Mr Ian Felice

Biography

Ian is a Partner in the Corporate & Commercial Team of Hassans International Law Firm.

He is experienced in transactional work involving the use of Gibraltar-based structures, and also regularly advises on corporate restructuring, acquisitions, sales, joint ventures and financing. Ian also has particular expertise in advising on directors’ duties and responsibilities, including in the context of shareholders’ disputes, and is widely recognised in the field of Gibraltar company law. He is one of the few practitioners in the jurisdiction with a sizeable Sports Law practice.

Ian is the Vice-President of the Gibraltar national basketball federation and was a FIBA international basketball referee for 10 years, officiating in 5 European Nations finals.

In 2019, Ian was appointed to the Legal Commission of FIBA Europe, a first for Gibraltar.

An LLB (Hons) graduate of the University of Nottingham, Ian completed his Bar Vocational Course at the Inns of Court School of Law in London. A member of the Honourable Society of the Middle Temple, Ian was Called to the Bar in England and Wales, and in Gibraltar, in 1999. He was also Admitted to the Bar in the British Virgin Islands in 2010.

Ian teaches the Company Law modules at the University of Gibraltar for the Professional Certificate of Competence in Gibraltar Law and regularly lectures and publishes internationally.

Ian is the Chair of the Gibraltar Nurses, Midwives and Health Visitors’ Registration Board, and a member of the Gibraltar Medical Registration Board.