Dr Geraldine Spiteri
B.A., M.Jur.(EU & Comp), LL.M.(IMLI), LL.D.

Dip.Can.(Eccles.Trib.)

Academic Profile

Dr Spiteri read law at the University of Malta where she graduated BA in Law and Sociology, Diploma of Notary Public and later Doctor of Laws, obtaining her warrant to practise in Malta in early 2002. She pursued her studies at Masters degree level in European and Comparative Law, also at the University of Malta. In 2007, Dr Spiteri completed the one-year full time Masters Degree in International Maritime Law, where she received high level training on a large variety of international maritime law and shipping issues, graduating with Distinction.

Her theses and dissertations have covered regulation and competition law aspects in electronic communications markets and the application of competition law to the maritime sector

Practice Areas

Dr Spiteri practises litigation before the law courts and other tribunals in Malta, and advises on various European law issues, in particular competition law. Dr Spiteri also practises in the areas of maritime law and electronic communications law.

Dr Spiteri has handled contract drafting, vetting and negotiation in the electronic communications sectors, and has also conducted litigation that has an electronic communications aspect.

Legal Research

Dr Spiteri’s doctoral research in the field of telecommunications law has centred around the regulation of the telecommunications market which was due to be liberalised at the time of writing (2001), and which was also undergoing heavy convergence of technologies. This was followed up by the European Law Masters research concerning the application of the competition law rules to the electronic communications sector in Europe, post liberalisation.

At the International Maritime Law Institute, Dr Spiteri carried out a legislative drafting project, which centred on the incorporation of the London Dumping Protocol into Maltese Law, and also wrote a dissertation on the application of competition law to maritime transport in the EU, focusing in particular on the abolition of the block exemption from the application of competition law to liner conferences.

Languages

Maltese, English, Italian, French

Memberships

Dr Spiteri is a member of the following professional associations and institutions:

Chamber of Advocates, Valletta, Malta