The winners of the ITR Asia Tax Awards 2020 will be revealed on our website on August 26 at 10am BST.
The ITR Asia Tax Awards recognise remarkable achievements and developments by international tax professionals from the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region over a 12-month period.
Aside from the national awards in 18 jurisdictions, there are also awards in regional, individual and in-house categories for the best performers.
Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, this year’s winners of the Asia Tax Awards will be announced and published online on August 26 at 10am BST, accompanied by a podcast on the most notable winners and key trends.
ITR’s head of business development James Murray will contact firms and individuals in due course.
If you have any questions about the shortlist or research, please contact our team at editorial@internationaltaxreview.com. For the deals and cases awards, we strive to mention all the firms that took part in each deal. If your firm has been omitted, please contact ITR's editorial team.
Our thoughts are with our readers and others affected by the pandemic.
National
Awards
Australia Tax Firm of the Year
Ashurst Australia
Baker McKenzie
Deloitte
DLA Piper
Greenwoods & Herbert Smith Freehills
KPMG
MinterEllison
Australia Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year
Baker McKenzie
Deloitte
Greenwoods & Herbert Smith Freehills
Johnson Winter & Slattery
KPMG
MinterEllison
Transfer Pricing Solutions
Australia Tax Disputes Firm of the Year
Ashurst Australia
Baker McKenzie
Deloitte
EY
Greenwoods & Herbert Smith Freehills
KPMG
MinterEllison
Cambodia Tax Firm of the
Year
Bun & Associates
Deloitte
DFDL
Sciaroni & Associates
Tilleke & Gibbins
China Tax Firm of the Year
Baker McKenzie
Deloitte
DLA Piper
EY
JunHe
KPMG
Zhong Lun
China Transfer Pricing Firm
of the Year
Baker McKenzie
Deloitte
DLA Piper
EY
KPMG
China Tax Disputes Firm of
the Year
Baker McKenzie
Deloitte
DLA Piper
Jingtian & Gongcheng
KPMG
WTS China
Zhong Lun
Hong Kong SAR Tax Firm of
the Year
Baker McKenzie
Deloitte
EY
KPMG
Oldham Li & Nie
Hong Kong SAR Transfer
Pricing Firm of the Year
Baker McKenzie
Deloitte
DLA Piper
EY
KPMG
Hong Kong SAR Tax Disputes
Firm of the Year
Baker McKenzie
Deloitte
DLA Piper
EY
KPMG
India Tax Firm of the Year
AZB & Partners
Deloitte
Dhruva Advisors, WTS Global
EY
Khaitan & Co
KPMG
Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co
India Transfer Pricing Firm
of the Year
Ashok Maheshwary & Associates
Deloitte
Dhruva Advisors, WTS Global
EY
Grant Thornton
KPMG
Nexdigm (SKP)
India Tax Disputes Firm of
the Year
Advaita Legal
Deloitte
Dhruva Advisors, WTS Global
Economic Laws Practice, Taxand India
EY
Lakshmikumaran & Sridharan
Trilegal
Indonesia Tax Firm of the
Year
Assegaf Hamzah & Partners
DDTC
Deloitte
GNV Consulting, Moore Global
Hadiputranto Hadinoto & Partners, a member firm of Baker & McKenzie International
KPMG
RSM
Indonesia Transfer Pricing
Firm of the Year
DDTC
Deloitte
GNV Consulting, Moore Global
Hadiputranto Hadinoto & Partners, a member firm of Baker & McKenzie International
MUC Consulting Group
TaxPrime
SF Consulting, Crowe Indonesia
Indonesia Tax Disputes Firm
