With a ‘perfect combination of tax, financial, and legal experts’, King & Wood Mallesons is well-positioned to provide a wide range of tax services, including tax dispute resolution, audit defence, planning, and compliance. The practice is led by Tony Dong, who brings extensive experience assisting multinational and domestic clients with anti-avoidance investigations, tax litigation, and negotiations with tax authorities. Bill Ye advises on share structure and transactional arrangements and assists clients with establishing tax compliance systems. Daisy Duan offers tax planning and consultation for cross-border investments, restructuring, privatisation, and the creation of red-chip structures, while Xiang Liu is particularly experienced in tax dispute resolution, supporting clients in industries such as pharmaceutical, finance, and entertainment.
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Testimonials
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- ‘A perfect combination of tax, financial, and legal experts. A perfect combination of theory and practice. A perfect combination of regulator practice, client practice, and intermediary practice.’
- ‘King & Wood Mallesons Shanghai tax team is fully equipped to cover almost all tax-related businesses in China. The team not only has tax expertise but also has strong legal knowledge. It can provide clients with tax-related and legal advice, helping clients optimize and protect their tax benefits in multiple dimensions.’
- ‘Bill Ye is the undisputed leader in the tax lawyer industry, with comprehensive, profound and cutting-edge knowledge.'
- ‘Mona Lan was able to understand our company's actual needs well, provide professional tax solutions, and coordinate with the relevant tax authorities to strive for tax benefits for our company. Lan was able to coordinate the King & Wood Mallesons corporate law team and the tax team to ensure the smooth progress of our project.’
Key clients
- BYD Electronic (International) Company Limited
- Pfizer Inc.
- Goldman Sachs
- China Fortune Land Development Co., Ltd.
- AWS
- Yum China
- Paramount
- MGM
- AGC Inc.
- Pavilion
Work highlights
Assisted Goldman Sachs in business restructuring, in light of regulatory changes in the sector.
Assisted ASE Technology Holding, Co., Ltd. with its cross-border reorganisation and M&A deals.
Represented Pfizer in business restructuring in China and successfully assisted in negotiations with tax authorities to obtain an advance ruling for the tax treatment of transactions.
Lawyers
Hall of fame
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Leading partners
The strongest partners in their field, leading on market-leading deals and endorsed by peers and clients alike.
Daisy Duan
Bill Ye
Leading associates
Leading associates with regular involvement in their team's key work, and recognition from peers or clients as being ones to watch.
Xiang Liu
Practice head
Tony Dong
Other key lawyers
Daisy Duan; Bill Ye; Ci (Alice) Zhang; Bo Liu; Jessie Yu; Xiang Liu; Mona Lan