Welcome to the shortlist for the ITR Asia-Pacific Tax Awards 2022, recognising the best performing tax and transfer pricing firms, teams, individual practitioners and in-house tax advisors across the region.
Winners will be announced on August 25 via a virtual ceremony.
The past 12 months was laden with challenges for tax practitioners, taxpayers and tax authorities.
The period saw corporations and tax authorities in the region begin their transition into a post-COVID market, striving to stay ahead of the rapid digitisation driven by COVID-19. Many companies also had to navigate the implications of China’s zero-tolerance policy towards the virus.
Just as challenging as the business environment were the seismic shifts in regional and global tax policy, including the OECD's work to solve digital tax and the G20 agreement for a 15% global minimum corporate tax rate.
This year’s 12th annual awards seeks to celebrate the most impressive tax, transfer pricing and tax disputes teams and practitioners in 15 jurisdictions across the region. The awards also recognise achievements in tax technology, innovation, policy, compliance and reporting, and diversity, equity and inclusion.
For more information about the ITR Awards, please contact awards editors James Wilson and John Harrison.
For questions concerning commercial and marketing opportunities, please contact Raquel Iqo.
The full shortlist is below…
Jurisdiction Awards
Australia Tax Firm of the Year
Ashurst
Baker McKenzie
Clayton Utz
Deloitte
KPMG
MinterEllison
PwC
Australia Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year
Baker McKenzie
Deloitte
DLA Piper
EY
Johnson Winter & Slattery
KPMG
MinterEllison
Australia Tax Disputes Firm of the Year
Clayton Utz
DLA Piper
EY
Herbert Smith Freehills
Johnson Winter & Slattery
KPMG
MinterEllison
Cambodia Tax Firm of the Year
Deloitte
DFDL
VDBLoi
China Tax Firm of the Year
AllBright Law Offices
Deloitte
DLA Piper
JunHe
KPMG
Zhong Lun Law Firm
China Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year
Baker McKenzie FengXun
Deloitte
DLA Piper
EY
KPMG
China Tax Disputes Firm of the Year
Deloitte
DLA Piper
Fangda Partners
KPMG
TianTong Law Firm
Zhong Lun Law Firm
Hong Kong SAR Tax Firm of the Year
Baker McKenzie
Deloitte
DLA Piper
EY
KPMG
Hong Kong SAR Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year
Baker McKenzie
Deloitte
EY
KPMG
Hong Kong SAR Tax Disputes Firm of the Year
Baker McKenzie
Deloitte
DLA Piper
EY
KPMG
India Tax Firm of the Year
BDO India
Deloitte
Economic Laws Practice
EY
Grant Thornton Bharat
Khaitan & Co
KPMG
India Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year
AKM Global
BDO India
Deloitte
EY
Gaiea Consulting
KPMG
Nexdigm (SKP)
India Tax Disputes Firm of the Year
AZB & Partners
BMR Legal
Deloitte
Khaitan & Co
KPMG
Lakshmikumaran & Sridharan
Trilegal
Indonesia Tax Firm of the Year
DDTC
Deloitte
EY
HHP Law Firm
KPMG
SF Consulting
TaxPrime
Indonesia Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year
DDTC
Deloitte
GNV Consulting, Moore Global
KPMG
MUC Consulting Group
PB Taxand
TaxPrime
Indonesia Tax Disputes Firm of the Year
DDTC
Deloitte
EY
GNV Consulting, Moore Global
HHP Law Firm
KPMG
MUC Consulting Group
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)
DLA Piper
Deloitte
EY
KPMG
Nishimura & Asahi
Tokyo Kyodo Accounting Office
Japan Tax Disputes Firm of the Year
Baker McKenzie (Gaikokuho Joint Enterprise)
EY
KPMG
Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu, Taxand Japan
Nishimura & Asahi
Withers Japan Zeirishi Houjin
Malaysia Tax Firm of the Year
