Wayne advises an extensive client base ranging from private clients, including family offices and high-net-worth individuals, to NASDAQ listed companies. Working across several industry sectors, he deals with a wide range of cross-border regulatory, compliance and tax planning engagements involving both local and international financial institutions, asset protection, M&A and project finance transactions, driving the development of innovative solutions that support clients in their transition to more sustainable outcomes.

Wayne is the vice-president of the Institute of Financial Services Practitioners having been the president of the Institute and a member of the board of governors of FinanceMalta between 2018 and 2021. He is presently a member of the steering committee of the Malta Financial Services Advisory Council set up by the Minister for Finance and Employment and tasked with setting out a ten-year strategic plan for the Maltese financial services industry and is also a member of the International Fiscal Association, the International Bar Association and the Maltese Chamber of Advocates.

He was admitted to the Bar in 2001 following a Bachelor of Arts degree in Law and International Relations, and a Doctorate in legal studies from the University of Malta in 2001. Wayne also read for a Master of Arts degree in Financial Services at the University of Malta, graduating in 2003 after submission of a thesis entitled “The Impact of Information Technology on Financial Services”. In 2018, having successfully submitted a research project on “Tax arbitrage in ICOs: a European perspective”, published in the EC Tax Journal, he was awarded an Advanced Diploma in International Taxation by the Chartered Institute of Taxation.