Future of Tax & Legal

Hear Lewis Lu, Head of Tax & legal, Asia Pacific and China, and Partner, KPMG China and Vicki Heard, EMA Head of Tax & Legal KPMG International, and Partner, KPMG in the UK, discuss the global tax landscape.

Aldo Mariani, Head of Global Tax Dispute Resolution & Controversy Services, KPMG International, discusses the findings of a recent KPMG International survey on tax authorities worldwide and the global environment that in-house taxpayers are navigating today.

Hanim Hamzah, Asia-Pacific Regional Leader of Legal Services, based out of KPMG in Singapore, sits down with Angelina Lagana, National and ASPAC Leader, Tax Dispute Resolution & Controversy, KPMG Law, KPMG in Australia, and Yuen Wei Cheong, Partner on the Technology, Media, and Telecommunications, KPMG Law, KPMG in Malaysia, to discuss gender equality in the legal technology space.

Grant Wardell-Johnson, Global Tax Policy Leader, KPMG International, is joined by Hugues Salome, Partner, KPMG in Switzerland, and Lieke Mutsaers, Senior Tax Manager KPMG in the Netherlands, to discuss the different factors affecting corporate structures today.

Brad Brown, Head of Global Tax Technology and Innovation, KPMG International, and Partner, KPMG in the US, discusses the perspectives of C-suite executives on the future of the tax departments and their predictions for the upcoming years.

Alison Shipitofsky, Senior Manager, Client Strategy, KPMG in the UK, is joined by Arunima Kaul, Senior Manager, Business Process Automation, KPMG in Switzerland, Charlotte Malan, Director, Technology, KPMG in the UK, and Katja Toth, Executive Director, Client Service Delivery, KPMG in the US, to discuss the opportunities and challenges faced by women in global mobility technology.

Susie Cooke, Global Tax Transformation Services Leader, KPMG International and Partner, KPMG in Canada, Emily Spinks, Global Tax Transformation Director, KPMG International and Director, KPMG in the UK, and Grace Lee, Director, KPMG in Australia and KPMG's Asia Pacific Tax Automation Lead, discuss their experiences as women leaders in tax transformation, technology and innovation.

Mike Linter, Global Head of Private Enterprise Tax, Global Tax and Legal, KPMG International, and Greg Limb, Global Head of Family Office and Private Client, KPMG International, discuss how tax rules across jurisdictions can impact families in philanthropy.

Moderated by Grant Wardell-Johnson, Global Tax Policy Leader, KPMG International, and featuring insights and perspectives from Jana Valkovicova, Head of Luxury Sector, KPMG in Switzerland; Hugues Salomé, Partner, Tax & Legal, KPMG in Switzerland; Elfie Ossard-Quintaine, Partner, Co-Head of Global Transfer Pricing Services, KPMG Avocats; and Eric Janowak, Managing Director and Deputy Global Lead, S...

KPMG Legal Transformation leaders explore macrotrends in the market and the pressures faced by legal functions today.

In the second half of this two-part podcast, Jay Ayrton, EMA Regional Tax Reimagined Leader and Partner, KPMG in the UK, and Susie Cooke, Global Tax Transformation Services Leader, KPMG International, and Partner, KPMG in Canada, discuss how the centralization of an organization’s tax process aligns with the globalization of regulators and tax authorities.

Jay Ayrton, EMA Regional Tax Reimagined Leader and Partner, KPMG in the UK, and Susie Cooke, Global Tax Transformation Services Leader, KPMG International, and Partner, KPMG in Canada, discuss how organizations can look to centralize tax processes through both technology and effective data management.

The Terms of Reference for the Climate Club were released on 12th December, after the recording of this podcast. However, due to the high level nature of the announcement, many of the questions on the operation of the climate club – discussed herein – are still open.

Grant Wardell-Johnson, Global Tax Policy Leader, KPMG International, and Hughes Salome, Partner, Tax & Legal, KPMG in Switzerland, discuss international investment agreements connected to the climate change debate and the Energy Charter Treaty, as well as their related tax considerations.

In the final half of this two-part episode, Mike Linter, Global Head of Private Enterprise Tax, KPMG International, Loek Helderman, Global Tax Lead, KPMG ESG, KPMG International, and Partner, KPMG in the Netherlands, and Shay Menuchin, Policy Lead for KPMG’s Private Enterprise Tax Network, KPMG in Canada, discuss ESG strategies, opportunities and challenges for private enterprises related to the r...

In part one of this two-part episode, Mike Linter, Global Head of Private Enterprise Tax, KPMG International, Loek Helderman, Global Tax Lead, KPMG ESG, KPMG International, and Partner, KPMG in the Netherlands, and Shay Menuchin, Policy Lead for KPMG’s Private Enterprise Tax Network, KPMG in Canada, discuss how ESG is impacting private enterprises in relation to tax. 

In this podcast, Dave Neuenhaus, Global Leader, Asset Management, KPMG International, Sam Riesenberg Principal, Washington National Tax, International Tax, KPMG in the US and Eric Janowak, Managing Director, Deputy Global Lead, Sovereign Wealth and Pension Funds Tax, KPMG Lower Gulf, discuss the recent BEPS Pillar 2 developments and how they are impacting the Asset Management sector.

Mike Linter, Global Head of Private Enterprise Tax, KPMG International, and Shay Menuchin, Policy Lead for KPMG’s Private Enterprise Tax Network, KPMG in Canada, discuss the tax policy landscape and how the latest Pillar Two BEPS developments are playing out for private tax enterprise leaders globally.

In this podcast, Jay Ayrton, EMA, Regional Tax Reimagined Leader, KPMG in the UK, and Susie Cooke, Global Tax Transformation Services Leader, KPMG International, and Partner, KPMG in Canada, sit down to share their latest insights in tax transformation as a result of new challenges and opportunities that tax functions are currently facing.

Stuart Fuller, Head of Global Legal Services, KPMG International, discusses the future of the legal profession. In this episode, changing business models, trading environments, cross-border operations, technology, compliance, and the increased acceleration of the profession are discussed in detail.  

In a real-life case study, David Gordon, Global Head of Tax, GSK, sits down with KPMG International's Sean Bloodwell, Global Head of Compliance Management Services, Tax & Legal, and Melissa Geiger, Global Head of Strategic Corporates, Global Tax & Legal, to discuss how the tax function is transforming as a result of  modern demands, and new expectations from the business and external stakeholders...

David Linke, Global Head of Tax & Legal Services, KPMG International, sits down with John Connors, Group Tax Director, Vodafone, for a discussion on how responsible tax and tax transformation are affecting the tax function of today.

Gabriel Kurt, Head of Trade and Customs, KPMG in Germany, and Steven Brotherton, Principal, Global Export Controls and Sanctions Lead, KPMG in the US, discuss the latest developments in export controls and sanctions in an increasingly complex world.

Melissa Geiger, Global Head of Strategic Corporates for Tax & Legal Services for KPMG International and Partner with KPMG in the UK, and Manal Corwin, Principal-in-charge for KPMG’s Washington National Tax Practice with KPMG in the US and Global Tax Policy Leader for the Americas region, discuss the emerging agreement around the establishment of a Global Minimum Tax, coming out of the Pillar One a...

David Linke, Global Head of Tax & Legal Services at KPMG International, sits down with Olivier Tourtoulou, Deputy Group Tax Director for AXA, to discuss a real-life tax department case study in action – how the function is responding to the challenges and opportunities of the current landscape and how it is evolving within a responsible tax framework.