ITR Asia-Pacific Tax Awards 2021: Shortlist introduced

The ITR Asia-Pacific Tax Awards recognises outstanding achievement by tax professionals, teams and firms across the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region over a 12-month period.

As well as 16 jurisdictional awards, there are regional, individual and in-house categories to showcase the best performers of 2020.

Regrettably, this year ITR is unable to host a live ceremony, however ITR will be recognising the talents and work accomplished by tax professionals via a virtual awards ceremony on August 26th.

ITR’s senior business development manager Raquel Ipo will contact firms and individuals in due course.

If you have any questions about the shortlist or research, please contact our awards researcher John Harrison.

Our thoughts are with our readers and everyone that has been affected by the global pandemic.

Jurisdiction Awards

Australia Tax Firm of the Year

Ashurst Australia

Baker McKenzie

Deloitte

Greenwoods & Herbert Smith Freehills

King & Wood Mallesons

KPMG

MinterEllison

Australia Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year

Deloitte

DLA Piper

EY

Johnson Winter & Slattery

KPMG

MinterEllison

Australia Tax Disputes Firm of the Year

Ashurst Australia

Baker McKenzie

EY

Greenwoods & Herbert Smith Freehills

King & Wood Mallesons

KPMG

MinterEllison

Cambodia Tax Firm of the Year

Baker Tilly

Deloitte

DFDL

VDB Loi

China Tax Firm of the Year

Baker McKenzie FengXun

Deloitte

DLA Piper

EY

JunHe

KPMG

Zhong Lun

China Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year

Baker McKenzie FengXun

Deloitte

DLA Piper

EY

KPMG

WTS China

Zhong Lun

China Tax Disputes Firm of the Year

Baker McKenzie FengXun

Deloitte

DLA Piper

EY

Jingtian & Gongcheng

KPMG

Zhong Lun

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

Duff & Phelps, A Kroll Business

EY

KPMG

Hong Kong SAR Tax Disputes Firm of the Year

Baker McKenzie

Deloitte

DLA Piper

EY

KPMG

India Tax Firm of the Year

Deloitte

Dhruva Advisors

Economic Laws Practice

EY

Grant Thornton

KPMG

Lakshmikumaran & Sridharan

India Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year

AKM Global

BDO

Dhruva Advisors

Deloitte

EY

KPMG

Nexdigm (SKP)

India Tax Disputes Firm of the Year

BMR Legal

Deloitte

Economic Laws Practice

EY

KPMG

Lakshmikumaran & Sridharan

Trilegal

Indonesia Tax Firm of the Year

DDTC

Deloitte

GNV Consulting Services, Moore Global

HHP Law Firm

KPMG

SF Consulting

Indonesia Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year

DDTC

Deloitte

GNV Consulting, Moore Global

KPMG

MUC Consulting Group

SF Consulting

TaxPrime

Indonesia Tax Disputes Firm of the Year

DDTC

Deloitte

GNV Consulting Services

HHP Law Firm

KPMG

SF Consulting

TaxPrime

Japan Tax Firm of the Year

Baker McKenzie (Gaikokuho Joint Enterprise)

Deloitte

DLA Piper

EY

KPMG

Mori Hamada & Matsumoto

Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu, Taxand Japan

Nishimura & Asahi

Japan Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year

Baker McKenzie (Gaikokuho Joint Enterprise)

Deloitte

DLA Piper

EY

KPMG

Mori Hamada & Matsumoto

Nishimura & Asahi

Japan Tax Disputes Firm of the Year

Anderson Mori & Tomotsune

Baker McKenzie (Gaikokuho Joint Enterprise)

Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu, Taxand Japan

Nishimura & Asahi

Withers Japan Zeirishi Houjin

Malaysia Tax Firm of the Year

Deloitte

EY

KPMG

Rosli Dahlan Saravana Partnership

Shearn Delamore & Co

Malaysia Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year

Deloitte

Duff & Phelps, A Kroll Business

EY

KPMG

Wong & Partners

Malaysia Tax Disputes Firm of the Year

Deloitte

Raja Darryl & Loh

Rosli Dahlan Saravana Partnership

Shearn Delamore & Co

Skrine

New Zealand Tax Firm of the Year

Bell Gully

Buddle Findlay

Chapman Tripp

Deloitte

Russell McVeagh

New Zealand Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year

Deloitte

EY

KPMG

Russell McVeagh

New Zealand Tax Disputes Firm of the Year

Bell Gully

Chapman Tripp

Deloitte

EY Law

KPMG

Russell McVeagh

Philippines Tax Firm of the Year

Du-Baladad and Associates – WTS Global

Quisumbing Torres

SyCip Gorres Velayo & Co – EY

SyCipLaw

Zambrano Gruba Caganda & Advincula

Philippines Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year

Du-Baladad and Associates – WTS Global

Gorriceta Africa Cauton & Saavedra

Navarro / Deloitte

R G Manabat & Co (KPMG)

