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Allen Tan is the Head of the Tax, Trade and Wealth Management practice at Baker McKenzie Wong & Leow. He has extensive experience working on both international and local tax issues, with a special focus on the regional tax aspects of the transactions that he is involved in. Allen’s clients include Global Fortune 500 multinational corporations and major Singapore and Asian conglomerates.
Allen is recognised as a leading lawyer for his tax controversy and corporate tax work in many leading legal and tax directories including International Tax Review (ITR) and Legal 500 Asia Pacific. Clients commended that Allen is “an exceptional lawyer with a strong combination of legal and tax expertise. He is probably one of the best in Singapore," in which “[he] and his team are [the client’s] trusted advisors for tax matters. There is an added level of assurance and confidence once they are chosen as the service providers for a particular engagement." Allen was also recognised as one of ‘Singapore’s 40 most influential lawyers aged 40 and under' in 2015 by Singapore Business Review and in Asian Legal Business (ALB) 40 under 40 List (2015), an inaugural ranking of the brightest young legal minds across Asia Pacific. In addition, he is listed as a Tax Controversy Leader and a “Indirect Tax Leader in Singapore since 2013, and named “Asia Tax Practice Leader of the Year” by International Tax Review in 2018.
Recently, Allen was elected as a board member of Singapore Chartered Tax Professionals as well as made Principal Examiner by the Singapore Institute of Legal Education.
Allen focuses on tax issues arising from corporate and supply chain reorganisations, foreign direct investments, cross-border planning/restructuring, transfer pricing, mergers and acquisitions, private equity fund structuring, tax controversies (both domestic and cross-border), as well as indirect and transfer taxes. In recent years, Allen has also been actively engaged in tax policy work, both in Singapore and internationally.
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Testimonials
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- 'Allen Tan is an experienced tax professional and is able to provide practical solutions to complex issues.'
- 'Jaclyn Ho is great at client engagement and is sensitive to client's timeline to ensure timely delivery services.'
- ‘Highly professional and ability to provide pragmatic solutions to address complex technical issues. Excellent team with strong business acumen.’
‘The team's strength is their deep understanding and experience in various area of tax matters such as domestic and cross-border tax controversy, international tax and practical tax advisory.'
- 'We receive well rounded, solid tax advice and also, can rely on the team for support during matters that require direct engagement with the Singapore Inland Revenue.’
- 'Allen Tan is a technically strong tax counsel with experience in all aspects of tax work in Singapore.'
- 'Lee Shih Hui is a one of the best tax partners that I have worked with. She is always available and keeps me updated on matters.'
‘Baker McKenzie's Singapore tax team is an excellent team of well informed, trained tax advisers. They are strong in all areas of tax, existing tax law interpretation, controversy, new legislation, ruling, tax residency and any question we pose.'