Chris Devonshire-Ellis
Chris Devonshire-Ellis is the founder of Dezan Shira & Associates, Asia’s largest independent business advisors and tax consultants, advising multinational businesses on matters of foreign direct investment into China, Hong Kong, India and Vietnam. Established in 1992 and now in its seventeenth year, the practice has nine offices in China, five in India, and two in Vietnam. The firm services over 2,000 retained multinational clients from over 90 countries in these countries and is a member of the Leading Edge Alliance of global accountants and auditors. The alliance obtained a combined global annual turnover in excess of US$2 billion in 2008. Prior to establishing Dezan Shira & Associates, Chris worked for Asia Law & Practice, and the international law firm Mossack Fonseca based in both Hong Kong and Singapore. He has worked full time in Asia since 1986.
He also founded the Asia Briefing publishing house in 1999 with its well received China Briefing magazines and books concerning matters of China business law and tax. Chris edited and co-edited several best-selling books about business in China, including regional guides to Beijing and Shanghai, in addition to various technical guides concerning corporate establishment, foreign direct investment, business law and tax in China.
He also founded the India Briefing brand, which now publishes a business magazine concerning Indian foreign investment law and tax matters, and Vietnam Briefing concerning foreign direct investment into Vietnam.
Chris can also be read on the Emerging Asia business blog 2point6billion.com as well as more relaxed travel and cultural pieces he contributes to China Expat. His personal blog can be found at www.chrisdevonshire-ellis.com.
He stepped down from his position as managing partner of the China Practice in 2007 and now heads the firm’s India practice, based in our offices in Mumbai. He is responsible for the development of the practice across India. He continues to visit China on a regular basis.
In his free time he has also published an adventure travel guide to Mongolia, and is currently working on an historic account of explorers to Tibet from the 13th to the 19th centuries. He is a member of the Royal Overseas League, The Institute of Directors, the Capital Club in Beijing, and an associate member of the Royal Bombay Yacht Club in Mumbai. He also part of the Business Advisory Council for the Greater Tumen Initiative, a United Nations Development Program-supported initiative that is concentrates on the social, economic, infrastructural and political development between Northeast China, Eastern Russia, Mongolia, North Korea and South Korea.
Contact Chris at chris.devonshire@dezshira.com
Chris Devonshire-Ellis: In the Press
- WebCPA America "With This Firm, It's REALLY All About The Numbers" by Howard Wolosky http://www.webcpa.com/article.cfm?articleid=26679
- U.S. Commercial Service Extracts from China Briefing¡¯s ¡°Small-Medium Enterprise China Business Bible.¡± https://www.buyusa.gov/china/en/cpmaster.html?edition=6
- Time magazine: ¡°The world¡¯s most dangerous investment¡± by Peter Ritter, Sep. 20, 2007. Commentary on investing in North Korea and experiences while helping the government rewrite its foreign-investment regulations.
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1663635,00.html - Daily Telegraph: Chinese raise a glass born in Britain¡± by Richard Spencer, December 17, 2006.
Commentary on the extraordinary security measures Shanghai is put under during a visit of central Asian leaders for a Shanghai Co-operation Organization meeting.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2004/12/17/wglass17.xml - Daily Telegraph: ¡°China¡¯s pre-summit nerves lead to Shanghai shutdown¡± by Richard Spencer, June, 10, 2006.
Commentary on British business in China how Britain should sell itself as a gateway to Europe for Chinese business.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2006/06/10/wchina10.xml - The Wall Street Journal MarketBeat Blog: ¡°China syndrome¡± by David Gaffen, Oct. 16, 2007.
Gaffen cites a China Briefing blog article ¡°China¡¯s glass ceiling¡± that comments on the meteoric rise of the Chinese stock market.
http://blogs.wsj.com/marketbeat/2007/10/16/china-syndrome-2/ - Asia Times: ¡°Asphalt net covers China¡¯s west¡± by Rui Xia, Sep. 15, 2005.
Commentary on infrastructure development in Western China.
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China_Business/GI15Cb01.html - The Hindu Business Line: Expert¡¯s tips on doing business in China
http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2006/09/02/stories/2006090203700900.htm - The South China Morning Post: ¡°Despite remoteness, China's hinterland last great frontier, according to consultant company¡± by Anna Healy Fenton, May 27, 2001.
http://www.scmp.com - The South China Morning Post: ¡°Take us to your Dear Leader¡± by Glenn Schloss, Aug. 13, 2001.
http://www.scmp.com Syndication - Beijing Review: Intellectual property issues in China
http://www.bjreview.com/business/txt/2006-12/15/content_50925.htm - Shanghai Daily: Mumbai has the sizzling Shanghai state of mind
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/sp/article/2007/200704/20070426/article_314028.htm - Shanghai Daily: Booming Chennai: India¡¯s Shenzhen
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/sp/article/2007/200704/20070426/article_314028.htm