of the Year
Assegaf Hamzah & Partners
Deloitte
EY
GNV Consulting, Moore Global
Hadiputranto Hadinoto & Partners, a member firm of Baker & McKenzie International
KPMG
TaxPrime
Japan Tax Firm of the Year
Baker McKenzie (Gaikokuho Joint Enterprise)
Deloitte
EY
KPMG
Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu, Taxand Japan
Nishimura & Asahi
Withers Japan Zeirishi Houjin
Japan Transfer Pricing Firm
of the Year
Baker McKenzie (Gaikokuho Joint Enterprise)
Deloitte
DLA Piper
EY
KPMG
Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu, Taxand Japan
Nishimura & Asahi
Japan Tax Disputes Firm of
the Year
Anderson Mori & Tomotsune
Baker McKenzie (Gaikokuho Joint Enterprise)
EY
Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu, Taxand Japan
Nishimura & Asahi
TMI Associates
Withers Japan Zeirishi Houjin
Malaysia Tax Firm of the
Year
Baker Tilly
Deloitte
KPMG
Shearn Delamore & Co
Wong & Partners, a member firm of Baker & McKenzie International
Malaysia Transfer Pricing
Firm of the Year
Baker Tilly
Deloitte
EY
KPMG
Wong & Partners, a member firm of Baker & McKenzie International
Malaysia Tax Disputes Firm
of the Year
Deloitte
KPMG
Lee Hishammuddin Allen & Gledhill
Shearn Delamore & Co
Wong & Partners, a member firm of Baker & McKenzie International
Myanmar Tax Firm of the Year
DFDL
EY
KPMG
Tilleke & Gibbins
VDB Loi
New Zealand Tax Firm of the
Year
Bell Gully
Buddle Findlay
Deloitte
KPMG
Russell McVeagh
New Zealand Transfer Pricing
Firm of the Year
Deloitte
EY
KPMG
Russell McVeagh
TP EQuilibrium AustralAsia, Duff & Phelps
New Zealand Tax Disputes Firm
of the Year
Bell Gully
Deloitte
EY Law
KPMG
Russell McVeagh
Pakistan Tax Firm of the
Year
Akhund Forbes Hadi
Grant Thornton
KPMG
Vellani & Vellani
Yousaf Amanat & Associates
Philippines Tax Firm of the
Year
Deloitte
Gorriceta Africa Cauton & Saavedra
KPMG R G Manabat & Co
Quisumbing Torres, a member firm of Baker & McKenzie International
SyCip Salazar Hernandez & Gatmaitan
Philippines Transfer Pricing
Firm of the Year
Deloitte
KPMG R G Manabat & Co
SyCip Gorres Velayo & Co (EY)
Philippines Tax Disputes
Firm of the Year
Deloitte
Du-Baladad and Associates, WTS Global
KPMG R G Manabat & Co
SyCip Salazar Hernandez & Gatmaitan
Zambrano Gruba Caganda & Advincula
Singapore Tax Firm of the
Year
Allen & Gledhill
Baker McKenzie Wong & Leow
Deloitte
EY
KPMG
Rajah & Tann
Withers KhattarWong
Singapore Transfer Pricing
Firm of the Year
Baker McKenzie Wong & Leow
BDO
Deloitte
EY
KPMG
RSM
Transfer Pricing Solutions
Singapore Tax Disputes Firm
of the Year
Baker McKenzie Wong & Leow
Deloitte
Dentons Rodyk & Davidson
Drew & Napier
EY
KPMG
Rajah & Tann
South Korea Tax Firm of the
Year
Deloitte
Kim & Chang
Lee & Ko
Samjong KPMG
Yulchon, Taxand South Korea
South Korea Transfer Pricing
Firm of the Year
Deloitte
Kim & Chang
Samjong KPMG
Yoon & Yang
Yulchon, Taxand South Korea
South Korea Tax Disputes
Firm of the Year
Deloitte
Kim & Chang
Lee & Ko
Samjong KPMG
Yulchon, Taxand South Korea
Sri Lanka Tax Firm of the
Year
D L & F De Saram
John Wilson Partners
Julius & Creasy
KPMG
Sudath Perera Associates
Taiwan Tax Firm of the Year
Baker McKenzie
Deloitte
EY
Grant Thornton
KPMG
