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On January 28, International Business Advisory Senior Associate Sunny Makhija discussed India’s improving business environment and potential investment opportunities for foreign investors in India. Over the past few years, the Indian government has liberalized the FDI norms, making India one of the most open economies in the world. The government has also implemented a number […]

We are pleased to announce our newest partner and equity shareholder, Kyle Freeman. Kyle is the third employee to have been appointed as partner and shareholder since the launch of our Employee Ownership Scheme in 2018. Kyle joined the Beijing office in October 2014, where he currently heads up the Beijing International Business Advisory team, […]

On January 9th 2020, Hannah Feng, Partner, and Ines Liu, International Business Advisory Assistant Manager, participated in a workshop on China’s first ever VAT Law. Hosted by AmCham China, experts from Dezan Shira & Associates and KPMG came together to hold a VAT policy strategy workshop.  2019 brought major changes to China’s VAT policies, including […]

On December 6th, Maria Kotova, Head of UK and Ireland Business Development at Dezan Shira & Associates, provided insight on the new draft of the Foreign Investment Law (“FIL”) at the British Business Briefing Shanghai 2019 Q4. The British Business Briefing is organized by China-Britain Business Council (CBBC) on a quarterly basis and provides an […]

Various regional managers and senior personnel from Dezan Shira’s China offices met in Shanghai for two days of brainstorming and knowledge sharing at the Business Advisory Services (BAS) and International Business Advisory (IBA) team meetings. Recent developments in China’s legal sector such as the country’s new Foreign Investment Law and the Corporate Social Credit System […]

On November 29 2019, Ines Liu joined a breakfast seminar hosted by BenCham Beijing, to present a comprehensive overview on the new Foreign Investment Law (FIL). Attendees from different industries gained insights on how to approach the new FIL from various angles to better prepare themselves for the upcoming changes. Ines began by illustrating the general investment […]

On November 28 2019, our International Business Advisory Assistant Manager, Ines Liu, was invited to be an expert panelist for a discussion on “Managing Compliance and Risk & Local Models for Tech Transfer”, at the Australia-UK Research & Development and Innovation Forum held at Hilton Hotel, Beijing. Attendees of this forum gained insights into how […]

Recently Dezan Shira & Associates held a series of seminars on China’s new Foreign Investment Law (FIL). On October 30th Lorena Miera Ruiz (International Business Advisory Senior Associate) and Chenchen Liu (Business Advisory Services Senior Associate) from our Shanghai office co-hosted a breakfast seminar with the Benelux Chamber of Commerce, Shanghai Chapter.   The next […]

On 23rd October 2019, Dezan Shira & Associates‘ Shanghai office, in collaboration with the Swedish Chamber of Commerce, hosted a seminar discussing how to avoid legal risk in human resources. Ellen Yin, our Human Resources Assistant Manager and Allan Xu, our Business Advisory Services Manager co-presented this seminar titled HR Audit and Risk Avoidance in […]

Our Chairman and Founder, Chris Devonshire-Ellis, speaks with Rethinking the Dollar on what the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) is, its role in the global market place, and what we should expect to see in the coming months and years. For weekly updates on the latest BRI news, visit www.silkroadbriefing.com.