Asia’s top professional services firms for tax and transfer pricing
Industry platform International Tax Review has unveiled the 2021 winners of its annual Tax Awards for Asia, lauding over fifty professional services firms for their excellence in delivering tax and transfer pricing services to clients in the region and beyond.
An overview of the winners the finalists per award category and country, spanning accounting firms, management consultancies, law firms, tax specialists and other professional services groups:
Cambodia Tax Firm of the Year
Winner: VDB Loi
Baker Tilly
Deloitte
DFDL
China Tax Firm of the Year
Winner: KPMG
Baker McKenzie FengXun
Deloitte
DLA Piper
EY
JunHe
Zhong Lun
China Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year
Winner: KPMG
Baker McKenzie FengXun
Deloitte
DLA Piper
EY
WTS China
Zhong Lun
China Tax Disputes Firm of the Year
Winner: KPMG
Baker McKenzie FengXun
Deloitte
DLA Piper
EY
Jingtian & Gongcheng
Zhong Lun
Hong Kong Tax Firm of the Year
Winner: Deloitte
Baker McKenzie
DLA Piper
EY
KPMG
Hong Kong Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year
Winner: Deloitte
Baker McKenzie
Duff & Phelps (part of Kroll)
EY
KPMG
Hong Kong Tax Disputes Firm of the Year
Winner: KPMG
Baker McKenzie
Deloitte
DLA Piper
EY
India Tax Firm of the Year
Winner: Dhruva Advisors
Deloitte
Economic Laws Practice
EY
Grant Thornton
KPMG
Lakshmikumaran & Sridharan
India Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year
Winner: EY
AKM Global
BDO
Dhruva Advisors
Deloitte
KPMG
Nexdigm (SKP)
India Tax Disputes Firm of the Year
Winner: Lakshmikumaran & Sridharan
BMR Legal
Deloitte
Economic Laws Practice
EY
KPMG
Trilegal
Indonesia Tax Firm of the Year
Winner: Deloitte
DDTC
GNV Consulting (a member of Moore Global)
HHP Law Firm
KPMG
SF Consulting
Indonesia Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year
Winner: DDTC
Deloitte
GNV Consulting Services (a member of Moore Global)
KPMG
MUC Consulting Group
SF Consulting
TaxPrime
Indonesia Tax Disputes Firm of the Year
Winner: HHP Law Firm
DDTC
Deloitte
GNV Consulting Services
KPMG
SF Consulting
TaxPrime
Japan Tax Firm of the Year
Winner: Deloitte
Baker McKenzie (Gaikokuho Joint Enterprise)
DLA Piper
EY
KPMG
Mori Hamada & Matsumoto
Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu, Taxand Japan
Nishimura & Asahi
Japan Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year
Winner: EY
Baker McKenzie (Gaikokuho Joint Enterprise)
Deloitte
DLA Piper
KPMG
Mori Hamada & Matsumoto
Nishimura & Asahi
Japan Tax Disputes Firm of the Year
Winner: Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu (a member of Taxand)
Anderson Mori & Tomotsune
Baker McKenzie (Gaikokuho Joint Enterprise)
Nishimura & Asahi
Withers Japan Zeirishi Houjin
Malaysia Tax Firm of the Year
Winner: Deloitte
EY
KPMG
Rosli Dahlan Saravana Partnership
Shearn Delamore & Co
Malaysia Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year
Winner: Deloitte
Duff & Phelps (part of Kroll)
EY
KPMG
Wong & Partners
Malaysia Tax Disputes Firm of the Year
Winner: Shearn Delamore & Co
Deloitte
Raja Darryl & Loh
Rosli Dahlan Saravana Partnership
Skrine
New Zealand Tax Firm of the Year
Winner: Deloitte
Bell Gully
Buddle Findlay
Chapman Tripp
Russell McVeagh
Philippines Tax Firm of the Year
Winner: SyCipLaw
Du-Baladad and Associates (WTS Global)
Quisumbing Torres
SyCip Gorres Velayo & Co (EY)
Zambrano Gruba Caganda & Advincula
Philippines Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year
Winner: Navarro / Deloitte
Du-Baladad and Associates (WTS Global)
Gorriceta Africa Cauton & Saavedra
R G Manabat & Co (KPMG)
SyCip Gorres Velayo & Co (EY)
Philippines Tax Disputes Firm of the Year
Winner: Zambrano Gruba Caganda & Advincula
Du-Baladad and Associates (WTS Global)
Quisumbing Torres
SyCip Gorres Velayo & Co (EY)
SyCipLaw
