Dispute Resolution
How to avoid; How to settle
9-10 May 2012
Chair: Mukesh Butani – Taxand India
Panellists:
Michael Palumbo, Asia Head of Tax – Baker Hughes
Leon Kwong Wing – Taxand Singapore
Contents
1. Appeals mechanisms in Asia-Pacific; Are they
working?
2. How to prepare if you are caught in a dispute
3. When a settlement is the best option
4. Tactics for jurisdictions where litigation is most likely
5. Lessons from key cases: Hong Kong cases of Li &
Fung; CG Lighting and Nice Cheer Investment
Limited; Singapore’s First Section 33 Case
6. Key Contacts
7. About Taxand
Appeals mechanisms; Are they working?
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Appeals mechanisms in Asia-Pacific; Are they working?
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How to prepare if you are caught in a dispute
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When a settlement is the best option
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When a settlement is the best option
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Tactics for jurisdictions where litigation is most likely
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Tactics for jurisdictions where litigation is most likely
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Lessons from key cases
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Lessons from key cases
Hong Kong cases of Li & Fung
CG Lighting and Nice Cheer Investment Limited
Singapore’s First Section 33 Case
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Key Contacts
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Key Contacts
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Mukesh Butani
Taxand India
E. mukesh.butani@bmradvisors.com
T. +91 124 339 5010
Leon Kwong Wing
Taxand Singapore
E. LeonKwongWing@khattarwong.com
T. +65 6238 3018
Michael Palumbo
Baker Hughes
E. michael.palumbo@bakerhughes.com
T. +65 9780 1615
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About Taxand
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Our Global Service Commitment
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About Taxand
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Why Taxand?
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About Taxand
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ABOUT TAXAND
Taxand provides high quality, integrated tax advice worldwide. Our tax professionals, nearly 400 tax partners and over 2,000 tax
advisors in 50 countries - grasp both the fine points of tax and the broader strategic implications, helping you mitigate risk,
manage your tax burden and drive the performance of your business.
We're passionate about tax. We collaborate and share knowledge, capitalising on our collective expertise to provide you with
high quality, tailored advice that helps relieve the pressures associated with making complex tax decisions.
We're also independent—ensuring that you adhere both to best practice and to tax law and that we remain free from timeconsuming audit-based conflict checks. This enables us to deliver practical advice, responsively.
Taxand is a global organisation of tax advisory firms. Each firm in each country is a separate and independent legal entity responsible for
delivering client services.
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Registered office: 1B Heienhaff, L-1736 Senningerberg – RCS Luxembourg C68
Event Speaker Guidelines
9-10 May 2012
Content Development
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Speaker Guidelines
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Each presentation should:
be interesting for our key audiences – CFOs &
Tax Directors of multinationals – ask your clients
what they’d like to head about...
be topical, share Taxand opinion (Taxand’s
Take) on the impact of the tax issue(s) for
multinationals, forecasting future change
include at least 1 golden nugget/action for clients
to take away
use case studies to add colour –
co-presented with a client where possible
Content Development
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Speaker Guidelines
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Each presentation should:
provide a global picture where possible to reflect
our global capability
showcase our service lines capability
be different – eg consider conducting a survey
across Taxanders to substantiate a view
Structure
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Speaker Guidelines
Each presentation should have:
beginning – say what you are going to say –
introduction
middle – say it – the detail
end – say it again – conclusions / action points
Appendices:
should not be presented but provided to add
depth to the delegate pack, which includes the
full presentation and additional materials
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Structure
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Speaker Guidelines
Include biographies and contact details of
speakers and relevant global Taxand teams
provide added value material eg full findings of
surveys; additional case studies; details
supporting the slides
see credentials on the Taxand Brand Centre:
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supporting slides
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Use the Taxand events presentation template at
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presentation
Every slide must contain 3 to 6 bullet points
ONLY
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Format
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Make sure you complete the black & blue title
bar (see above) in this PowerPoint template with
your section number and section title
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slides (2 minutes per slide)
Don’t go overboard on bullets – use pictures to
add interest
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highlight key points & summarise
Process
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Speaker Guidelines
To ensure quality presentations – plan ahead:
Draft structure of presentations
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And Remember...
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Speaker Guidelines
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You are representing Taxand to:
Develop business opportunities for you, your firm
and Taxand
Raise your personal profile
Raise our global brand awareness
So please:
Introduce yourself as a Taxander
Refer to your Taxand colleagues when you can
by name
And Remember...
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Promote our global capability, high quality and
excellence
Make sure your presentation gets sent to Lynne
at lsandland@taxand.com to be promoted on
taxand.com
Give it your all and go for it!
Please refer any queries to global marketing at
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Key Contacts
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Abbie Tarren
E. atarren@taxand.com
T. + 44 207 715 5243
M. +44 750 801 6931
Lynne Sandland
E. lsandland@taxand.com
T. + 44 207 072 3251
M. +44 752 590 6259
ABOUT TAXAND
Taxand provides high quality, integrated tax advice worldwide. Our tax professionals, nearly 400 tax partners and over 2,000 tax
advisors in 50 countries - grasp both the fine points of tax and the broader strategic implications, helping you mitigate risk,
manage your tax burden and drive the performance of your business.
We're passionate about tax. We collaborate and share knowledge, capitalising on our collective expertise to provide you with
high quality, tailored advice that helps relieve the pressures associated with making complex tax decisions.
We're also independent—ensuring that you adhere both to best practice and to tax law and that we remain free from timeconsuming audit-based conflict checks. This enables us to deliver practical advice, responsively.
Taxand is a global organisation of tax advisory firms. Each firm in each country is a separate and independent legal entity responsible for
delivering client services.
© Copyright Taxand Economic Interest Grouping 2012
Registered office: 1B Heienhaff, L-1736 Senningerberg – RCS Luxembourg C68