Dr. Sarah J Rausi graduated as Doctor of Laws from the Faculty of Laws, University of Malta in 2009. Admitted to the bar in 2010, she has practised in various areas and received exposure to diverse sectors of the law. She has successfully completed all study-units for the Masters in Financial Services and has also obtained the Malta Institute of Taxation Diploma in Taxation. For ten years in employment with one of Malta’s largest law firms, her main area of practice was tax law and other related matters including corporate tax, indirect tax, personal tax, international tax planning and tax litigation. Dr. Rausi is currently an Anti-Tax Evasion Senior Analyst within a major local bank’s Anti Financial Crime Department. She has written a number of articles on the direct and indirect taxation topics which have been published in international journals as well as local journals and newspapers. In the professional field she is subscribed as a member with the Malta Chamber of Advocates, the Malta Institute of Taxation and the Institute of Financial Services Practitioners.