Asia Tax Awards 2018: Nominees announced
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Asia Tax Awards 2018: Nominees announced

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The nominations for the 2018 ITR Asia Tax Awards have been announced. The awards celebrate the best tax and transfer pricing work across the Asia-Pacific region.

Firms and in-house tax teams across 20 countries are competing to win awards.

Winners will be announced and presented with their awards on Thursday, May 3 at the Mandarin Orchard Singapore. 

The awards dinner will celebrate the excellence across the region after International Tax Review’s two-day Asia Tax Forum.

To reserve your table at the awards ceremony, please email Jamil Ahad on jamil.ahad@euromoneyplc.com or call +44 207 779 8767.

National Awards

Australia Tax Firm of the Year

Allen & Overy

Ashurst

Baker McKenzie

DLA Piper

Herbert Smith Freehills and Greenwoods & Herbert Smith Freehills

KPMG 

MinterEllison

Australia Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year

Deloitte

Grant Thornton Australia

KPMG

MinterEllison

Transfer Pricing Solutions Australia

Australia Tax Disputes & Litigation Firm of the Year

Herbert Smith Freehills and Greenwoods & Herbert Smith Freehills

KPMG 

MinterEllison 

Cambodia Tax Firm of the Year

Deloitte

DFDL

Sciaroni & Associates

VDB Loi

Cambodia Tax Disputes & Litigation Firm of the Year

Deloitte

DFDL

China Tax Firm of the Year

Baker McKenzie

Deloitte

EY 

KPMG

China Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year

Baker McKenzie

Deloitte

DLA Piper

EY

KPMG

China Tax Disputes & Litigation Firm of the Year

Baker McKenzie

EY

KPMG

Hong Kong Tax Firm of the Year

Baker McKenzie

Deloitte

DLA Piper

KPMG

Hong Kong Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year

EY

KPMG

Hong Kong Tax Disputes & Litigation Firm of the Year

Deloitte

EY

KPMG

India Tax Firm of the Year

Advaita Legal 

Ashok Maheshwary & Associates

Deloitte

Dhruva Advisors

KPMG

Nangia & Co

SKP

India Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year

Advaita Legal 

Ashok Maheshwary & Associates

Deloitte

KPMG

SKP

India Tax Disputes & Litigation Firm of the Year

Advaita Legal 

Ashok Maheshwary & Associates

Deloitte

Dhruva Advisors

Khaitan & Co 

KPMG

SKP

Indonesia Tax Firm of the Year

Deloitte

EY

GNV Consulting Services

Hadiputrano, Hadinoto & Partners

KPMG

Indonesia Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year

Deloitte

GNV Consulting Services

KPMG

Indonesia Tax Disputes & Litigation Firm of the Year

Deloitte

GNV Consulting Services

KPMG

Japan Tax Firm of the Year

Baker McKenzie

DLA Piper

KPMG

Japan Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year

Deloitte

DLA Piper

EY

Malaysia Tax Firm of the Year

Deloitte

EY

KPMG

Shearn Delamore & Co

Wong & Partners

Malaysia Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year

Deloitte

EY

KPMG

Wong & Partners

Malaysia Tax Disputes & Litigation Firm of the Year

Deloitte

EY

KPMG

Shearn Delamore & Co

Wong & Partners

Myanmar Tax Firm of the Year

DFDL

EY 

New Zealand Tax Firm of the Year

Bell Gully

Chapman Tripp

Deloitte 

KPMG

Russell McVeagh

New Zealand Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year

Bell Gully

Deloitte

KPMG 

New Zealand Tax Disputes & Litigation Firm of the Year

KPMG

Russell McVeagh 

Pakistan Tax Firm of the Year

Grant Thornton

KPMG

Pakistan Tax Disputes & Litigation Firm of the Year

Grant Thornton

KPMG

Philippines Tax Firm of the Year

Deloitte

KPMG

Quisumbing Torres  

Philippines Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year

Deloitte

SyCip Gorres Velayo & Co (EY)

RG Manabat & Co (KPMG)

Philippines Tax Disputes & Litigation Firm of the Year

Deloitte

Du-Baladad and Associates (BDB Law)

KPMG

Quisumbing Torres  

Singapore Tax Firm of the Year

Baker McKenzie Wong & Leow

Deloitte

EY

KPMG

Singapore Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year

Baker McKenzie  Wong & Leow

Deloitte

EY

Grant Thornton

KPMG

Transfer Pricing Solutions Asia (Singapore) 