SyCip Gorres Velayo & Co – EY

Philippines Tax Disputes Firm of the Year

Du-Baladad and Associates – WTS Global

Quisumbing Torres

SyCip Gorres Velayo & Co – EY

SyCipLaw

Zambrano Gruba Caganda & Advincula

Singapore Tax Firm of the Year

Allen & Gledhill

Baker McKenzie Wong & Leow

BDO

Deloitte

Drew & Napier

KPMG

Withers

Singapore Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year

Baker McKenzie Wong & Leow

BDO

Deloitte

EY

KPMG

Taxise Asia (WTS Taxise) (member of WTS Global)

Singapore Tax Disputes Firm of the Year

Deloitte

Drew & Napier

KPMG

Rajah & Tann

WongPartnership

Taxise Asia (WTS Taxise) (member of WTS Global)

South Korea Tax Firm of the Year

Deloitte Anjin

Kim & Chang

Lee & Ko

Samjong KPMG

Yulchon

South Korea Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year

Deloitte Anjin

Kim & Chang

Lee & Ko

Samjong KPMG

Yulchon

South Korea Tax Disputes Firm of the Year

Deloitte Anjin

Kim & Chang

Lee & Ko

Samjong KPMG

Yulchon

Taiwan Tax Firm of the Year

Baker McKenzie

Deloitte

EY

KPMG

Lee & Li

Taiwan Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year

Deloitte

EY

Grant Thornton

KPMG

Taiwan Tax Disputes Firm of the Year

Deloitte

EY

KPMG

Tsar & Tsai Law Firm

Thailand Tax Firm of the Year

Baker McKenzie

DFDL

KPMG

LawAlliance

Tilleke & Gibbins

Thailand Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year

Baker McKenzie

Deloitte

HLB

KPMG

Kudun & Partners

Thailand Tax Disputes Firm of the Year

Baker McKenzie

Deloitte

KPMG

Rajah & Tann

Tilleke & Gibbins

Vietnam Tax Firm of the Year

Baker McKenzie

Deloitte

DFDL

Grant Thornton

KPMG

Vietnam Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year

Deloitte

DFDL

Duff & Phelps, A Kroll Business

KPMG

WTS

Vietnam Tax Disputes Firm of the Year

Baker McKenzie

Deloitte

DFDL

KPMG

LNT & Partners

Individual Awards

Tax Practice Leader of the Year

Dinesh Kanabar – Dhruva Advisors

Edwin Whatley – Baker McKenzie

Eric Roose – Withers Japan Zeirishi Jimusho

Lewis Lu – KPMG

Nishant Shah – Economic Laws Practice

Sim Kwang Gek – Deloitte

Woo-Hyun Baik – Kim & Chang

Transfer Pricing Practice Leader of the Year

Craig Silverwood – MinterEllison

Geoffrey Soh – Baker McKenzie

Luis Coronado – EY

Maulik Doshi – Nexdigm (SKP)

Theresa Goh – Deloitte

Wahyu Nuryanto – MUC Consulting 

Xiaoyue Wang – KPMG

Tax Litigation and Disputes Practice Leader of the Year

Ahdianto – GNV Consulting Services

Byung-Moon Jung – Kim & Chang

Carmen McElwain – MinterEllison

Irwin C Nidea Jr – Du-Baladad and Associates

Soh Lian Seng – KPMG

Tori Sullivan – EY

Yusuf Wangko Ngantung – DDTC

Indirect Tax Practice Leader of the Year

Deborah – DDTC

Harsh Shah – Economic Laws Practice

Jeklira Tampubolon – GNV Consulting Services

Kevin Zhou – EY

Saket Patawari – Nexdigm (SKP)