Singapore Tax Firm of the Year
Winner: Baker McKenzie Wong & Leow
Allen & Gledhill
BDO
Deloitte
Drew & Napier
KPMG
Withers
Singapore Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year
Winner: EY
Baker McKenzie Wong & Leow
BDO
Deloitte
KPMG
Taxise Asia (WTS Global)
Singapore Tax Disputes Firm of the Year
Winner: KPMG
Deloitte
Drew & Napier
Rajah & Tann
WongPartnership
Taxise Asia (WTS Global)
South Korea Tax Firm of the Year
Winner: Kim & Chang
Deloitte Anjin
Lee & Ko
Samjong KPMG
Yulchon
South Korea Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year
Winner: Yulchon
Deloitte Anjin
Kim & Chang
Lee & Ko
Samjong KPMG
South Korea Tax Disputes Firm of the Year
Winner: Kim & Chang
Deloitte Anjin
Lee & Ko
Samjong KPMG
Yulchon
Taiwan Tax Firm of the Year
Winner: Deloitte
Baker McKenzie
EY
KPMG
Lee & Li
Taiwan Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year
Winner: EY
Deloitte
Grant Thornton
KPMG
Taiwan Tax Disputes Firm of the Year
Winner: KPMG
Deloitte
EY
Tsar & Tsai Law Firm
Thailand Tax Firm of the Year
Winner: Baker McKenzie
DFDL
KPMG
LawAlliance
Tilleke & Gibbins
Thailand Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year
Winner: KPMG
Baker McKenzie
Deloitte
HLB
Kudun & Partners
Thailand Tax Disputes Firm of the Year
Winner: R&T Asia
Baker McKenzie
Deloitte
KPMG
Tilleke & Gibbins
Vietnam Tax Firm of the Year
Winner: Deloitte
Baker McKenzie
DFDL
Grant Thornton
KPMG
Vietnam Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year
Winner: KPMG
Deloitte
DFDL
Duff & Phelps (part of Kroll)
WTS
Vietnam Tax Disputes Firm of the Year
Winner: DFDL
Baker McKenzie
Deloitte
KPMG
LNT & Partners
Diversity and Inclusion Firm of the Year
Winner: Deloitte
Economic Laws Practice
Eiger
EY
KPMG
Nishimura & Asahi
Pro bono Firm of the Year
Winner: Nishimura & Asahi
DDTC
Deloitte
KPMG
PwC
Regional Tax Law Firm of the Year
Winner: Kim & Chang
Greenwoods & Herbert Smith Freehills
King & Wood Mallesons
Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu (Taxand)
Nishimura & Asahi
Yulchon
Zhong Lun
International Tax Law Firm of the Year
Winner: Baker McKenzie
Ashurst
Cuatrecasas
Dentons
DLA Piper
Norton Rose Fulbright
Withers
Global Executive Mobility Tax Firm of the Year
Winner: MinterEllison
AKM Global
Economic Laws Practice
Eiger
KPMG
Tax Compliance and Reporting Firm of the Year
Winner: KPMG
AKM Global
AMRG & Associates
Deloitte
Economic Laws Practice
Nexdigm (SKP)
WTS China
Tax Innovator of the Year
Winner: BDO India
DDTC
Deloitte
Du-Baladad and Associates - WTS Global
Economic Laws Practice
KPMG
Tax Policy Firm of the Year
Winner: Deloitte
DDTC
Du-Baladad and Associates (WTS Global)
Economic Laws Practice
Taxise Asia (WTS Global)
Tax Technology Firm of the Year
Winner: Deloitte
BDO India
DDTC
Economic Laws Practice
KPMG
Nexdigm (SKP)
Tax Transactions Firm of the Year
Winner: KPMG
Ashurst
Baker McKenzie
Deloitte
Dhruva Advisors (WTS Global)
Greenwoods & Herbert Smith Freehills
Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu (Taxand)
Zhong Lun
US Corporate Tax Team of the Year
Winner: EY
Baker McKenzie
Deloitte
DLA Piper
KPMG
Withholding Tax Firm of the Year
Winner: KPMG
AKM Global
Dhruva Advisors (WTS Global)
Economic Laws Practice
Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu (Taxand)
Indirect Tax Firm of the Year
Winner: EY
Baker McKenzie
Deloitte
Dhruva Advisors, (WTS Global)
Economic Laws Practice
KPMG
MinterEllison
Tax Litigation and Disputes Firm of the Year
Winner: KPMG
Baker McKenzie
Deloitte
EY
Greenwoods & Herbert Smith Freehills
Kim & Chang
Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu (Taxand)
Nishimura & Asahi
Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year
Winner: EY
Baker McKenzie
BDO
DDTC
Deloitte
DLA Piper
KPMG
Tax Firm of the Year
Winner: Deloitte
Baker McKenzie
BDO
Deloitte
DLA Piper
EY
KPMG