Dr Robert Attard

Robert is EY Malta’s Tax Leader, a tenured senior lecturer at the University of Malta, a fellow of GREIT and member of the European Association of Tax Law Professors.

In the IBFD’s 2015-2017 General Report on the Protection of Taxpayers’ Rights he was described as a well-known authority broadly experienced in the practical protection of taxpayers’ rights and a prominent member of the legal practice. Having served as a panelist at the 2015 IFA Congress he forms part of a study group of the International Law Association on the “Protection of Taxpayers’ Rights” (co-chaired by Advocate General Juliane Kokott and Pasquale Pistone) and is also a member of the Supervisory Council of the IBFD/IFA’s  “Observatory on the Protection of Taxpayers’ Rights”.

The Maltese Court of Appeal has described him as a leading commentator on tax law referring to his publications in its judgements. Robert has argued most of Malta’s leading tax cases.