HUGH PERALTA
Senior consultant
Hugh is currently senior consultant at IURIS, following a 2013 merger between Iuris Malta Advocates, as it was then known, and his private practice Hugh Peralta & Associates, which he set up in 1984. Throughout his long career, Hugh distinguished himself as a prominent business and commercial lawyer, with a varied and important clientele. He previously served as secretary general of the Malta Hotels and Restaurants Association and sat on law reform committees. He has been awarded both the Onorificenza di Ufficiale by the Italian Government as well as the cross of the Order of Merit of the Government of the Federal Republic of Germany in recognition for services rendered.
- Civil law
- Litigation
- Commercial law
- Corporate law
- Maritime law
- Property law
- Senior consultant at IURIS since 2013
- 2001-2013 Secretary General of the Malta Hotels and Restaurants Association
- 2001 awarded the Onorificenza di Ufficiale by the Italian Government in recognition for services rendered
- 2000 editor and publisher of Il-Pinna, a bi-monthly newsletter distributed freely to members of the legal profession
- 1998 appointed Chairman of the Family Law Commission which was set up to propose amendments to Maltese family law
- 1997 appointed as the only independent member on the Parliamentary Cabinet Sub-committee set up to draft amendments to the Planning Authority Act
- 1997 awarded the cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany by the Government of the Federal Republic of Germany in recognition for services rendered
- 1984 established own practice – Hugh Peralta & Associates
- 1972 Doctor of Laws conferred by the University of Malta
- 1970 Diploma in Notary Public conferred by the University of Malta
- 1968 B.A. General conferred by the University of Malta
Memberships
- Chamber of Advocates, Malta
- International Bar Association
Languages
- Maltese
- English
- Italian
- French (working knowledge)