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
Latest Contributions
The EU Tax Simplification Package: From Complexity to Competitiveness?
The package consists of two proposals: the Direct Taxation Omnibus and the Recast of the Directive on Administrative Cooperation (DAC). Together, these proposals seek to address the complexities that have come to…
Malta-Romania Tax Treaty Now Aligns with OECD’s MAP Standard
The Single but Significant Change: Article 26(2) The amendment touches a single provision and adds only a few words: Article 26(2), which governs the Mutual Agreement Procedure (MAP). MAP is the mechanism…
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,…