Aastha Jain

Aastha Jain is an international tax and corporate tax specialist with more than 16 years of experience. Aastha has advised clients on complex tax engagements in a variety of sectors.

Aastha’s experience, largely gained in the Big Four consulting firms, has seen her at the forefront of advising large corporates in domestic and cross-border taxation arrangements, including corporate structuring, tax efficiency and modelling, transfer pricing, BEPS 2.0 advisory, tax controversy and risk management. Additionally, she has rich experience helping organisations identify and manage tax risks, devising tax solutions and optimisation through overall tax policy review and structuring.

Alongside advising multinational groups on cross-border tax issues, Aastha currently leads UAE corporate tax assessments for large groups headquartered in the UAE. She also advises clients on the impact of the UAE corporate tax on operational structure and transfer pricing policies.

Aastha actively contributes to thought leadership in leading publications and is a regular speaker in various industry forums, seminars and webinars on complex tax topics.

Prior to moving to the UAE, Aastha was part of Ernst & Young in India from 2006 to 2023.

Relevant Experience:

• Advised several UAE-headquartered groups on UAE corporate tax implementation projects
• Advised multinational groups on cross-border taxation and structuring, including tax treaty modelling and optimisation
• Assisted UAE-headquartered real estate and hospitality groups in implementing corporate structures and entity rationalisation arrangements in a tax-efficient manner
• Advised large groups on inbound and outbound expansion, including UAE corporate tax and tax treaty implications; achieved tax optimisation alongside strategic considerations
• Led Global Minimum Tax (BEPS 2.0 Pillar 2) engagements for large multinationals (inbound and outbound) on preparedness and impact of BEPS 2.0 Global Minimum Tax