The winners of ITR Asia Tax Awards have been announced
ITR is delighted to announce the winners of the 10th ITR Asia Tax Awards.
KPMG was announced as the Asia tax firm of the year, achieving widespread national and regional success. Deloitte and EY were crowned as Asia transfer pricing firm of the year and Asia tax litigation and disputes firm of the year, respectively. These two firms also won a string of awards across the Asia-Pacific region in a number of categories.
Discovery claimed the title as the Asia in-house direct tax team of the year, while Infosys and Lupin were recognised as the leading in-house transfer pricing and indirect tax teams, respectively.
Baker McKenzie, Grant Thornton and DFDL were among the firms who won regional awards for their excellence.
Given the difficult environment due to COVID-19, we are unable to host an awards ceremony this year to recognise the work highlighted below. However, we remain keen to fulfil any promotions that firms would like to undertake on the back of their success and request that you contact ITR's head of business development for events, James Murray, with any queries.
Please also listen to our first ITR Awards webinar, where we announce the winners.
Winner: Chris Jordan, Commissioner of Taxation, Australia
• Caesar Dulay, Commissioner of Internal Revenue, Philippines
• 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, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, King & Wood Mallesons, Maples and Calder, 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
Winner: KPMG (Asia-Pacific)
• Baker McKenzie (Thailand)
• Deloitte (New Zealand)
• Greenwoods & Herbert Smith Freehills
Best Newcomer of the Year in Asia
Winner: Transaction Square
• CTL Strategies
• Gorriceta Africa Cauton & Saavedra
• Nitya Tax Associates
• TBrights
US Corporate Tax Team of the Year in Asia
Winner: Grant Thornton
• Baker McKenzie
• Deloitte
• EY
• KPMG
Regional Tax Law Firm of the Year in Asia
Winner: DFDL
• Allen & Gledhill
• Rajah & Tann
• Tilleke & Gibbins
• Transfer Pricing Solutions
International Tax Law Firm of the Year in Asia
Winner: Baker McKenzie
• Ashurst
• Dentons
• DLA Piper
• Withers
Asia Global Executive Mobility Tax Firm of the Year
Winner: KPMG
• Ashok Maheshwary & Associates
• Deloitte
• Grant Thornton
• Lorenz & Partners, WTS Global
• MinterEllison
• Shearn Delamore & Co
Asia Withholding Tax Firm of the Year
Winner: Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu
• Deloitte
• Dhruva Advisors
• KPMG
• Shearn Delamore & Co
• VDB Loi
• Yulchon
Asia Tax Innovator of the Year
Winner: KPMG
• Baker McKenzie
• Deloitte
• EY
• Gorriceta Africa Cauton & Saavedra
• Transfer Pricing Solutions
• TraTax, WTS Malaysia
Asia Tax Technology Firm of the Year
Winner: EY
• Deloitte
• KNAV
• KPMG
• Riverus Technology Solutions, Verus
• Taxamo
• Yulchon
Asia Tax Compliance and Reporting Firm of the Year
Winner: KPMG
• Baker McKenzie
• Deloitte
• EY
• RSM
• UHY
• Yoon & Yang
Asia Tax Policy Firm of the Year
Winner: EY
• Baker McKenzie
• DDTC
• DLA Piper
• Du-Baladad and Associates, WTS Global
• KPMG
• Rajah & Tann
Asia Tax Transactions Firm of the Year
Winner: Kim & Chang
• Allen & Gledhill
• Baker McKenzie
• EY
• Greenwoods & Herbert Smith Freehills
• KPMG
• Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co
Asia Indirect Tax Firm of the Year
Winner: Deloitte
• EY
• KPMG
• Lakshmikumaran & Sridharan
• Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co
• Shearn Delamore & Co
• Yulchon
Asia Tax Litigation and Disputes Firm of the Year
Winner: EY
• Baker McKenzie
• Deloitte
• Kim & Chang
• KPMG
• Rajah & Tann
• Yulchon
Asia Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year
Winner: Deloitte
• Baker McKenzie
• EY
• KPMG
• Grant Thornton
• RSM
• Transfer Pricing Solutions
Asia Tax Firm of the Year
Winner: KPMG
• Baker McKenzie
• Deloitte
• DFDL
• DLA Piper
• EY
• Rajah & Tann
Editors' Choice
For his services to furthering direct taxation in India
Winner: Akhilesh Ranjan
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