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Kurt Hyzler

Partner · GVZH Advocates

MaltaBanking & Finance, Capital MarketsEnglish, Italian, Maltese

About

Partner at GVZH Advocates in Malta with extensive experience in investment funds, financial services regulation, and banking and finance transactions. He has led numerous financial services licensing projects (including UCITS, hedge funds and AIFs, investment services providers, payment services providers and electronic money institutions) and advises on complex corporate and financing transactions; he also regularly delivers seminars on regulatory aspects of collective investment schemes.

Practice areas

Banking & FinanceCapital MarketsCorporate / M&AFinancial Services RegulationInvestment FundsFintechInsurance & ReinsuranceTrusts, Foundations & Voluntary Organisations

Office

Expertise

UCITSHedge FundsAIFsPayment Services & Electronic MoneyFinancial Services LicensingBanking & Finance TransactionsCorporate & Financing TransactionsCollective Investment Schemes

Education

  • Doctor of Laws, University of Malta (2006) — doctoral thesis: ‘The Principle of Pari Passu in Corporate Insolvency Law’
  • LLM in Banking and Finance Law, University of London (Queen Mary University London) (2007) — Chevening Scholar

Languages

EnglishItalianMaltese