People

Contact Details
- T: +356 9905 6193
-
MK Fintech Partners Ltd,
6, Level 3/4, Triq is-Suq
FRN 1082 Floriana
Malta
Languages Spoken
Dr. Justine Scerri Herrera
Dr. Justine Scerri Herrera is a Partner at the Malta office.
Her areas of expertise are in advising and licensing issuers and service providers falling under the Maltese Virtual Financial Assets Regulations (Cryptocurrencies and Blockchain), the Investment Services Act (Capital market players), raising capital, FX, Brokerage, etc, Funds (PIFs, AIFs) and Fintech/Financial Institutions Act (EMI, PIs, etc).
Justine has completed specialised courses with the Malta Stock Exchange titled ‘Securities and Trading’ and ‘Virtual Financial Assets’.
She serves as an advisory member of Malta’s ‘Think Tank’, a government digital economy task force specializing in digitization.
Practice Area Specialization
Credentials
Education
Masters of Law, University of Groningen, Netherlands (2017)
Doctorate of Laws, University of Malta (2016)
Bachelor of Laws, University of Malta (2013)
Professional Memberships
Malta Bar Association
Accolades
Keynote presenter at Financial Innovation Conference – Next Generation Payment Forum – April 2019 – ‘A necessary evil during the potential Mass Adoption of Cryptocurrencies’.
Keynote presenter at Sigma and Malta and AI Blockchain (November 2019) ‘Stablecoins and Central Bank digital coins’.
Attended Private Blockchain Event in Malta (2019) How and why capital market players are leveraging DLT.
Career progression
From Associate to Senior Associate to Partner, Michael Kyprianou Fintech Partner (2018 – present)
In-house lawyer, Novum Bank Ltd (February – November 2018)
In-house lawyer, Exante (global stock broker) (2017 – 2018)
Associate, Herrera & Associate (2013 – 2016)