Senthuran Elalingam – Deloitte

Simone Bridges – Baker McKenzie

In-house Awards 

In-house Tax Team of the Year

Aboitiz Equity Ventures

GlaxoSmithKline Asia

Infosys

Lupin

SEEK

Oravel Stays Private

Walt Disney Company

In-house Transfer Pricing Team of the Year

Discovery

Infosys

Lupin

Oravel Stays Privated

Tata Consultancy Services

In-house Indirect Tax Team of the Year

Discovery

GlaxoSmithKline Asia

Infosys

JP Morgan

Lupin

Siemens

Tata Consultancy Services

In-house Compliance and Reporting Team of the Year

GlaxoSmithKline Asia

Infosys

JP Morgan

Lupin Limited

Oravel Stays Private

Prudential

Tata Consultancy Services

In-house Tax Technology Team of the Year

GlaxoSmithKline Asia

Infosys

JP Morgan

Lupin

Oravel Stays Private

Tata Consultancy Services

In-house Tax Director of the Year

David Fitzgerald – Gojek

Kevin Witts – HSBC

Makung Heryassin – Tokopedia

Patrick Donovan – UBS

Ramesh Khaitan – Lupin

Sarah Ng – AbbVie

Sunil Kumar Dhareshwar – Infosys

Umang Dhingra – GlaxoSmithKline Asia

In-house Transfer Pricing Director of the Year

Arthur Begetis – ResMed

Patrick Thompson – Morgan Stanley

Ramesh Khaitan – Lupin

Renu Narvekar – Tata Consultancy Services

Sunil Kumar Dhareshwar – Infosys

In-house Indirect Tax Director of the Year

Dinesh Mittal – formerly of Walmart

Matthew Campbell – JP Morgan

Mohan Nusetti – Lupin

Sunil Kumar Dhareshwar – Infosys

Umang Dhingra – GlaxoSmithKline Asia

Vikas Garg – Siemens

Regional Awards

Best Newcomer of the Year

Consulthink – WTS Global

Gorriceta Africa Cauton & Saavedra

Rosli Dahlan Saravana Partnership

Taxise Asia (WTS Taxise) (member of WTS Global)

TMSL

Diversity and Inclusion Firm of the Year

Deloitte

Economic Laws Practice

Eiger

EY

KPMG

Nishimura & Asahi

Pro bono Firm of the Year

DDTC

Deloitte

KPMG

Nishimura & Asahi

PwC

Regional Tax Law Firm of the Year

Greenwoods & Herbert Smith Freehills

Kim & Chang

King & Wood Mallesons

Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu, Taxand Japan

Nishimura & Asahi

Yulchon

Zhong Lun

International Tax Law Firm of the Year

Ashurst

Baker McKenzie

Cuatrecasas

Dentons

DLA Piper

Norton Rose Fulbright

Withers

Global Executive Mobility Tax Firm of the Year

AKM Global

Economic Law Practice

Eiger

KPMG

MinterEllison

Tax Compliance and Reporting Firm of the Year

AKM Global

AMRG & Associates

Deloitte

Economic Laws Practice

KPMG

Nexdigm (SKP)

WTS China

Tax Innovator of the Year

BDO India

DDTC

Deloitte

Du-Baladad and Associates – WTS Global

Economic Laws Practice

KPMG

Tax Policy Firm of the Year

DDTC

Deloitte

Du-Baladad and Associates – WTS Global

Economic Laws Practice

Taxise Asia (WTS Taxise) (member of WTS Global)

Tax Technology Firm of the Year

BDO India

DDTC

Deloitte

Economic Laws Practice

KPMG

Nexdigm (SKP)

Tax Transactions Firm of the Year

Ashurst

Baker McKenzie

Deloitte

Dhruva Advisors, WTS Global

Greenwoods & Herbert Smith Freehills

KPMG

Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu, Taxand Japan

Zhong Lun

US Corporate Tax Team of the Year

Baker McKenzie

Deloitte

DLA Piper

EY

KPMG

Withholding Tax Firm of the Year

AKM Global

Dhruva Advisors, WTS Global

Economic Laws Practice

KPMG

Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu, Taxand Japan

Indirect Tax Firm of the Year

Baker McKenzie

Deloitte

Dhruva Advisors, WTS Global

Economic Laws Practice

EY

KPMG

MInterEllison

Tax Litigation and Disputes Firm of the Year

Baker McKenzie

Deloitte

EY

Greenwoods & Herbert Smith Freehills

Kim & Chang

KPMG

Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu, Taxand Japan

Nishimura & Asahi

Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year

Baker McKenzie

BDO

DDTC

Deloitte

DLA Piper

EY

KPMG

Tax Firm of the Year

Baker McKenzie

BDO

Deloitte

DLA Piper

EY

KPMG

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