Alison Vassallo

Alison is a Partner of Fenech and Fenech Advocates and heads the Yachting Department. She also works within the Marine Litigation Department.

Alison qualified as a lawyer in 2004 with a Doctorate of Laws from the University of Malta and proceeded to obtain her Master’s Degree with Distinction in International Maritime Law from the International Maritime Law Institute (IMO) in 2005. She was also awarded the IMO Secretary General’s Prize for Best Dissertation.

Alison joined Fenech and Fenech Advocates in 2006 and has since been heavily involved in advising and co-ordinating projects for owners and financiers relating to the acquisition and sale of private yacht and commercial yachts. She has extensive experience in advising clients with regard to registration, ownership structuring, importation, financing, chartering, yacht leasing, crewing and fiscal requirements and solutions. Furthermore her areas of practice within the firm embrace all aspects of maritime law including EU shipping law, recognition and enforcement of foreign judgements and arbitral awards, ship arrest and other precautionary measures for obtainment of security and co ordination of tender procedures involving a maritime element.

Alison is the Chairperson of the Yachting Services Business Section within the Malta Chamber since 2015. She was appointed as the Malta legal representative to MYBA – The Worldwide Yachting Association in 2021. She is also a Committee Member of the Yachting Sub-Committee within the Malta Maritime Law Association and a member of the International Superyacht Society (ISS).

Alison also lectures on Yachting Law at the ELSA (European Law Students Association) Summer Law School.