Dr Joseph Borg
Partner, WH Partners, Malta
Dr. Joseph F. Borg is an Advocate and Partner at WH Partners, heading the Fintech Advisory and the Gaming and Gambling Advisory sections within the firm. He also practices in the areas of Esports, Sports, Technology, Telecoms and Intellectual Property Law. Joe is ranked by Chambers and Partners in Fintech and is also recommended as a leading individual in Fintech by Legal500. Joe is ranked a Global Thought Leader in Gaming according to Who's Who Legal. He also lectures Gaming Law at the University of Malta. Joe is the Chairperson of the Committee on Emerging Issues within the International Masters of Gaming Law (IMGL) organisation. He is also a board member of the Virtual Assets Business Section of the Malta Chamber of Commerce.
Before joining WH Partners he occupied the post of Chief Regulatory Officer of the Lotteries and Gaming Authority - Malta. Joe was also an elected Member on the Board of Trustees of the International Association of Gaming Regulators (IAGR), a position which he held throughout 2012. He had originally joined the Authority in March 2007 as Director Legal and Enforcement and has occupied this position for almost 4 years. Before joining the Authority, Joseph was Legal Counsel to Vodafone Malta for three years.
Joseph was conferred with an LL.M. in Information Technology and Telecommunications Law at the University of Strathclyde (Glasgow), with Distinction. Earlier, he was awarded the LL.D. from the University of Malta, after writing and successfully defending a thesis entitled, 'Protection of Trademarks Against Domain Names'. In November 2000, Joseph graduated with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Legal and Humanistic Studies. Joseph went on an Erasmus Exchange in 2002 at the Facolta di Giurisprudenza of the Universita' degli Studi di Bologna. In 2009 he completed a Regulator Development Program organized by the International Gaming Institute at the University of Nevada in Las Vegas (UNLV). In 2012 he was awarded a certificate in Casino Management by the UNLV. He has successfully completed the Oxford Fintech Program at the Said Business School, University of Oxford. Joe also successfully completed CS50 for Lawyers by Harvard University through the HarvardX platform.
