Tax trends in Asia: regional tax and case law updates and perspectives on global developments

Irene practises in all aspects of Tax and Revenue law advisory, structuring, planning, audits, investigations, dispute resolution and litigation (including tax appeals, declaratory proceedings, judicial review applications, civil suits etc.), sales tax, service tax, goods and services tax (GST), transfer pricing, income tax, real property gains tax, indirect taxes, stamp duty, taxation of oil and gas companies, tax incentives, trusts, and asset protection and planning. Irene has appeared as counsel for taxpayers before the GST Appeal Tribunal, the Special Commissioners of Income Tax and the Superior Courts of Malaysia. She is recognised for her tax work by The Legal 500 Asia-Pacific, Chambers Asia Pacific, Euromoney’s Expert Guides and by the International Tax Review. She is an author for tax publications for Bloomberg BNA and also won the International Tax Contributor of the Year 2018 awarded by Bloomberg Tax.

Christian Wimpissinger is a partner in Binder Grösswang’s tax team. He has more than 17 years of experience in advising on corporate income tax law questions, in international tax law and on accounting law aspects. He began his career as an attorney 2001 with Davis Polk & Wardwell in New York and has been with Binder Grösswang since 2007. Wimpissinger graduated from the University of Vienna in 1998 and received an LLM from NYU in 2001. He is admitted to practice law in Austria and in New York. Christian Wimpissinger is a faculty member at the University of Miami and a lecturer at the Donau-University Krems. He is a member of the International Bar Association (IBA), the American Bar Association (ABA) and the International Fiscal Associati

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Dr. Na Li, Professor, East China University of Political Science and Law, Shanghai, China Professor Li obtained an LLB from Fudan University in China in 2001, an LLM in tax law from Boston University in the United States in 2009, and a PhD from Vienna University of Economics and Business in Austria in 2015. Her research areas are Chinese tax law and international tax law. She is also both a Chinese lawyer and a US (New York State) lawyer, practicing in cross-border investment and international taxation.

Charanya is a Partner specialising in Tax and Disputes (Commercial and Regulatory) at Lakshmikumaran & Sridharan (LKS). She is an Advocate on Record with the Supreme Court of India. In her career spanning over 15 years, Charanya has handled high stakes and controversial disputes in areas such as tax, arbitration, regulatory and anti-trust. She has extensive experience in the areas of Customs, Goods & Services Tax as well as Pre-GST tax laws where she regularly argues cases before various tax tribunals, High Courts and the Supreme Court of India. Her clients include leading automotive, FMCG, pharmaceutical, infrastructure, e-commerce, e-gaming, energy, and oil & gas companies. Charanya has also worked in the Chamber of K K Venugopal, the former Attorney General of India. While at the Chamber of Mr. Venugopal, she has worked on a wide range of subjects, ranging from constitutional law, arbitration, and competition law. She has also assisted the Attorney General in landmark cases such as the inclusion of the right to privacy as a fundamental right and the challenge to the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code. She has assisted him in advising various public sector undertakings and government ministries, including the Ministry of Information & Technology, Ministry of Environment & Forest, Ministry of Corporate Affairs and Ministry of Railways. Charanya also handles disputes before various regulatory bodies including the Competition Commission of India. She represents India on the Cartel Committee of the Asia Competition Association. She has advised clients extensively on Data Protection and is assisting them in transitioning their businesses to be compliant with the Digital Personal Data Protection Act. She is also a professional Indian Classical vocalist and performs at select events across India. Charanya has been recognized as an Asian Legal Business amongst Top 15 Southeast Asia Litigator 2023, top 50 disputes lawyers in Asia and India Rising Star for 2022 and Legal 500 Asia Pacific as Next Generation Partner in 2019 & 2020 and amongst top 15 dispute resolution lawyers in India and by Asian Legal Business.