Dezan Shira & Associates

Dezan Shira & Associates is a pan-Asia, multi-disciplinary professional services firm, providing legal, tax and operational advisory to international corporate investors. Operational throughout China, ASEAN, India, and the Middle East, our mission is to guide foreign companies through Asia’s complex regulatory environment and assist them with all aspects of establishing, maintaining and growing their business operations in the region. With more than 30 years of on-the-ground experience and a large team of lawyers, tax experts and auditors, in addition to researchers and business analysts, we are your partner for growth in Asia. Originally incorporated in Hong Kong in 1992, Dezan Shira & Associates is in its third decade of operations and has subsequently grown to support 35 offices and over 350 staff in our operations throughout China, Hong Kong, India, Singapore, and Vietnam together with our alliance partners in Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, and Thailand. Our firm also maintains client liaison offices in the United States, Europe and Russia, and also advises on strategies concerning China's Belt & Road Initiative. We are members of the Leading Edge Global Alliance, giving us further access to another 620 offices across another 100 countries. This means we can handle multi-jurisdictional clients as a one-stop-shop. Dezan Shira & Associates also publishes significant and well received business intelligence about each of the markets and disciplines in which it operates through its publishing subsidiary Asia Briefing Ltd. Established in 1999, Asia Briefing Ltd. is dedicated to providing individuals and enterprises with the latest business and regulatory news as well as expert commentary relating to conducting business in emerging Asia.