Taiwan Transfer Pricing Firm
of the Year
Deloitte
EY
Grant Thornton
KPMG
Taiwan Tax Disputes Firm of
the Year
Deloitte
EY
KPMG
Thailand Tax Firm of the
Year
Baker McKenzie
DFDL
KPMG
Kudun & Partners
Lorenz & Partners, WTS Global
Thailand Transfer Pricing
Firm of the Year
Baker McKenzie
Deloitte
KPMG
Kudun & Partners
Tilleke & Gibbins
Thailand Tax Disputes Firm
of the Year
Baker McKenzie
Blumenthal Richter & Sumet
KPMG
Lorenz & Partners, WTS Global
R&T Asia (Thailand), Rajah & Tann
Vietnam Tax Firm of the Year
Deloitte
DFDL
KPMG
UHY
WTS Tax Vietnam, Grünkorn & Partner Law, WTS Global
Vietnam Transfer Pricing
Firm of the Year
Baker McKenzie
Deloitte
DFDL
KPMG
RSM
Vietnam Tax Disputes Firm of
the Year
Baker McKenzie
Deloitte
DFDL KPMG UHY
Individual Awards
Asia Tax Practice Leader of
the Year
Jenny Clarke, KPMG
Asushi Fujieda, Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu, Taxand Japan
Dinesh Kanabar, Dhruva Advisors
Manuel Makas, Greenwoods & Herbert Smith Freehills
Jack Sheehan, DFDL
Jean Loi, VDB Loi
Adeline Wong, Wong & Partners, a member firm of Baker & McKenzie International
Asia Transfer Pricing
Practice Leader of the Year
Felicia Chia, KPMG
Theresa Goh, Deloitte
Tony Gorgas, KPMG
Vijay Iyer, EY
Charles Oetomo, GNV Consulting Services
Craig Silverwood, MinterEllison Tae Yeon Nam, Kim & Chang
Asia Tax Litigation and
Disputes Practice Leader of the Year
Sudipta Bhattacharjee, Advaita Legal
Yun Heui Cho, Yulchon
Goh Ka Im, Shearn Delamore & Co
Carmen McElwain, MinterEllison
Vikna Rajah, Rajah & Tann Steven Sieker, Baker McKenzie Tori Sullivan, EY Law
Asia Indirect Tax Practice
Leader of the Year
Sarah Chin, Deloitte
V. Lakshmikumaran, Lakshmikumaran & Sridharan
Kenneth Leung, EY
Sachin Menon, KPMG
Sumet Mingmongkolmitr, Blumenthal Richter & Sumet
Barbara Phair, Ashurst Lachlan Wolfers, KPMG
In-house Awards
In-house Tax Team of the Year
Aboitiz Equity Ventures
Discovery
Infosys
Lupin
RBS
Sime Darby Berhad
In-house Transfer Pricing Team of the Year
Discovery
Infosys
Macquarie Group
Rio Tinto
In-house Indirect Tax Team of the Year
Discovery
Infosys
Lupin
In-house Tax Director of the Year
Yin Ling Chuw, Sime Darby Berhad
Sunil Kumar Dhareshwar, Infosys
Umang Dhingra, formerly Discovery
Alison Haines, Carlton & United Breweries
Ramesh Khaitan, Lupin
Kevin Witts, HSBC
In-house Transfer Pricing Director of the Year
Arthur Begetis, ResMed
Nick Leak, Rio Tinto
Renu Narvekar, Tata Consultancy Services
Patrick Thompson, Morgan Stanley
In-house Indirect Tax Director of the Year
Pritam Kaur, Syngenta
Dinesh Mittal, Walmart
Mohan Nusetti, Lupin
Tax Official of the Year
Caesar Dulay, Commissioner of Internal Revenue, Philippines Chris Jordan, Commissioner of Taxation, Australia Wang Jun, Commissioner of the State Administration of Taxation, China Robert Pakpahan, former Director General of Taxes, Indonesia Akhilesh Ranjan, former Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) member, India
Deals and Cases
Impact deals
Alibaba HKEX IPO: Fangda Partners, Maples and Calder, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, King & Wood Mallesons, PwC, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
