Day 2 - Maximising Shareholder Value

Orawan Fongasira

Tax and Legal Partner, PwC Thailand

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Speaking topic:

• 10.30–11.10am | Thailand’s tax update

Background:

Orawan is a Tax Partner and leads the Financial Services Tax practice of PwC Thailand with experience over 26 years.

Orawan provides a number of local and multinational financial institutions with tax advice and transaction support services regarding investment structuring, corporate restructuring, debt restructuring, and mergers and acquisitions. She performs reviews of corporate income tax returns and advises clients on compliance matters. Also, she assists clients from the planning stage until the ideas are brought into implementation.

Orawan led multiple tax due diligence and tax structuring services during the M&A process for various financial and strategic investors in various industries including the financial service industry.

Areas of expertise:

• All tax services for financial services industry except transfer pricing
• Tax advisory and structuring, especially for financial services industry
• M&A for financial services industry
• Tax compliance

Relevant Qualification: 

• Master of Business Administration (Finance) (MBA), Chulalongkorn University
• Bachelor of Economics (2nd class honors), Thammasat University
• Bachelor of Laws, Thammasat University.

Relevant Expertise:

• M&A of banks, insurances, securities, leasing companies
• Tax due diligence
• Business integration
• Tax advisory for capital structure, funding alternatives and treasury center
• Tax on financial instruments and TFRS9
• General tax