BIOGRAPHY Patrick J Galea is a practising Advocate in Malta and senior Lecturer in the Civil Law Department of the University of Malta. He was educated at a Jesuit College and at the University of Malta qualifying as a Doctor of Laws in 1981, called to the Maltese Bar in 1982 and since 1983 has lectured at the UM. He was awarded a PhD from the University of Edinburgh in 2018.
He has taught and examined at the University of Malta extensively since his appointment, in Civil Procedure, Civil Law and Philosophy of Law covering the basic doctrines and foundations of civil procedure, Law of property, lease and guarantees. Patrick also served as Head of the Civil Law Department and member of the University Senate.
He has practised extensively in civil, company and commercial law, both in an advisory capacity or in pleading in court audiences. Other interests and areas of professional activity include trusts, foundations, succession and estate planning, company law and litigation, intellectual property and all aspects of European Private International Law. He also appears regularly in Arbitration proceedings and also sits as Arbiter on Arbitration panels.
He has served, and currently serves, on various company boards: he was Chairman of an Austrian Bank in Malta for seventeen years, and currently sits on boards of another bank licensed in Malta, a company listed at the Malta Stock Exchange and a licensed insurer.
He formed part of the group of Experts of the European Union on the Succession Regulation and on the Regulation relative to the property consequences of marriage and other unions. He was also a member of the Group of Experts on intellectual property rights of SMEs. Since the early 1990’s up to recently, he was a member of the editorial board publishing the judgements of the Superior Courts of Malta. His task included providing the brief introductory comment to the text of the judgement. He also served on the Editorial Board of and contributed to a Legal Journal in Malta “De Jure.” He lectures at the Summer Private Law School of the University of Salzburg.
