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Infosys, the Indian IT multinational, won the award for Asia in-house tax team of the year, with Nissan, the Japanese carmaker, winning the equivalent award for transfer pricing. Annie Pan, Asia tax director of the RELX Group, the digital information publisher, was named as Asia in-house tax director the year.
Ken Dwijugiasteadi, director general of tax in Indonesia won the award for Asia Tax Commissioner of the Year in recognition of his attempts to modernise and reform the tax system there, including the implementation of the much-heralded amnesty, which, it is estimated, raised close to $100 billion.
Among the firms, KPMG led the way with 13 awards, including a repeat of its 2016 success as Asia Tax Firm of the Year. It was closely followed by Deloitte with 12. The other big four firms, EY and PwC, came next with eight each. The other firms to win more than one award were Baker McKenzie with four, and Grant Thornton, Kim & Chang, TP Solutions and Shearn Delamore & Co who all won two each.
The individual awards for practitioners went to:
· Khoon Ming Ho of KPMG (Asia Tax Practice Leader of the Year);
· Shannon Smit of TP Solutions (Asia Transfer Pricing Practice Leader of the Year); and
· Anand Raj (Asia Tax Disputes & Litigation Practice Leader of the Year).
The awards were held for the sixth time at the Goodwood Park Hotel in Singapore on May 4. Companies, firms and individuals had to the opportunity between November and February to make submissions to be considered for the awards. These were then thoroughly researched, with input from tax practitioners and their clients, and shortlists were selected by International Tax Review.
Read about who was nominated here.
ITR Asia Tax Awards 2017
FINALISTS (winners in bold)
COUNTRY AWARDS
Australia Tax Firm of the Year
Baker McKenzie
Deloitte
DLA Piper
Greenwoods & Herbert Smith Freehills
KPMG
Australia Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year
Baker McKenzie
Deloitte
Grant Thornton
KPMG
Quantera Global
Transfer Pricing Solutions
Australia Tax Disputes & Litigation Firm of the Year
Baker McKenzie
Deloitte
Herbert Smith Freehills & Greenwoods & Herbert Smith Freehills
KPMG
Cambodia Tax Firm of the Year
Bun & Associates
Deloitte
DFDL
Sciaroni & Associates
VDB Loi
Cambodia Tax Disputes & Litigation Firm of the Year
Deloitte
DFDL
Sciaroni & Associates
China Tax Firm of the Year
Baker McKenzie
Deloitte
DLA Piper
EY
Jun He
King & Wood Mallesons
KPMG
PwC
Zhong Lun
China Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year
Baker McKenzie
Deloitte
DLA Piper
EY
KPMG
PwC
Quantera Global
China Tax Disputes & Litigation Firm of the Year
Baker McKenzie
EY
KPMG
PwC
Hong Kong Tax Firm of the Year
Baker McKenzie
Deloitte
DLA Piper
KPMG
PwC
Hong Kong Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year
EY
KPMG
PwC
Hong Kong Tax Disputes & Litigation Firm of the Year
Baker McKenzie
Clifford Chance
Deloitte
DLA Piper
KPMG
PwC
India Tax Firm of the Year
Advaita Legal
Cyril Amarchand & Mangaldas
Deloitte
Dhruva Advisors
EY
KPMG
Majmudar & Partners
Nangia & Co
Nishith Desai & Associates
PwC
India Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year
Deloitte
EY
KPMG
PwC
India Tax Disputes & Litigation Firm of the Year
BMR Advisors
Deloitte
Dhruva Advisors
EY
KPMG
Lakshmikumaran & Sridharan
PwC
Indonesia Tax Firm of the Year
Deloitte
EY
Hadiputranto Hadinoto & Partners
KPMG
PwC
Indonesia Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year
Deloitte
EY
KPMG
PwC
Indonesia Tax Disputes & Litigation Firm of the Year
Deloitte
EY
Hadiputranto Hadinoto & Partners
KPMG
PwC
Japan Tax Firm of the Year
Baker McKenzie
DLA Piper
KPMG
Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu
Withers
Japan Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year
Deloitte
EY
KPMG
PwC
Japan Tax Disputes & Litigation Firm of the Year
Baker McKenzie
DLA Piper
Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu
Nishimura & Asahi
Malaysia Tax Firm of the Year
Deloitte
EY
PwC
Wong & Partners
Malaysia Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year
Deloitte
EY
PwC
Malaysia Tax Disputes & Litigation Firm of the Year
Deloitte
KPMG
Lee Hishammuddin Allen & Gledhill
PwC
Shearn Delamore & Co
Wong & Partners
Myanmar Tax Firm of the Year
DFDL
KPMG
Tilleke & Gibbins
VDB Loi
Myanmar Tax Disputes & Litigation Firm of the Year
VDB Loi
New Zealand Tax Firm of the Year
Bell Gully
Chapman Tripp
Deloitte
EY
KPMG
PwC
Russell McVeagh
New Zealand Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year
Bell Gully
Deloitte
EY
KPMG
PwC
New Zealand Tax Disputes & Litigation Firm of the Year
Bell Gully
Chapman Tripp
Deloitte
KPMG
Russell McVeagh
Pakistan Tax Firm of the Year
Grant Thornton
HaidermotaBNR
