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Dezan Shira & Associates has reshuffled their senior management team, moving three key personnel from China to other locations throughout Asia. Olaf Griese, previously regional partner in Shanghai, has relocated to Delhi, India as partner of the firm’s India practice. Griese has been with the practice since 2006 and is a graduate of the Institute of […]

Dezan Shira & Associates, the specialist foreign direct investment legal and tax consultancy, has opened an office in the United States. The office is based in the downtown financial district of Charlotte, North Carolina, and is currently headed by Jessica Tou, who has relocated from the firm’s Beijing office. Charlotte is the second largest banking […]

Dezan Shira & Associates is relocating four senior management personnel from positions in China and redeploying them throughout Southeast Asia. The firm’s Founding Partner Chris Devonshire-Ellis will relocate from Beijing to Singapore to head up the firm’s Asian expansion and development, while Olaf Griese, partner in Shanghai, will move to Delhi to take up the […]

Dezan Shira & Associates have raised USD12,000 for Care For Children China for 2011. The charity specializes in providing homes, education and medical treatment for orphans throughout the country. Web: www.careforchildren.com

Dezan Shira & Associates bid successfully for Chinesegold medal hurdler Lui Xiang’s signed 2004 Olympics Gold Medal 110 meter hurdles vest at a charity function to raise money for the 2008 Sichuan earthquake victims in  Yushu, an ethnic Tibetan village that was completely destroyed. Lui’s Olympics Gold Medal was the first for China in a […]

Interview with Chris Devonshire-Ellis Jan. 9 – Dezan Shira & Associates celebrates its 20th birthday in China during 2012, making it one of the earliest foreign investment practices operating in China. “I recall setting up in Shenzhen,” says the firm’s founder Chris Devonshire-Ellis. “It was during the very early days, and only a handful of […]

Just in time for its 20th year anniversary, Dezan Shira & Associates is celebrating the opening of its 20th office in Asia. As the financial centre of the ASEAN region, Singapore has become a trade hub for the region, a major financial center in its own right and is also a strategic and low tax […]

Produced in cooperation with the U.S. Commercial Service and Dezan Shira & Associates, the China Business Handbook (Second Edition) is now available for immediate PDF download on the Asia Briefing Bookstore – offering readers an informative guide to starting and growing a business in this dynamic market.

Chris Devonshire-Ellis, the founding partner of Dezan Shira & Associates was invited to appear on Chinalogue, a bi-weekly broadcast bringing in Beijing’s top experts and commentators for in-depth analysis on current issues affecting China.

Dezan Shira & Associates, the specialist foreign direct investment practice, is opening a branch office in Qingdao. We have been servicing clients in Qingdao for over 10 years,