Justin Liebenberg

Experience

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  Phillips and Osmond Incorporated

  Dec 1994 - Jul 1996

  Candidate Attorney

  I was Involved mainly in magistrates court litigation.

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  KPMG South Africa

  Jan 1998 - Dec 2003

  Manager

  I commenced and completed my traineeship for the CA(SA) qualification in the financial services assurance division. I was involved in the planning, execution and completion of audits and supervising and delegating to staff members. The audits included those of KPMG’s large banking clients including Standard Bank and Nedcor and short-term insurers such as Mutual and Federal.After completing my traineeship, I moved to the tax division and joined a team specialising in financial services tax. Show less

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  EY

  Jan 2003 - Aug 2003

  Senior Manager

  I was part of a team of financial services tax specialists.

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  Grant Thornton South Africa

  Oct 2003 - Mar 2008

  Tax Partner

  As the partner in charge of Tax, my clients ranged from privately held companies and their owners to listed. I was involved primarily in corporate income tax consulting to local companies and to foreign clients investing in South Africa, as well as advising those with international operations on their controlled foreign companies, expatriate tax and transfer pricing.

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  Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr Inc

  May 2008 - Jul 2010

  Tax Partner

  As the Regional Director of Tax I was involved in the strategic planning around the tax department, the hiring of staff and the identification and implementation of processes in the department.On the client facing side, I was involved mainly in tax consulting to large corporates working closely with commercial and banking & finance lawyers in structuring transactions. The clients' industries ranged from mining to banking and insurance. In cross-border transactions we worked closely with the other DLA offices and associates. Show less

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  EY

  Aug 2010 - Mar 2018

  African International Tax Services Leader

  I was the Africa International Tax Services Leader and a senior partner within the EY Africa Tax leadership team for seven and a half years. Where I not only had the privilege of leading one of the top international tax teams in Africa but also being involved in many key strategic initiatives for the firm.My primary role, was that of the Africa International Tax Services (ITS) Leader. ITS included specialists in corporate international tax and transfer pricing. In this role I was responsible for building and expanding EY’s International Tax specialisation in Africa and in so doing helped execute EY’s regional and global strategy. The team consisted of approximately 70 people specialising in international tax in South Africa, Kenya, Tanzania, Nigeria, Ghana, Mauritius and Cameroon. We also had Africa tax desks in London and New York. In my client facing role, I was involved in advising many of EY’s multinational clients on the tax implications of their investments and operations in Africa including on permanent establishments, tax residency, treasury, operating model effectiveness, transfer pricing, acquisitions and disposals etc. This has included tax advice in relation to inbound, through-bound and out-bound investment in Africa. Additional leadership roles fulfilled during my time at EY include - deputy tax leader, Africa Transaction Tax Leader, Africa transfer pricing leader, Tax Diversity and Inclusiveness committee chair, Digital tax leader, Massmart tax account leader.I was responsible for developing the theme for the EY Africa Tax Conference, as well as selecting speakers and content for the conference. Show less

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  LiebenTax

  Apr 2018 - Jan 2019

  Consultant

  Tax & legal expert with 20 years big brand experience across both audit and legal firms. Now an independent consultant, providing tax advice to businesses (both small and large). My particular interest, although not my only expertise, is international tax and cross-border transactions, with a focus on Africa.

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  Anheuser-Busch InBev

  Sept 2018 - now

  Africa Tax Director