Dr Andria
Buhagiar was appointed Deputy State Advocate on 8 January 2020, having
previously held the post of Senior lawyer within the Office of the Attorney
General. She has extensive experience within the field of European Union law
and, as Agent for Malta before the Court of Justice of the European Union, has
represented Government in numerous proceedings before said Court and in various
EU and international fora.
Andria advises Government and public
bodies on all aspects of Malta’s obligations at EU law, including the
transposition and implementation of EU Directives and Regulations, and has been
involved in a vast number of legal drafting projects. She is moreover a member
of the Committee for Advocates and Legal Procurators, which is tasked with
assessing the fitness and properness of applicants for an advocate’s or a legal
procurator’s warrant and with investigating and penalising potential misconduct
by advocates and legal procurators.
Andria holds a Doctorate in law
(LL.D.) and a Magister Juris (M. Jur.) in EU and Comparative
law from the University of Malta. She previously held the post of legal officer
at the Office for Fair Competition within the former Consumer and Competition
Division and has lectured at the University of Malta and supervised theses on
various aspects of EU Law.