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Taxise Asia LLC (WTS Taxise) is a Singapore-based boutique law firm specialising in international tax and international trade law. Founded in 2019 by some of the region’s market-leading international tax and international trade lawyers and practitioners, WTS Taxise offers practical and audit conflict-free advice on complex local and international tax and international trade matters drawn from its unique mix of professionals including lawyers, tax accountants, economists, academics and senior former in-house tax specialists in its ranks. WTS Taxise is a member firm of WTS Global, an international network of selected tax firms, with presence in more than 100 countries worldwide.

Leading tax practitioners in the region from band-1 ranked tax practice, senior former in-house tax specialist and tax lawyer of an international organization. Despite being a newly established law firm, the calibre of WTS Taxise’s key specialists is second to none.

Eugene Lim serves as the co-chairman of the Tax & Trust Committee of the Law Society of Singapore and is a Board member of the Tax Academy of Singapore, the not-for-profit training arm of the Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore. Eugene is ranked as a Highly Regarded Tax Practitioner for Indirect Tax and for Tax Controversies by the International Tax Review in 2020 and a Leading Lawyer for Tax by AsiaLaw Profiles in 2020.  Prior to co-founding Taxise, Eugene was the head of an international firm’s Chambers & Partners band 1-ranked Tax, Trade and Wealth Management practice in Singapore and also served as the firm’s regional chair of Trade & Commerce and Indirect Tax Practices. Eugene was previously ranked in Chambers & Partners for International Trade: Asia; International Trade: Southeast Asia; Tax: Singapore; and in The Legal 500 for Tax: Singapore.

Rapidly expanding practice: Despite only having been founded in recent years, we have over ten timekeepers in Singapore and our Philippines Transfer Pricing Centre of Excellence. This makes us one of the largest law firm tax practices in Singapore despite our relative youth. We are also the only other law firm tax practice in Singapore with a full-service tax offering with specialist practices in the areas of international tax, transfer pricing and international trade.

Growing network of high-profile clients: WTS Taxise has in a very short period of time built an impressive list of high-profile and diverse clients comprising Fortune 500 companies, US, European and Asian multinationals, funds, fintech companies, scale-ups and start-ups as well as high-net-worth-individuals and their family offices.

Complex and extensive cross-border work: Our active matters cover regional or cross-border advice involving key Asia/SEA jurisdictions and beyond. Our matters include complex global and regional international tax structuring, transfer pricing, corporate tax, indirect tax, individual income tax, global supply chains, tax and trade controversies, international trade, customs, export controls and trade sanctions.

Global network of WTS member firms: Leveraging our network of WTS Global partner firms in 100+ jurisdictions, our specialists take the lead in advising on multi-jurisdictional work, utilising international best practices from our cross-border collaborations. WTS Global is a Chambers & Partners ranked Band-1 Global Tax Network.

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