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Taxise Asia LLC (WTS Taxise)
UEN 201936427H
61 Robinson Road
#17-01A
Singapore 068893
Singapore

Work Department

  • Global Value Chains
  • Indirect Tax
  • International Tax and PE
  • International Trade
  • Local and Cross Border Tax Controversy

Position

Asia Pacific Chief Operations Officer, WTS Global &
Founding Principal, WTS Taxise

Career

Eugene Lim is a founding Principal with WTS Taxise, a specialist international tax, transfer pricing and international trade practice comprising of a boutique Singapore law corporation, Taxise Asia LLC, and a boutique tax consulting firm, Taxise Asia Consulting Pte Ltd. He has extensive experience relating to the structuring of supply chain and distribution strategies in the Asia Pacific region as well as in international tax and trade matters.

Previously, Eugene was based in Hong Kong and China for 11 years before moving to Singapore in 2014 to head the Singapore Tax, Trade and Wealth Management practice in one of the largest international law firms in Singapore.

Awards and accolades

  • Band 3, Chambers Asia Pacific Singapore Tax 2023
  • Recommended Lawyer, Legal 500 Asia Pacific Singapore Tax 2022
  • Band 3, Chambers Asia Pacific Singapore Tax 2022
  • Highly Regarded Tax Leader for Indirect Tax, International Tax Review 2021-2023
  • Highly Regarded Tax Leader for Tax Controversy, International Tax Review 2021-2023
  • Notable Practitioner for Tax, asialaw 2021-2023
  • Best Lawyer for Tax Law, Best Lawyers 2016-2023
  • Best Lawyer for Trade Law, Best Lawyers 2016-2023
  • Tax Advisory Export of the Year in Singapore, Corporate INTL 2023
  • International Trade Lawyer of the Year, The Asian Lawyer 2021
  • Leading Lawyer (Asia-wide, International Trade), Chambers Asia Pacific and Chambers Global 2017, 2016, 2015 and 2014
  • Leading Trade and Customs Lawyer, The International Who’s Who of Trade & Customs Lawyers

Languages

English, Mandarin, Cantonese

Memberships

Board Member, Singapore Tax Academy
Co-Chair, Tax & Trust Committee, Law Society of Singapore
Member, Singapore Academy of Law
Member, Law Society of Singapore

ADMISSIONS & QUALIFICATIONS:

England & Wales – United Kingdom (2009)
Supreme Court of Singapore  – Singapore (1999)

Education

McGill University, Montreal (LL.M. International & Comparative Law) (2000)
National University of Singapore (LL.B. Honours) (1998)

Lawyer Rankings

Singapore > Tax: local firms

(Leading individuals)

Eugene Lim – Taxise Asia LLC (WTS Taxise)

Counting domestic and multinational companies, families and ultra-high-net-worth individuals among its key roster of clients, boutique firm Taxise Asia LLC (WTS Taxise) specialises in tax, international trade and transfer pricing, with demonstrable experience in handling advisory matters ranging from corporate tax, indirect and direct tax and tax controversies to M&A and international tax mandates. Eugene Lim, who has considerable expertise in international tax and trade matters, jointly leads the practice alongside ‘outstanding’ Irving Aw.