ITR Tax Awards 2023 Asia-Pacific | Euromoney Institutional Investor | 10 March 2023 | TBA

ITR invites tax firms, in-house teams, and tax professionals to make submissions for the 2023 ITR Tax Awards in Asia-Pacific, Europe Middle East & Africa, and the Americas.

ITR is pleased to announce the global launch of the ITR Awards research process.

We will continue to recognise the best tax law firms, accountancies, advisors, in-house teams and practitioners across tax and transfer pricing globally.

2022 Winners

Jurisdiction Awards

Australia Tax Firm of the Year
• KPMG

Australia Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year
• Deloitte

Australia Tax Disputes Firm of the Year
• Herbert Smith Freehills

Cambodia Tax Firm of the Year
• DFDL

China Tax Firm of the Year
• KPMG

China Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year
• Deloitte

China Tax Disputes Firm of the Year
• Zhong Lun Law Firm

Hong Kong SAR Tax Firm of the Year
• KPMG

Hong Kong SAR Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year
• Deloitte

Hong Kong SAR Tax Disputes Firm of the Year
• KPMG

India Tax Firm of the Year
• KPMG

India Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year
• KPMG

India Tax Disputes Firm of the Year
• Khaitan & Co

Indonesia Tax Firm of the Year
• Deloitte

Indonesia Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year
• Deloitte

Indonesia Tax Disputes Firm of the Year
• HHP Law Firm

Japan Tax Firm of the Year
• Baker McKenzie (Gaikokuho Joint Enterprise)

Japan Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year
• EY

Japan Tax Disputes Firm of the Year
• Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu, Taxand Japan

Malaysia Tax Firm of the Year
• Deloitte

Malaysia Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year
• KPMG

Malaysia Tax Disputes Firm of the Year
• Shearn Delamore & Co

New Zealand Tax Firm of the Year
• Bell Gully

New Zealand Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year
• Deloitte

New Zealand Tax Disputes Firm of the Year
• Bell Gully

Philippines Tax Firm of the Year
• SyCipLaw

Philippines Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year
• Navarro Amper & Co – Deloitte

Philippines Tax Disputes Firm of the Year
• SyCipLaw

Singapore Tax Firm of the Year
• KPMG

Singapore Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year
• Deloitte

Singapore Tax Disputes Firm of the Year
• KPMG

South Korea Tax Firm of the Year
• Samil PwC

South Korea Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year
• EY

South Korea Tax Disputes Firm of the Year
• Yulchon

Taiwan Tax Firm of the Year
• KPMG

Taiwan Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year
• Deloitte

Taiwan Tax Disputes Firm of the Year
• KPMG

Thailand Tax Firm of the Year
• Baker McKenzie

Thailand Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year
• KPMG

Thailand Tax Disputes Firm of the Year
• Baker McKenzie

Vietnam Tax Firm of the Year
• Deloitte

Vietnam Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year
• KPMG

Vietnam Tax Disputes Firm of the Year
• Baker McKenzie

Individual Awards

Tax Practice Leader of the Year
• John Timpany – KPMG

Transfer Pricing Practice Leader of the Year
• In-Sik Jeong – EY

Tax Litigation and Disputes Practice Leader of the Year
• Hugh Paynter – Herbert Smith Freehills

Indirect Tax Practice Leader of the Year
• Adeline Wong – Wong & Partners, member firm of Baker McKenzie International

In-house Awards

In-house Tax Team of the Year
• ArcelorMittal Nippon Steel

In-house Transfer Pricing Team of the Year
• Linde Engineering

In-house Indirect Tax Team of the Year
• Lupin

In-house Compliance and Reporting Team of the Year
• Infosys

In-house Tax Technology Team of the Year
• GlaxoSmithKline Asia

In-house Tax Director of the Year
• Anuprita Mehta – ArcelorMittal Nippon Steel

In-house Transfer Pricing Director of the Year
• Ritu Sharma - Netflix

In-house Indirect Tax Director of the Year
• Mohan Nusetti – Lupin

Tax Official of the Year
• Mekar Satria Utama – Directorate of International Tax DGT