Crowe KL Tax
Deloitte
KPMG
Shearn Delamore & Co
Wong & Partners
Malaysia Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year
Crowe KL Tax
Deloitte
EY
KPMG
Wong & Partners
Malaysia Tax Disputes Firm of the Year
Deloitte
KPMG
Rosli Dahlan Saravana Partnership
Shearn Delamore & Co
Skrine
New Zealand Tax Firm of the Year
Bell Gully
Buddle Findlay
Deloitte
EY
Mayne Wetherell
Russell McVeagh
New Zealand Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year
Bell Gully
Deloitte
EY
Grant Thornton
New Zealand Tax Disputes Firm of the Year
Bell Gully
Buddle Findlay
Deloitte
EY
Mayne Wetherell
Philippines Tax Firm of the Year
Du-Baladad and Associates – WTS Global
Navarro Amper & Co – Deloitte
R G Manabat & Co (KPMG)
SyCip Gorres Velayo & Co – EY
SyCipLaw
Philippines Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year
Du-Baladad and Associates – WTS Global
Navarro Amper & Co – Deloitte
R G Manabat & Co (KPMG)
SyCip Gorres Velayo & Co – EY
Philippines Tax Disputes Firm of the Year
Du-Baladad and Associates – WTS Global
Navarro Amper & Co – Deloitte
Quisumbing Torres
R G Manabat & Co (KPMG)
SyCipLaw
Singapore Tax Firm of the Year
Allen & Gledhill
Baker McKenzie Wong & Leow
BDO Tax Advisory
Deloitte
Drew & Napier
KPMG
Rajah & Tann Singapore
Singapore Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year
Baker McKenzie Wong & Leow
BDO Tax Advisory
Deloitte
Drew & Napier
KPMG
WTS Taxise - WTS Global
Singapore Tax Disputes Firm of the Year
BDO Tax Advisory
Dentons Rodyk & Davidson
Drew & Napier
KPMG
Rajah & Tann Singapore
RSM
Withers KhattarWong
South Korea Tax Firm of the Year
Deloitte Anjin
Kim & Chang
Samil PwC
Samjong KPMG
Yulchon
South Korea Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year
Deloitte Anjin
EY
Kim & Chang
Samjong KPMG
Yulchon
South Korea Tax Disputes Firm of the Year
Kim & Chang
Lee & Ko
Samil PwC
Shin & Kim
Yulchon
Taiwan Tax Firm of the Year
Baker McKenzie
Deloitte
KPMG
Taiwan Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year
Baker McKenzie
Deloitte
KPMG
Taiwan Tax Disputes Firm of the Year
Baker McKenzie
Deloitte
KPMG
Lee & Li
Thailand Tax Firm of the Year
Baker McKenzie
Deloitte
KPMG
LawAlliance
Tilleke & Gibbins
Thailand Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year
Baker McKenzie
Deloitte
KPMG
Thailand Tax Disputes Firm of the Year
Baker McKenzie
Blumenthal Richter & Sumet
LawAlliance
R&T Asia (Thailand), Rajah & Tann
Tilleke & Gibbins
Vietnam Tax Firm of the Year
Baker McKenzie
Deloitte
DFDL
Frasers Law Company
KPMG
Vietnam Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year
Baker McKenzie
Deloitte
KPMG
Vietnam Tax Disputes Firm of the Year
Baker McKenzie
Deloitte
Dzungsrt & Associates
KPMG
VILAF
Individual Awards
Tax Practice Leader of the Year
Anderson Lam – DLA Piper
Andrew Sommer – Clayton Utz
Edwin Whatley – Baker McKenzie
Eric Roose – Withers
John Timpany – KPMG
Vivian Chang – Ashurst
Vivian Wang – Deloitte
Transfer Pricing Practice Leader of the Year
Bob Kee – KPMG
Geoffrey Soh – Baker McKenzie
In-Sik Jeong – EY
Maulik Doshi – Nexdigm
Subhabrata Dasgupta – Deloitte
Xiaoyue Wang – KPMG
Yasuyuki Ogata – EY
Tax Litigation and Disputes Practice Leader of the Year
Angelina Lagana – KPMG
Deepak Chopra – AZB & Partners
Fiona Moore – EY
Hugh Paynter – Herbert Smith Freehills
Ki Seon Shin – Yulchon
Ok Hyun Ma – Lee & Ko
Ponti Partogi – Baker McKenzie
Indirect Tax Practice Leader of the Year
Adeline Wong – Baker McKenzie
Andrew Sommer – Clayton Utz
Dinesh Agrawal – Khaitan & Co
Liqun Gao – Deloitte China
Richard Mackender – Deloitte Singapore & SEA
