News Release
30 January 2015
Nexia TS Awarded ‘Best in Cross-Border
Restructuring – Singapore’ in The Acquisition
International 2015 Tax Awards Sponsored by IBFD
Nexia TS is pleased to announce that it has been awarded ‘Best in Cross-Border Restructuring –
Singapore’ in the The Acquisition International Magazine 2015 Tax Awards on 27 January 2015,
sponsored by the International Bureau of Fiscal Documentation (IBFD). Based in the UK, the
prestigious global awards recognise leaders in their respective fields, and, crucially, are nominated
and voted in by their clients, their profesisonal relationships and their peers. The winners’ proficiency
and their hard work have distinguished them from their competitors and proven them worthy of
recognition.
Nexia TS International Tax Consulting Team, through years of experience at international accounting
firms, combines a high level of technical skills across a wide range of disciplines with local as well as
international tax expertise and a strong commercial sense to provide clients with cost effective crossborder tax planning strategies.
Nathan Angell, Awards Coordinator, The Acquisition International Magazine 2015 Tax Awards, said:
“The 2015 Tax Awards recognise the very best in the world of tax. We’re proud to recognise firms,
from across the industry, who are leading the way in this often challenging field – and, in the process,
helping to keep the wheels of global business turning.”
“Nexia TS is honoured to receive an award of this standing as this prestigious commendation
recognises our expertise in an international setting where our professionalism and service quality is
above the mark. It is a proud moment, and none of this would have been possible without an
excellent team who made it happen.”
Henry Tan
Managing Director, Nexia TS
“A very special thank you to our nominators who we have had the pleasure of working with for a
number of years now in various capacities for recognising Nexia TS through this tax award. Our
passion of going through the extra mile has played a big role in setting Nexia TS apart from the
others in cross-border restructuring work. As Nexia APAC Tax Practice Leader, I am humbled that our
clients placed great trust in us and provided us with the opportunities to share our insights, advice
and guidance with them. Nexia TS will continue to shine as a rising star in the international tax
arena.”
Lam Fong Kiew
Tax Director & Head of Tax, Nexia TS | Nexia APAC Tax Practice Leader
About The Acquisition International 2015 Tax Awards:
The Acquisition International 2015 Tax Awards are designed to commend those in the tax sector
dedicated to providing exceptional service throughout the industry. These prestigious global awards
recognise tax firms, teams and the rising stars of tomorrow in their continued success in uncertain and
challenging economic conditions, demonstrating their strength and skills across key practice areas and
sectors.
For more information, please visit http://www.acquisition-intl.com/index.php/awards-8/52-mainpage-section/1046-tax-awards.
About IBFD, Sponsor for The Acquisition International 2015 Tax Awards:
In 1938, the International Bureau of Fiscal Documentation (IBFD) was established. IBFD is an
independent (non-profit) International Tax Knowledge Centre with the ultimate goal to promote and
disseminate the understanding of cross-border taxation at the highest level. Its core business is
research, publishing (online and print) and education in international taxation. IBFD has a strong
international client base of specifically Fortune 500 companies, governments, universities,
international consultancy firms and tax advisers. IBFD supports worldwide government consultancy
projects and its International Tax Training provides a diverse range of courses on international
taxation, all IBFD products are accessible by the IBFD Tax Research Platform the powerful front-end
global tax information portal. Headquartered in Amsterdam, IBFD also has a local presence in
important markets such as North America, Asia and China.
Our awards highlight leaders in their respective fields and, crucially, are nominated by our internal
experts as well as their clients and their peers. Nominations are welcomed for firms on a global basis
from the very small niche practices to large corporations. We ensure that those who do go on to win
one of these highly sought after awards have been selected on merit and are based upon the votes
received, the further evidence supplied and our own in-house research.
For more information, please visit www.ibfd.org.
About Nexia TS:
Nexia TS was founded in 1993 by two experienced chartered accountants – Henry Tan and Sitoh
Yih Pin. After working as managers for one of the international accounting firms, they saw a vision
and an opportunity to establish their own organisation – not any accounting firm – but one which
is unique in their personalised and well-qualified expertise.
To date, Nexia TS is recognised as an established mid-tier local accounting firm. We have grown
significantly in size over the years. Being an independent member firm of Nexia International, we are
affiliated to accounting firms in many parts of the world. This means that our clients will get to enjoy
personalised, comprehensive and quality services at competitive rates in Singapore and globally. Our
reputation for quality has been recognised by clients and accounting professionals. As testimony to
this, we are among the first few local accounting firms to be accredited by the Institute of Chartered
Accountants in Australia to provide supervision of professionals undergoing traineeship to qualify as
Chartered Accountants.
Headquartered in Singapore, Nexia TS has established a strong presence in various countries across
the region. Nexia China is a one-stop centre providing advisory services for foreign-invested
enterprises in China. NTS Malaysia and NTS Myanmar provide a full suite of corporate advisory services
for our clientele with operations and new foreign investments in the respective countries. Nexia
International is an international network of accounting and consulting firms with origins going back to
1971 making Nexia one of the longest established firms. Currently, with more than 23,000 professional
staff serving our clients at over 600 offices in 100 countries, we are ranked as the top 10 largest
international accounting and consulting firms worldwide. For more details, please visit
www.nexiats.com.sg.
About Nexia Asia Pacific Tax Practice:
The Practice comprises senior tax co-leaders from various Asia Pacific tax jurisdictions, including
Australia, Bangladesh, China, French Polynesia, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Malaysia,
Mauritius, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Taiwan and Vietnam.
In addition to providing integrated, consistent and high quality international tax services to Asia Pacificbased companies investing abroad as well as multinational companies investing in Asia Pacific, our
experienced team also provides central coordination and support for multinational clients in the
region.
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