Davinia Cutajar

At WH Partners, Davinia assists individuals and corporates on complex civil, commercial and regulatory disputes. She regularly advises on cross-border matters, particularly in the EU, and is used to co-ordinating and co-operating with teams in multiple jurisdictions. Throughout her career, Davinia has settled a number of high-profile claims for damages linked to negligence or breach of law.

Before joining WH Partners, Davinia was the Managing Partner of a law firm in Malta focusing on corporate law and financial services, employment law, relocation services and yacht and trademark registration.

Her legal career started as a litigator with a well-respected law firm in Valletta. She later moved to corporate, trustee and compliance law, fulfilling the role of Money Laundering Reporting Officer and Compliance Officer for a corporate and trustee services provider in Malta, before taking on the role of director.

Davinia was admitted to the Malta Bar in March 2006, and has been a member of the Chamber of Advocates since. She was elected international secretary of the Chamber of Advocates in 2023. Davinia is a member of the Institute for Financial Services Practitioners (IFSP) and forms part of the IFSP’s Sub-Committee on Compliance.

Davinia read law at the University of Malta and was conferred a B.A. in Legal and Humanistic (European) Studies in 2003, a Diploma of Notary Public in 2004, and a Doctorate of Laws in 2005, after successfully completing an ERASMUS program at Tor Vergata University in Rome, Italy, in the same year.

She is fluent in English, Maltese and Italian, and has a basic knowledge of French.