Rohit Jain – Economic Laws Practice
Sachin Menon – KPMG India
Uday Pimprikar – EY India
In-house Awards
In-house Tax Team of the Year
Amazon Web Services
ArcelorMittal Nippon Steel
GlaxoSmithKline Asia
IBM
Infosys
Linde Engineering
Lupin
In-house Transfer Pricing Team of the Year
Caterpillar
GlaxoSmithKline Asia
Infosys
Linde Engineering
Netflix
Olam
In-house Indirect Tax Team of the Year
ArcelorMittal Nippon Steel
GlaxoSmithKline Asia
Infosys
Linde Engineering
Lupin
In-house Compliance and Reporting Team of the Year
ArcelorMittal Nippon Steel
Infosys
Linde Engineering
Lupin
In-house Tax Technology Team of the Year
ArcelorMittal Nippon Steel
GlaxoSmithKline Asia
Infosys
Linde Engineering
Lupin
In-house Tax Director of the Year
Anuprita Mehta – ArcelorMittal Nippon Steel
Chang Yew Kwan – Bank of Singapore
Amit Gupta – Dell
Umang Dhingra – GlaxoSmithKline Asia
Rachelle Drossos – IFM Investors
Sunil Kumar Dhareshwar – Infosys
Kinjesh Vinaykumar Thakkar – Linde Engineering
Vikas Aggarwal – Nokia
Vineet Rachh – P&G
In-house Transfer Pricing Director of the Year
Manish Gupta – Cargill
Ritu Sharma – Netflix
Ching Tan – Nomura
Kinjesh Vinaykumar Thakkar – Linde Engineering
In-house Indirect Tax Director of the Year
Mohamed Faycal Charfeddine – Aujan Coca-Cola
Mohan Nusetti – Lupin
Pritam Kaur – PayPal
Sunil Kumar Dhareshwar - Infosys
Vikas Garg – Siemens
Regional Awards
Best Newcomer of the Year
BDO Tax (Hong Kong SAR)
Consulthink – WTS Global
Mayne Wetherell
Transactions Square
WTS Taxise – WTS Global
Diversity and Inclusion Firm of the Year
Baker McKenzie
Clayton Utz
Deloitte
DLA Piper
EY
KPMG
Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu, Taxand Japan
Trilegal
Withers
Pro bono Firm of the Year
DDTC
Deloitte
DLA Piper
GNV Consulting Services
Khaitan & Co
Nexdigm
Nishimura & Asahi
Regional Tax Law Firm of the Year
Clayton Utz
Khaitan & Co
Kim & Chang
MinterEllison
Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu, Taxand Japan
Nishimura & Asahi
SyCip Salazar Hernandez & Gatmaitan
Yulchon
International Tax Law Firm of the Year
Ashurst
Baker McKenzie
Cuatrecasas
Dentons
DLA Piper
White & Case
Withers
Global Executive Mobility Tax Firm of the Year
AKM Global
Baker McKenzie
Deloitte
Grant Thornton Bharat
KPMG
MinterEllison
Nangia Andersen
Tax Compliance and Reporting Firm of the Year
AKM Global
Baker McKenzie
BDO India
Deloitte
EY
Grant Thornton Bharat
KPMG
Tax Innovator of the Year
Baker McKenzie
Deloitte
EY
KPMG
Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu, Taxand Japan
PwC
SyCip Salazar Hernandez & Gatmaitan
Yoon & Yang
Tax Policy Firm of the Year
Clayton Utz
DDTC
Deloitte
Du-Baladad and Associates – WTS Global
EY
KPMG
Trilegal
Tax Technology Firm of the Year
BDO India
DDTC
Deloitte
EY
KPMG
Nexdigm (SKP)
Tax Transactions Firm of the Year
Baker McKenzie
Deloitte
DLA Piper
Khaitan & Co
Kim & Chang
KPMG
US Corporate Tax Team of the Year
Baker McKenzie
Deloitte
DLA Piper
EY
KPMG
PwC
Withholding Tax Firm of the Year
AZB & Partners
Baker McKenzie
Deloitte
KPMG
Lee & Ko
Nangia Andersen
Yulchon
Indirect Tax Firm of the Year
Baker McKenzie
Deloitte
EY
Khaitan & Co
Kim & Chang
KPMG
PwC
Tax Litigation and Disputes Firm of the Year
AZB & Partners
Deloitte
Herbert Smith Freehills
Khaitan & Co
Kim & Chang
KPMG
Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu, Taxand Japan
Yulchon
Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year
Baker McKenzie
BDO Global
Deloitte
DLA Piper
EY
KPMG
Nexdigm (SKP)
Tax Firm of the Year
Baker McKenzie International
BDO Global
Deloitte
EY
Grant Thornton
KPMG
PwC
