Dr. Justine Scerri Herrera (Managing Partner)

Dr.Justine Scerri Herrera is a Managing Partner at MK Fintech Partners Ltd which Maltese entity forms part of ‘Michael Kyprianou & CO. LLC’ group. Incidentally, MK is Top ranked in The Legal 500 and according to Gold Magazine is the 3rd Largest in size in Cyprus. Her areas of passion and expertise include Fintech, Blockchain, Crypto and investments sectors. Justine is also an Advisory member of the Malta Think Tank which is a Digital Economy Taskforce set up by the Government of Malta (Ministry for Digital Economy).

Career Progression:

• In-house lawyer for Top Tier Investments Firm (Exante);
• In House Lawyer at an international Bank
• Legal Counsel at a Top leading criminal law firm.
• Associate at Michael Kyprianou & Co LLC

Education & Academia

• A Doctorate in Law (LLD) from the University of Malta
• A master’s degree (LLM) in Cybercrime and Global Criminal Law from the University of Groningen
• A course with the Malta Stock Exchange in ‘Securities and Trading’
• A course with MIM in ‘Virtual Financial Assets’.
• Justine is also a true academic at heart and in her spare times often publishes research on various reputable sites and speaks at events worldwide.

Practice Areas of Specialisation

• Cryptocurrencies, Blockchain & Virtual Assets Sector; Advisory and licensing services to Token Issuers and Service providers (including Crypto Exchanges, Wallet providers, Crypto Funds, Legal Opinions, Brokerage etc)
• Fintech & Financial Services Sector; Advisory & Licensing services to obtain an E-Money Institution, Payment Institutions, PISPs, AISPs and more.
• Advisory & Licensing in the Investment Services Sector; Going Public, raising capital, Funds (eg.AIF) etc.