenue Structure.
University of Malta
1992 Diploma – Notary Public.
RANKINGS
Private Client | Tier 1
Tax Controversy | Tier 1
Tax | Tier 2
Chambers Europe Tax | Band 1
Chambers High Net Worth - Private Wealth Law | Band 1
Private Client | (Tier 1) Leading Individuals
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Testimonials
"Rosanne Bonnici is a tax law expert with particular experience advising clients on the tax aspects of transactions, as well as on corporate tax and international taxation. She also assists with corporate restructuring."
Chambers Europe 2025 | Tax - Band 1
"Nicolai Vella Falzon, Paul Gonzi, Monica Galea John and Rosanne Bonnici lead a team praised for its commerciality and which ’has a multi-disciplinary approach to corporate structuring and governance. Paul Gonzi, in particular, stands out for the group’s day-to-day corporate law matters, particularly those related to employment law."
Legal 500 2025 | Commercial, Corporate and M&A
"The team work exceptionally well together. They perform and act as a coherent group, with an excellent understanding of each individual's roles, tasks and deadlines. On larger projects, tasks appear to be seamlessly delegated across the team in an efficient manner, whilst keeping us as clients informed."
Legal 500 2025 | Private Client - Leading Partner
"Rosanne possesses a strong ability to quickly understand issues and concerns. She is able to draw on her breadth of experience to deliver solutions that are robust and clear."
Chambers High Net Worth 2025 | Band 1
"Rosanne's work is always clear. She knows the right questions to ask and it is comforting to have her advising on the particularly complex matters."
Chambers Europe 2024 | Tax - Band 1
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