About Clara Vella

Clara Isabelle Vella is MaltaMGA’s editor and a Malta-based licensing and compliance specialist. Her work focuses on Malta Gaming Authority licensing, regulatory approval processes, corporate structures and European gambling regulation. She has worked in legal and regulatory roles since 2011.

At MaltaMGA, Clara turns public regulatory records into clear explanations. She maintains the guide, checks licence and enforcement information against original sources, and reviews readers’ corrections. This editorial work is independent of the MGA and gambling operators.

Professional background

Clara began in corporate legal advisory work in Valletta in 2011 and moved into iGaming licensing and compliance in 2014. From 2017 to 2022 she worked as Head of Regulatory Compliance. Since 2022 she has worked as an independent senior licensing and compliance consultant in Malta.

Areas of expertise

• MGA Gaming Service Licences (B2C) and Critical Gaming Supply Licences (B2B).

• Licence applications, regulatory documentation and ongoing reporting.

• Anti-money-laundering controls, customer verification and responsible gambling.

• Corporate governance, regulatory risk, due diligence and fit-and-proper assessments.

• International expansion of licensed gambling businesses.

Outside work

Clara grew up in Sliema and developed her interest in regulation during her law studies at the University of Malta. Her interests include sailing, Mediterranean culture, travel and international business law.

Contact and published work

Email: clara@maltamga.com. Read my editorial profile, the MaltaMGA guide and our source method. MaltaMGA is an independent, non-commercial project and is not affiliated with the Malta Gaming Authority or gambling operators. This notebook contains my own editorial explanations of how to read public regulatory information.

Elsewhere

My professional profile on Gravatar keeps my contact identity together. My Substack notes contain short observations on licence records. My longer editorial background is also available on Medium. My contact and reading links on Linktree bring those channels together.

More reading and professional channels

These are my own professional presentations and reading notebooks. Each has a different format; they are connected with my editorial work at MaltaMGA.

• Nostr — Short editorial observations about gaps and uncertainty in public records.
• AllMyLinks — My professional background, editorial responsibilities and correction contact.
• WordPress.com — Personal reading notes, selected writing and a guide to reproducible corrections.
• Notion — An editorial notebook with a structured source note and selected writing.
• Paper.wf — A source-reading notebook, including why a source date and an observation date differ.
• NewsBlur — Annotated readings on regulatory evidence and source scope.
• Carrd — Professional background, areas of work and selected publications.