Dr. Joseph Saliba became a lawyer and was admitted to the Maltese Bar in 1998. He was educated at the Liceo and graduated from the University of Malta, with a degree in laws and subsequently a master degree in Financial Services.

Since graduating Joseph:

• started his professional career with one of the leading Maltese lawfirms, where he later became a partner in 2008 and has at such firm been thouroughly involved mainly in corporate law, banking, capital markets and financial services laws and privatizations;
• later joined forces with Dr. Ian J. Stafrace at the firm Saliba Stafrace Legal, where he retained and developed his main practice areas. He is, amongst other things, actively involved in the structuring and setting up of investment funds, investment (MiFID) firms, financial institutions (including payment institutions) and securitisation vehicles. He also provides legal assistance and on-going regulatory and transactional advice to a number of industry players in various sectors of financial services, including fund managers, custodians, insurance intermediaries. He also provides Maltese law related advice on cross-border transactions.