Job Description

Responsibilities:

• Acts as the focal point for all regional tax legal issues, including those associated with acquisitions, dispositions, joint ventures, restructurings, controversy, and operational matters.
• For purposes of this role, APAC refers to Asia, except for Russia and the Middle East, and Australia and Oceania.
• Oversees the collection and evaluation of evidence in complex and sensitive proceedings before courts and quasi-judicial or investigatory bodies
• Provides highly specialized and unique knowledge and expertise and assists in identifying and managing tax legal risks for the SAO enterprise
• Oversees gathering of factual evidence re pending or potential international tax legal matters of high complexity and pertinence to global and regional operations
• Oversees and commissions tax legal research and analysis
• Oversees the review and preparation of draft tax legal opinions and advice in connection with complex issues related to corporate rights and obligations, contracts and agreements, and statutory requirements, and reports critical tax legal matters to SAO Law Management and regional Management
• Oversees regional tax risk management efforts and coordinates closely with SAO\'s Director & Managing Counsel, Tax Law Department on enterprise-wide risk management, including assessing the impact of tax law developments and developing mitigation strategies, obtaining advance pricing agreements and other tax rulings, and helping to shape SAO\'s global transfer pricing policy
• Directly or indirectly oversees all tax counsel in the region
• Directly or indirectly manages tax matters and tax teams at all affiliates in the region

Requirements:

• Juris Doctor or equivalent non-U.S. law degree with qualification to practice law in at least one jurisdiction
• Master of Laws (LL.M) in tax is desirable
• Minimum 15 years\' experience with a large law firm, Big 4 accounting firm, or in-house tax function at a large multinational enterprise
• Broad experience with acquisitions, dispositions, joint ventures, internal restructurings, and controversy, particularly in the cross-border context
• Experience managing a team of tax professionals
• Capacity to exercise sound, independent judgment in the advanced tax legal field

Yvonne Ong EA License No.: 02C3423 Personnel Registration No.: R1549551

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