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Wylie is a graduate in law of the Australian National University. He also has an honours degree in Government from the University of Sydney. He was admitted to the High Court of the Australian Capital Territory in 1995 and subsequently to the Fiji bar in 1996. He has lived in various countries including Western Samoa, Vanuatu, Australia and Fiji. He was a Prosecutor with the Director of Public Prosecutions Office in 1996 until 1998.

Wylie joined Howards in December 2001 and is the firm's representative to the Fiji-Australia Business Council. He is the former President and currently Immediate Past President. Wylie is also a former President of and serving Honorary Member of the Fiji Red Cross. He has previously lectured in taxation law at the University of the South Pacific.

Wylie's portfolio includes mining, natural resources and related activities and projects, taxation, foreign investment, banking and finance, asset protection, trusts, corporate governance and structuring, corporate and business acquisition & sale and structuring both within Fiji and the South Pacific. Wylie was lead Pacific legal advisor on the recent acquisition of BP (South West Pacific) Limited that involved businesses and assets in American Samoa, Tonga, Cook Islands, Vanuatu, Kiribati and Fiji. He also has a great deal of experience in complex finance and security documentation, contracts and due diligence as well as aircraft leasing and finance. He advises a range of clients in resort development, particularly in the area of property acquisition and sale, rationalisation, sub-division and strata title. He is also well versed in time share/fractional title arrangements and corporate restructuring, having played a significant role using these structures to facilitate property and tourist developments. Wylie is also very experienced in providing legal services and advice in respect of company receiverships.

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