Websites for lawyers and accountants in Malta
that clients trust and the rules allow.

Most new clients reach a lawyer or an accountant through a referral. A friend gives them your name. Then they search for it. In those few minutes, your website either confirms the referral or plants a doubt.

People also search without a referral, for things like “VAT accountant Malta” or “property lawyer Gozo”. Here your website is the whole first meeting. It has to show who you are, what you handle, how you charge and how to book a first conversation.

Firms also carry rules most businesses do not. Malta’s Electronic Commerce Act asks regulated professions for extra details on their websites. Advocates follow publicity rules from the Chamber of Advocates. Accountants follow the Accountancy Board’s code of ethics. A site that looks good but breaks these rules is a risk, not an asset.

This guide covers both sides: what wins the client, and what keeps you within the rules. Use the free checker to see where your own site stands.

Article 8C of the Electronic Commerce Act (Cap. 426) lists the details every service provider must make “easily, directly and permanently accessible”. We opened the act on legislation.mt on 7 November 2026. For a firm, it looks like this.

The details in (f) are the ones most firm sites miss. They only apply to regulated professions, such as advocates, notaries, accountants, auditors, architects and doctors. Place them once in the footer, so they sit on every page.

Privacy notices, cookie consent and form consent apply too, as on any business site. Our guide to website legal requirements in Malta covers those in full.

Accountants who practise in Malta need a warrant from the Accountancy Board. The Board’s Code of Ethics for Warrant Holders, issued as Directive 2 in 2016, is based on the 2009 international code. Its marketing section says an accountant must be honest and truthful, and must not make exaggerated claims or disparaging, unsupported comparisons with other firms.

Unlike advocates, accountants have no ban on advertising campaigns. Your website can do more selling. It can show fixed fees, a filing calendar or a short tax checklist. Keep every claim provable. “Fast VAT returns” needs a promise you can keep. “The best auditors in Malta” is the kind of claim the code warns against.

Show your warrant clearly. The Accountancy Board keeps public registers of warrant holders and firms, so a visitor can confirm what you say. Put the professional title, the Board as your professional body and a link to the code in your footer. That covers article 8C(1)(f) of Cap. 426 too.

A firm website does not need many tricks. It needs a few pages that answer the questions a careful client asks before they get in touch.

1. One page per practice area or service. Company set-up, tax and VAT, audit, property, family, employment. Each page says who it is for, what you do and what happens first.
2. People pages. Real photos, warrants, qualifications and languages spoken. Clients hire people, not logos.
3. How we charge. Fixed fee, hourly rate or a first meeting fee. Advocates may state rates and charging methods, and accountants often publish fixed fees.
4. Short articles. Plain answers to the questions you hear every week, such as VAT registration or buying property in Malta. They show your knowledge without breaking any rule.
5. A consultation request. Three or four questions, a clear reply time and a confidentiality note.
6. Your languages. English first for most firms, then Maltese or Italian where your clients need it.

Then make sure people can find you. A Google Business Profile with the same name, address and hours as your site helps people who search for an accountant or a lawyer near them. A matching .mt domain registered in your firm’s name keeps the address yours.

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Consultancy and advisory firms sell through enquiries, not online checkout. So the questions on your form matter as much as the design. Here is a real result from a business that also sells through enquiries.

From 1 May to 25 July 2026, a lead generation campaign brought this business 478 form leads at €9.68 each, from €4,625.31 of ad spend. The form asked clear questions that collect what the team needs to follow up. A firm website works the same way: a short form that asks the right three questions gives you enquiries you can act on.

If you are an advocate, remember the Chamber’s rule on advertising campaigns. Your website, your articles and your social media posts can still bring enquiries without one.

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Our three website packages have published starting prices. Most firms fit one of them.

Worked example (made up): a small accountancy firm wants a home page, one page for tax and VAT, one for audit and accounts, a people page and a contact page with a consultation form. That is five core pages in English, with no booking system. It fits the Professional Website, from €990. If the same firm later adds a page for each of ten industries and an Italian version, it moves up to the Business Website, from €2,490.

The domain and any paid tools are written into your scope before we start, so there are no surprises. For the full picture, read our website cost guide for Malta, or see our case studies.

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