Deals and Cases

Impact Deals of the Year
• Altimeter Growth Corp – Grab Holdings merger: Allen & Gledhill; Hughes Hubbard & Reed; KPMG; Ropes & Gray; Skadden Arps Meagher Slate & Flom

Block acquisition of Afterpay
• Cravath Swaine & Moore; Gilbert + Tobin; King & Wood Mallesons; Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz

Coca-Cola European Partners acquisition of Coca-Cola Amatil
• Corrs Chambers Westgarth; Deloitte; Herbert Smith Freehills; Slaughter and May

DL Chemical acquisition of Kraton
• King & Spalding; O’Melveny & Myers; PwC

Gojek – Tokopedia merger
• Allen & Overy; Assegaf Hamzah & Partners; Davis Polk & Wardwell; Ginting & Reksodiputro; Herbert Smith Freehills; Hiswaqra Bunjamin & Tandjung; KPMG

IFM Investors, QSuper, and Global Infrstructure Partners takeover of Sydney Airport
• Allens; Herbert Smith Freehills; KPMG

Match Group acquisition of Hyperconnect
• Kim & Chang; Latham & Watkins; Lee & Ko; Sullivan & Cromwell

RMG Acquisition Corporation II business combination with ReNew Power
• Allen & Overy Gaikokuho Kyodo Jigyo Horitsu Jimusho; Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas; Deloitte; Khaitan & Co; Latham & Watkins; Nishith Desai Associates; Skadden Arps Meagher Slate & Flom; Trilegal

SK Hynix acquisition of Intel NAND memory and storage business
• Bae Kim & Lee; Deloitte; Fangda Partners; Kim & Chang; Linklaters; Munger Tolles & Olson; PwC; Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom; Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale & Dorr

Woolsworths demerger of Endeavour Group
• Ashurst; King & Wood Mallesons

Impact Cases of the Year

Ararat Wind Farm v Valuer General Victoria – Court of Appeal of the Supreme Court of Victoria
• Aickin Chambers; Herbert Smith Freehills; Isaacs Chambers; Ninian Stephen CHambers

Cairn Energy v Government of India – Judicial Tribunal of Paris
• Arna Law, Arvind Datar SA, Blackstone Chambers, Essex Court Chambers, Gourab Banerji SA, Keating Chambers, Platinum Chambers, Quinn Emanuel Urqhart & Sullivan, S&R Associates, Shearman & Sterling, Shepherd and Wdderburn, Stanimir A Alexandrov

Concentrix v Income Tax Department – High Court of Delhi
• AZB & Partners; PDS Legal

Glencore v Australian Tax Office
• Australian Government Solicitors; Eight Selborne; King & Wood Mallesons; Sixth Floor Selborne Wentworth Chambers

Peter Greensil Family Company v Federal Commissioner of Taxation – Federal Court of Australia
• Australian Government Solicitor; EY; Ground Floor Wentworth Chambers; Watson Mangioni

Singtel v ATO in Australia – Federal Court of Australia
• Australian Government Solicitor; Eleven Wentworth; New Chambers; Owen Dixon Chambers West; PwC; Sixth Floor Selborne Wentworth Chambers

Regional Awards

Best Newcomer of the Year
• WTS Taxise – WTS Global

Diversity & Inclusion Firm of the Year
• Clayton Utz

Pro Bono Firm of the Year
• DDTC

Regional Tax Law Firm of the Year
• Clayton Utz

International Tax Law Firm of the Year
• Baker McKenzie

Global Executive Mobility Tax Firm of the Year
• MinterEllison

Tax Compliance and Reporting Firm of the Year
• Deloitte

Tax Innovator of the Year
• EY

Tax Policy Firm of the Year
• KPMG

Tax Technology Firm of the Year
• KPMG

Tax Transactions Firm of the Year
• KPMG

US Corporate Tax Team of the Year
• Deloitte

Withholding Tax Firm of the Year
• Baker McKenzie

Indirect Tax Firm of the Year
• EY

Tax Litigation and Disputes Firm of the Year
• Yulchon

Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year
• Deloitte

Tax Firm of the Year
• KPMG