Mark Galea Salomone
Mark Galea Salomone is a Managing Associate within the tax team of WH Partners.
Mark has an extensive corporate tax experience, having most recently served as a Tax Senior Associate with Dentons in the UK. His expertise includes advising domestic and international groups on a wide range of complex UK, Maltese and international tax issues. He is experienced in tax restructuring and inbound/outbound investment, tax aspects of corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions and private wealth tax law with his main clients being private equity houses, leading multinationals, financial institutions and companies in the technology and crypto space. Before joining Dentons, Mark worked at KPMG UK’s corporate tax department.
Prior to moving to the UK, Mark began his career as a tax lawyer at a Maltese law firm where he earned individual recognition from Chambers and Partners as an ‘Associate to watch’ for Private Wealth Law in Malta (2018).
Mark has lectured the ACCA F6 Tax module (Malta variant) and delivered seminars for the Advanced Diploma in International Tax. He has also contributed to leading journals such as the Cahiers de droit fiscal international for the International Fiscal Association, the International Tax Review and Tax Journal.
Mark is dually qualified as a lawyer and an accountant. He holds an LL.M. (Tax) from the London School of Economics and an LL.D. (Doctor of Laws) from the University of Malta. He also completed his Chartered Certified Accountant (ACCA) degree.
Mark Galea Salomone specialises in
Tax
Latest Contributions
WH Partners at SBC Summit Malta
On 29 April, Ramona Cassar will moderate the panel ‘New VAT Laws on Gambling and Betting – A Game Changer’, exploring Malta’s upcoming VAT framework for online gambling and betting, set to…
Malta’s New VAT Framework for Online Betting and Online Live Events – Two New Guidelines Issued Today
These Guidelines clarify which gambling and betting products qualify as (i) electronically supplied services (ESS) and (ii) streamed and virtual activities. This classification is important as in both instances VAT, if applicable,…
Malta’s Gambling VAT Exemption: The First Guidelines Are Here
The Legal Anchor Following the publication of Legal Notice 86 of 2026 which we wrote about last week, the MTCA have issued these Guidelines in conformity with Article 75(2) of the VAT…
Taxing Times for Crypto Reporting: What DAC8 Means for CASPs Operating in Malta
Council Directive (EU) 2023/2226 (“DAC8”) represents the EU’s most comprehensive effort yet to tighten tax transparency associated with crypto-assets. By introducing mandatory reporting obligations for crypto-asset service providers (“CASPs”) and enabling automatic…