
Cherise Abela Grech
Senior Associate | LL.D. MA F.S.
Dr Cherise Abela Grech joined GTG Advocates as an associate in 2013. Her main areas of practice are corporate and financial services law, blockchain and DLTs and Cryptocurrencies, including ICOs. She also regularly assists clients in citizenship and residence matters.
She was called to the bar in 2014 after successfully reading Law at the University of Malta. In furtherance of her studies, Dr Abela Grech read for a Masters in Financial Services at the University of Malta and submitted her Masters thesis entitled ‘Exchange Traded Funds: an area for growth for the Maltese Funds Industry?’.
Dr Abela Grech is a member of the Chamber of Advocates and is fluent in Maltese, English and Italian, with a working knowledge of French.
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