Anta Sports acquisition of Amer Sports: Fangda Partners, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Kirkland & Ellis, Morgan Lewis & Bockius, Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison, White & Case
CapitaLand acquisition of Ascendas-Singbridge: Allen & Gledhill, Drew & Napier, WongPartnership
FWD Group completes acquisition of SCB Life Assurance: Baker McKenzie, Linklaters, Slaughter and May
KKR acquisition of LCY: Baker McKenzie, Lee & Li, Simpson Thacher Bartlett
IRCTC BSE/NSE IPO: Hogan Lovells, J Sagar Associates, M/s Crawford Bayley & Co
Postal Savings Bank of China SSE IPO: Haiwen & Partners, King & Wood Mallesons
PTTEP acquisition of Murphy Oil: Adnan Sundra & Low, Gibson Dunn, Jones Day, Skrine
SK Group acquisition of a stake in Vingroup: Baker & McKenzie, Equity Law, Latham & Watkins, YKVN
Tata Steel acquisition of Bhushan Energy: AZB & Partners, L&L Partners, Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co
Regional Awards
Diversity and Inclusion Firm of the Year
in Asia
Baker McKenzie (Thailand)
Deloitte (New Zealand) Greenwoods & Herbert Smith Freehills KPMG (Asia-Pacific)
Best Newcomer of the Year in
Asia
CTL Strategies
Gorriceta Africa Cauton & Saavedra
Nitya Tax Associates TBrights Transaction Square
US Corporate Tax Team of the Year in Asia
Baker McKenzie
Deloitte
EY
Grant Thornton
KPMG
Regional Tax Law Firm of the
Year in Asia
Allen & Gledhill DFDL Rajah & Tann Tilleke & Gibbins Transfer Pricing Solutions
International Tax Law Firm
of the Year in Asia
Ashurst Baker McKenzie Dentons DLA Piper Withers
Asia Global Executive
Mobility Tax Firm of the Year
Ashok Maheshwary & Associates
Deloitte
Grant Thornton
KPMG
Lorenz & Partners, WTS Global
MinterEllison Shearn Delamore & Co
Asia Withholding Tax Firm of
the Year
Deloitte
Dhruva Advisors, WTS Global
KPMG
Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu, Taxand Japan
Shearn Delamore & Co
VDB Loi Yulchon, Taxand South Korea
Asia Tax Innovator of the
Year
Baker McKenzie Deloitte EY Gorriceta Africa Cauton & Saavedra KPMG Transfer Pricing Solutions TraTax, WTS Malaysia
Asia Tax Technology Firm of
the Year
Deloitte
EY
KNAV
KPMG
Riverus Technology Solutions, Verus
Taxamo Yulchon, Taxand South Korea
Asia Tax Compliance and
Reporting Firm of the Year
Baker McKenzie
Deloitte
EY
KPMG
RSM
UHY Yoon & Yang
Asia Tax Policy Firm of the
Year
Baker McKenzie
DDTC
DLA Piper
Du-Baladad and Associates, WTS Global
EY
KPMG Rajah & Tann
Asia Tax Transactions Firm
of the Year
Allen & Gledhill Baker McKenzie EY Greenwoods & Herbert Smith Freehills Kim & Chang KPMG Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co
Asia Indirect Tax Firm of
the Year
Deloitte
EY
KPMG
Lakshmikumaran & Sridharan
Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co
Shearn Delamore & Co
Yulchon, Taxand South Korea
Asia Tax Litigation and
Disputes Firm of the Year
Baker McKenzie
Deloitte
EY
Kim & Chang
KPMG
Rajah & Tann
Yulchon, Taxand South Korea
Asia Transfer Pricing Firm
of the Year
Baker McKenzie
Deloitte
EY
KPMG
Grant Thornton
RSM
Transfer Pricing Solutions
Asia Tax Firm of the Year
Baker McKenzie
Deloitte
DFDL
DLA Piper
EY
KPMG
Rajah & Tann
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