Meet Gwayne Lai, CPA, MS

Gwayne Lai is a Tax Partner at Anchin and is part of the firm’s International Services Group. As a part of the group, he specializes in all aspects of international taxation across a wide variety of industries. Gwayne has more than 16 years of experience in providing cross-border tax planning and consulting services to individuals, corporations, and partnerships.

Gwayne regularly advises clients on matters relating to inbound and outbound business structures, cross-border mergers and acquisitions, real estate holdings and transactions, international portfolio investments, and information reporting. Gwayne has served a wide range of clients from public companies and large private equity funds to start ups and high net worth individuals. Additionally, he has successfully assisted multi-national corporate and individual clients, including ACT 60 grantees, throughout the Puerto Rico business life cycle from establishing new operations and presence on the island through business exits.

Prior to joining Anchin, Gwayne was an international tax professional at a top ten global accounting and consulting firm where he worked on large transactions and multinational supply chain planning.

Gwayne is a Certified Public Accountant licensed in Massachusetts and New York and is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA). He also serves on the US Board of BKR International, and Co-Chair of the BKR International Tax Committee (Americas), of which Anchin is an affiliate member.