Showcasing one of the largest tax teams in Greater China, DLA Piper‘s practice covers international and domestic tax issues, from corporate and individual tax planning to dispute resolution; and the China transfer pricing team is part of a global operation that (in addition to lawyers) fields economists, certified accountants and tax advisers, who regularly work alongside the firm’s US and European tax teams on domestic and cross-border transactions. Beijing-based China tax head Windson Li also co-heads the Asia tax group alongside Hong Kong tax leader Anderson Lam. Li is experienced in advising international group companies and HNW clients on cross-border tax matters; and he is particularly focused on M&A, company formation, joint ventures, tax structures, business model transitions and transfer pricing. Providing additional partner support from Hong Kong, Daniel Chan focuses on investment and taxation matters in China, and Doris Ho is an international tax and wealth planning expert.

Acting for a multinational client base of Fortune 500 and brand-name European companies, Gide Loyrette Nouel A.A.R.P.I. has a strong track record in providing tax-related advice on a wide range of transactions. The China tax practice of the France-headquartered firm regularly advises on group reorganisations, M&A tax planning and structuring, joint ventures, project financing, and business establishment and operation matters. Other areas of notable strength range from tax-efficient financing, tax compliance and transfer pricing to tax audits and disputes, subsidies and preferential treatments, tax treaties and tax reform issues. Clients additionally benefit from the group’s specialists in individual income taxation, customs, and foreign exchange controls. The China tax practice is headed by Beijing office head Min Guo, who specialises in PRC taxation and accounting. Guo is also heavily involved in tax working groups in China, and is the tax working group co-ordinator at the French Chamber of Commerce in Beijing.

With several German-qualified team members and French-speaking experienced lawyers, CMS‘ Shanghai-based China tax practice is well known for representing European companies in China; and it has extensive experience in cross-border transactions involving clients from the automotive, manufacturing, TMC, life sciences, finance and energy sectors. Counsel and China tax head Gilbert Shen is experienced in advising on the tax aspects of the establishment of efficient holding structures, mergers and restructurings, profit repatriation schemes, investment exit strategies, cross-border transactions and tax due diligence; and the broad practice of experienced partner Nicolas Zhu includes tax planning and transfer pricing matters.

In April 2021, K&L Gates recruited Shanghai-based partner Roberta Chang as China tax practice head from Hogan Lovells International LLP, where she was China tax leader and from where associate Anita Zhou also joined. Chang consistently handles tax advisory work, including advising multinational companies on cross-border tax aspects related to acquisitions and joint ventures, corporate restructurings, financings, and disputes; she also assists with direct and indirect tax, transfer pricing, and compliance, as well as the tax considerations surrounding administrative law controversies and appeals. Providing further partner-level support from Sydney, Betsy-Ann Howe is a co-practice group ordinator for the firm’s global tax group.

With longstanding experience, the international tax practice of Jones Day‘s Beijing-based of counsel Fuli Cao's is particularly focused on the tax aspects of cross-border matters involving China (along with several other countries and regions). Examples include inbound and outbound China investments, M&A, tax disputes, and reorganisations and restructuring.