Wayne Myles, KC

Wayne has a broad range of international and domestic mergers and acquisitions, corporate and commercial, general legal and consulting experience. He has acted as lead counsel and strategic advisor on numerous acquisitions, licensing and financings of many subsea and terrestrial telecommunications businesses, in the international seafood processing and marketing industry, and on aviation matters (across Canada, and internationally); on many domestic and international commercial insolvency and restructuring projects; on energy and transportation matters in Newfoundland and Labrador, including in respect of the Hibernia Project and Transshipment facilities, the Star Lake Hydro Project and the Wind Energy Project in St. Lawrence; and on other complex transactions in the energy, telecommunications, aviation, fishing and aquaculture industries.

Wayne has been acting as lead counsel since inception for a diversified international telecommunications group, operating in 23 countries throughout the greater Caribbean, Andean and Central America region, including as issuer of high yield debt in the US and International capital markets, on many transactions, exceeding US$ 1 Billion in value.

Wayne has also been a senior advisor and lead local counsel for many years to the insurance industry association (Insurance Bureau of Canada), numerous insurers, and continues to serve as Managing Director of the industry funded uninsured motorist fund (Judgment Recovery (Nfld.) Ltd.).

For several decades, Wayne has been lead counsel in Newfoundland and Labrador to one of Canada’s largest chartered banks, and routinely acts on complex financial transactions, assets recovery activities, and related litigation.