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Led by the well-respected and senior figure D P Naban, Lee Hishammuddin Allen & Gledhill’s taxation practice provides advisory and dispute resolution services for businesses and private clients. This includes acting for local and multinational corporations on Inland Revenue appeals; advising on restructuring; and appearing in benchmark litigation. The team, which includes senior associate Saravana Kumar, has recently achieved a sizeable volume of wins in tax disputes.
Shearn Delamore & Co has a longstanding reputation and leading position in the tax field, and acts on disputes, investigations and other advisory matters. The team has extensive dispute resolution experience and works closely with the corporate and commercial group to advise companies. Practice head Goh Ka Im and Irene Yong have recently provided cross-border advice and won High Court judicial reviews. The highly experienced Anand Raj ‘has sound knowledge of income tax law and can effectively present a case in court’. He recently represented commercial clients in high-value, complex cases before the Special Commissioners of Income Tax.
Another established player, Azman, Davidson & Co’s tax practice is led by consultants Bill Davidson and Francis Tan Leh Kiah. Alongside its general advisory capabilities on personal, indirect and corporate taxation, the practice is particularly noted for its handling of audits and disputes, having been involved in some significant cases.
Raja, Darryl & Loh advises on corporate and individual tax and revenue matters for a client base that includes local companies and subsidiaries of leading multinationals. It recently represented a client in a major transfer-pricing appeal, and advised an international money transfer company on tax issues concerning its cross-border operations. Practice head Vijey Krishnan’s expertise includes offshore tax systems.
Distinguished by its strong expertise on cross-border matters, Wong & Partners’ wealth of capabilities includes advising on export controls, customs and indirect tax as well as litigation for Malaysian and foreign corporations. Much of its work is for international clients on cross-border issues relating to business structuring and M&A, but it also recently advised a leading Japanese multinational in a transfer-pricing dispute. The highly experienced Adeline Wong heads the sizeable team.
Nik Saghir & Ismail’s consultant Nik Saghir is widely lauded as a senior and highly experienced figure on tax law. The practice acts for corporations and individual clients on a broad range of contentious and non-contentious tax matters but is particularly well known for its litigation work, having appeared in some leading appeals and tax cases. Saghir acted for the Malaysian Bar in a successful appeal.
Zaid Ibrahim & Co’s tax advisory practice is led by Kelvin Ng, who has strong experience in offshore matters, particularly regarding the Labuan tax regime. Work focuses predominately on tax planning for high-net-worth individuals, major local and multinational corporations.