Singapore Tax Disputes & Litigation Firm of the Year

Baker McKenzie Wong & Leow

Deloitte

KPMG

Rajah & Tann Singapore

South Korea Tax Firm of the Year

Bae, Kim & Lee

Deloitte

Kim & Chang

KPMG

South Korea Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year

Deloitte

Kim & Chang 

KPMG Korea

Yulchon

South Korea Tax Disputes & Litigation Firm of the Year

Bae, Kim & Lee 

Deloitte

Kim & Chang

KPMG

Yulchon

Sri Lanka Tax Firm of the Year

BDO

Julius & Creasy

KPMG

Nithya Partners

Sri Lanka Tax Disputes & Litigation Firm of the Year

KPMG

Nithya Partners

Taiwan Tax Firm of the Year

Deloitte

EY

KPMG

Taiwan Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year

Deloitte

EY

KPMG

Taiwan Tax Disputes & Litigation Firm of the Year

Deloitte

EY

KPMG

Thailand Tax Firm of the Year

DFDL

KPMG 

Tilleke & Gibbins

Thailand Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year

Deloitte

KPMG

Thailand Tax Disputes & Litigation Firm of the Year

Baker McKenzie 

Deloitte

EY

KPMG

Vietnam Tax Firm of the Year

Baker McKenzie

Deloitte

DFDL

KPMG 

Vietnam Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year

Deloitte

KPMG

Vietnam Tax Disputes & Litigation Firm of the Year

Baker McKenzie

Deloitte

KPMG

Regional Awards

Asia Tax Transactions Firm of the Year

Ashok Maheshwary & Associates

Bae, Kim & Lee

Deloitte

Dentons Rodyk

DFDL

Dhruva Advisors

EY

Grant Thornton

Kim & Chang

KPMG

MinterEllison

Shearn Delamore & Co

SKP

Yulchon

Asia Tax Technology Firm of the Year

Deloitte

EY

KPMG

Online Pajak

US Corporate Tax Team of the Year

EY

KPMG 

Tax Policy Firm of the Year

Dhruva Advisors

Du-Baladad and Associates (BDB Law)

KPMG

Rao Law Chambers

SKP

Yulchon

Asia Tax Innovator of the Year

EY

KPMG

Asia Best Newcomer of the Year

Anuj Mahajan & Co 

Grant Thornton (Singapore)

TraTax (Thenesh Renga & Associates)

Asia Tax Compliance & Reporting Firm of the Year

Ashok Maheshwary & Associates

Deloitte

KPMG

SKP

Global Executive Mobility Tax Team of the Year in Asia

Ashok Maheshwary & Associates

Deloitte

EY

Grant Thornton

KPMG Australia

KPMG Singapore

KPMG New Zealand

MinterEllison 

FATCA / Withholding Tax Team of the Year in Asia

Ashok Maheshwary & Associates

Deloitte

KPMG

Shearn Delamore & Co

SKP

Yulchon

In-House Awards

Asia In-house Transfer Pricing Team of the Year

Discovery Communications India 

Infosys India

Asia In-house Tax Team of the Year

Cargill Indonesia

Discovery Communications India

Infosys Limited India

PT Astra International

PT Freeport Indonesia

Tencent Group

Asia In-house Tax Director of the Year

Balaji Balasubramanian, Standard Chartered Bank

Ben Choy, Tencent Holdings

Mukhlis Ishak, PT Freeport Indonesia

Sunil Kumar Dhareshwar, Infosys Limited India

Umang Dhingra, Discovery Communications India

Leaders Awards

Asia Tax Disputes & Litigation Practice Leader of the Year

Ahdianto, GNV Consulting Services

Il Young Cho, Bae, Kim & Lee

Goh Ka Im, Shearn Delamore & Co

Seok Hoon Kang, Yulchon

Leung Yew Kwong, KPMG 

Jisoo Lee, Kim & Chang

Carmen McElwain, MinterEllison

A R Madhav Rao, Advaita Legal 

Steven Sieker, Baker McKenzie

Adeline Wong, Baker McKenzie 

Asia Transfer Pricing Practice Leader of the Year

Maria Carmela M Peralta, KPMG (RG Manabat & Co)

Jason Casas, Grant Thornton Australia

Luis Coronado, EY

Maulik Doshi, SKP

Kyu Dong Kim, Yulchon

Sanjiv Malhotra, Baker McKenzie

Tae Yeon Nam, Kim & Chang 

Kamal Sawhney, Advaita Legal 

Geoffrey Soh, KPMG 

Joanne Su, EY

Asia Tax Practice Leader of the Year

Woo Hyun Baik, Kim & Chang

Sudipta Bhattacharjee, Advaita Legal 

Sujit Ghosh, Advaita Legal 

Khoon Ming Ho, KPMG

Dinesh Kanabar, Dhruva Advisors

Tae Kyoon Kim, Bae, Kim & Lee

Manish Shah, SKP

Jack Sheehan, DFDL

Allen Tan, Baker McKenzie 

Adeline Wong, Baker McKenzie

Asia Tax Commissioner of the Year

Ng Wai Choong, Commissioner of Inland Revenue, Singapore

Chris Jordan, Commissioner of Taxation, Australia 

Wang Jun, Commissioner for the State Administration of Taxation, China

Wong Kuen-fai, Commissioner of Inland Revenue, Hong Kong

Yazeed Mohamed, Tax Commissioner, Maldives

Asia Indirect Tax Firm of the Year

Deloitte 

Grant Thornton

KPMG

MinterEllison

Shearn Delamore & Co

SKP

Yulchon

Asia Tax Disputes & Litigation Firm of the Year

Deloitte 

GNV Consulting Services

KPMG

MinterEllison

Shearn Delamore & Co

Yulchon

Asia Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year

EY

Deloitte

KPMG

MinterEllison

Asia Tax Firm of the Year

Baker McKenzie

Deloitte

DFDL

Dhruva Advisors

EY

KPMG

Shearn Delamore & Co



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