United Arab Emirates International Tax and Transfer Pricing Expert Authors

Saumitra is a senior economist in Deloitte’s transfer pricing group in Dubai. Based in the region for over seven years, he has advised clients on international tax and transfer pricing matters in the Middle East and globally.

Saumitra has worked closely with clients in the retail, financial services, oil & gas, telecommunications and FMCG sectors to help them design, stress-test and implement complex transfer pricing models.

His experience includes supporting clients on documentation, planning, and due diligence engagements, including controversy matters with successful outcomes.

Saumitra has a BA in Economics from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, with a minor in Environmental Economics and Law, and a MSc in Finance and Economics from Warwick Business School.

Expertise: Middle East

Originally from the Dominican Republic, George is a transfer pricing economist in Deloitte’s transfer pricing group in Dubai. He has been involved on numerous transfer pricing documentation, compliance, controversy, and advanced pricing agreement negotiations, globally.

His experience includes assisting multinationals in the telecommunications, oil & gas, hospitality, and pharmaceutical sectors.

George has a BA in Business Administration from PUCMM in the Dominican Republic, and a BS in International Business and Finance from RIT in New York, United States. In addition, he holds a Master in Corporate Finance from EAE Business School in Barcelona, Spain. He has also completed the ITC Leiden Latin America Executive Program in International Tax Law in transfer pricing.

Expertise: Middle East, Latin and North America

Asmae is from Belgium and works as a transfer pricing specialist in Deloitte’s Middle East Transfer Pricing Team.

Before joining Deloitte Middle East, Asmae worked in Deloitte Luxembourg following by an international law firm in Luxembourg in the tax department. Asmae has substantial experience in transfer pricing, international tax and M&A cross border advisory comprising of business restructuring, financial modeling, implementation of transfer pricing models, transfer pricing due diligence among other. She worked also for another GCC transfer pricing implementation.

Asmae holds a Bachelor's degree in Law and criminology from University of Namur and a Master of Laws degree with a specialization in Commercial Law and Taxation from the University of Louvain. She also holds the “Cours Complementaires en Droit Luxembourgeois” certification from the Ministry of Justice of Luxembourg.

Asmae speaks fluent French, English, Arabic, and Dutch.

Mohammed is a transfer pricing specialist in Deloitte Middle East’s Transfer Pricing team. He began his tax career at the New Zealand Inland Revenue Department where he held various roles across the Department’s Compliance and Policy & Strategy business units.

His experience includes assisting multinationals in the financial services, oil & gas and FMCG sectors. Building on his tax authority experience, he is involved in numerous controversy matters in the Middle East. Mohammed is a fluent Arabic speaker.

Mohammed is a qualified Chartered Accountant with CAANZ and holds a MCom in Taxation specializing in Transfer Pricing from the University of Canterbury. He further holds a Graduate Diploma in Accounting and a BCom in Accounting and Tax, and Finance.