How Foreign Companies Organize Their China Business Using the Hong Kong S.A.R.

Senior Associate & Co-Head of the German Desk Fabian Knopf will present how foreign companies use the Hong Kong S.A.R. to organize their China business to employees of Advantage Austria. 
He will talk about the advantages a Hong Kong Holding can offer foreign companies conducting business in Mainland China, and will focus on the in- and outflow of goods and capital, as well as offering in-depth knowledge about tax structures in Hong Kong and China.  

After joining Dezan Shira & Associates’ Beijing office in early 2010, Fabian focused on the German language publication of China Briefing while assisting in advising clients in China’s capital city. After staying in the Shanghai office, Fabian moved to Suzhou in 2011 to assist with the opening of Dezan Shira & Associates' Suzhou office.

In late 2012, Fabian moved to Shenzhen in order to focus in part on the development of the German client base in the Pearl River Delta. His expertise lies mainly in corporate structuring and accounting, tax compliance and HR as well as payroll in China and increasingly in India and ASEAN. 

Fabian oversees the China Briefing magazine's German edition and online articles, he also regularly contributes to the English-language publications of Asia Briefing. Fabian regularly travels to Germany to meet partners and clients as well as speak on doing business in China, India and ASEAN. Fabian is also a guest lecturer at the Peking University HSBC Business School in Shenzhen.