RIAA Barker Gillette
Pakistan Tax Disputes & Litigation Firm of the Year
Grant Thornton
HaidermotaBNR
RIAA Barker Gillette
Philippines Tax Firm of the Year
Deloitte
Isla Lipana & Co (PwC)
Quisumbing Torres
Reyes Tacandong & Co
RG Manabat & Co (KPMG)
Salvador Llanillo & Bernardo
SyCip Gorres Velayo & Co (EY)
SyCip Salazar Hernandez & Gatmaitan
Philippines Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year
Deloitte
Isla Lipana & Co (PwC)
Quantera Global
RG Manabat & Co (KPMG)
SyCip Gorres Velayo & Co (EY)
Philippines Tax Disputes & Litigation Firm of the Year
BDB Law
Deloitte
Quisumbing Torres
RG Manabat & Co (KPMG)
Salvador Llanillo & Bernardo, Taxand Philippines
SyCip Gorres Velayo & Co (EY)
Singapore Tax Firm of the Year
Allen & Gledhill
Baker McKenzie.Wong & Leow
Deloitte
EY
KPMG
PwC
Withers KhattarWong
WongPartnership
Singapore Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year
Baker McKenzie.Wong & Leow
Deloitte
EY
KPMG
PwC
Quantera Global
Transfer Pricing Solutions Asia
Singapore Tax Disputes & Litigation Firm of the Year
Baker McKenzie.Wong & Leow
Deloitte
KPMG
Rajah & Tann
Withers KhattarWong
South Korea Tax Firm of the Year
Deloitte
EY
Kim & Chang
Lee & Ko
PwC
Yoon & Yang
Yulchon
South Korea Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year
Deloitte
EY
Kim & Chang
KPMG
PwC
Yoon & Yang
Yulchon
South Korea Tax Disputes & Litigation Firm of the Year
Bae Kim & Lee
Kim & Chang
Lee & Ko
Yoon & Yang
Yulchon
Sri Lanka Tax Firm of the Year
FJ&G De Saram
KPMG
Nithya Partners
Sri Lanka Tax Disputes & Litigation Firm of the Year
KPMG
Taiwan Tax Firm of the Year
Deloitte
EY
KPMG
Lee and Li
PwC
Taiwan Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year
Deloitte
EY
Grant Thornton
KPMG
PwC
Taiwan Tax Disputes & Litigation Firm of the Year
Deloitte
EY
KPMG
PwC
Thailand Tax Firm of the Year
Baker McKenzie
Deloitte
KPMG
SCL Tax Consultants
Tilleke & Giobbins
Thailand Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year
Deloitte
KPMG
Quantera Global
Thailand Tax Disputes & Litigation Firm of the Year
KPMG
LawAlliance
SCL Tax Consultants
Vietnam Tax Firm of the Year
Baker McKenzie
Deloitte
KPMG
Vietnam Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year
Deloitte
EY
KPMG
PwC
Quantera Global
Vietnam Tax Disputes & Litigation Firm of the Year
Baker McKenzie
Deloitte
KPMG
PwC
REGIONAL AWARDS
Asia Indirect Tax Firm of the Year
Baker McKenzie
Deloitte
EY
KPMG
PwC
Asia Tax Transactions Firm of the Year
Baker McKenzie
Cyril Amarchand & Mangaldas
Deloitte
EY
Jun He
Kim & Chang
KPMG
Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu
PwC
Yulchon
Asia Tax Policy Firm of the Year
Dhruva Advisors
EY
KPMG
Yoon & Yang
Asia Tax Compliance & Reporting Firm of the Year
Deloitte
EY
KPMG
Asia Tax Technology Firm of the Year
Deloitte
EY
KPMG
Thomson Reuters
Wolters Kluwer
Asia Tax Innovator of the Year
Deloitte
EY
KPMG
Global Executive Mobility Tax Team of the Year in Asia
Deloitte
EY
KPMG
US Corporate Tax Team of the Year
EY
KPMG China
Withholding Tax Team of the Year
Deloitte
EY
Lee & Ko
Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu
PwC
International Tax Law Firm of the Year in Asia
Baker McKenzie
DFDL
DLA Piper
Withers
Best Newcomer of the Year
Advaita Legal
SCL Tax Consultants
Transfer Pricing Solutions Asia
VDB Loi (Indonesia)
Asia Tax Disputes & Litigation Firm of the Year
Baker McKenzie
Deloitte
EY
KPMG
PwC
Asia Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year
Deloitte
EY
KPMG
PwC
Asia Tax Firm of the Year
Baker McKenzie
Deloitte
EY
Kim & Chang
KPMG
PwC
INDIVIDUAL AWARDS
Asia Tax Commissioner of the Year
Ken Dwijugiasteadi, Director General of Tax, Ministry of Finance, Indonesia
Asia Tax Disputes & Litigation Practice Leader of the Year
Ahdianto, GNV Consulting Services
Sujit Ghosh, Advaita Legal
Oh-Young Jeon, Yoon & Yang
Yuko Miyazaki, Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu
Nguyen Huong Giang, PwC
Anand Raj, Shearn Delamore & Co
Vikna Rajah, Rajah & Tann
Steven Sieker, Baker McKenzie
Angela Wood, KPMG
Asia Transfer Pricing Practice Leader of the Year
Kyung Geun Lee, Yulchon
Amit Maheshwari, Ashok Maheshwary & Associates
Rahul Mitra, KPMG
Shannon Smit, Transfer Pricing Solutions
Geoffrey Soh, KPMG
Shanwu Yuan, Baker McKenzie
Ay Tjhing Phan, PwC
Michael Tabart, Deloitte
Asia Tax Practice Leader of the Year
Khoon Ming Ho, KPMG
Dinesh Kanabar, Dhruva Advisors
Dong Soo Kim, Yulchon
Shinya Matsumiya, Deloitte
Chung-Sim Siew Moon, EY
Eric Roose, Withers
Manish Shah, SKP Group
John Walker, Baker McKenzie
Asia In-house Tax Director of the Year
Annie Pan, RELX Group
IN-HOUSE AWARDS
Asia In-house Tax Team of the Year
GE China
Infosys
PT Freeport Indonesia
Yum! China Holdings
Asia In-house Transfer Pricing Team of the Year
Infosys
Nissan
Samsung
