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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, Vietnam & India, 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 25 years of on-the-ground experience, the firm has grown into one of Asia’s most versatile full-service consultancies with operational offices across China, Hong Kong, India, Singapore and Vietnam, Alliance Partner firms in Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand and the Philippines, as well as liaison offices in Italy, Germany and the United States.
Our services include pre-investment and entry strategy advisory, comparisons of investment destinations, due diligence, corporate establishment, tax planning, accounting & reporting, treasury administration, financial review, internal audit & compliance, human resource administration & payroll, and ERP & financial system review.Dezan Shira & Associates is committed to improving the understanding and transparency of investing across Asia. The firm publishes significant and well received business intelligence about each of the markets and disciplines in which it operates in through its publishing subsidiary Asia Briefing Ltd.., which includes technical publications and highly rated websites concerning business investment in China, India, Vietnam, ASEAN and other Asian Countries along Belt and Road Area. Silk Road Briefing is designed to monitor investment and infrastructure developments and potential opportunities for foreign investors to participate along the "One Belt, One Road" scheme.

Sidley is a premier global law firm with a practice highly attuned to the ever-changing international landscape. With 1,900 lawyers in 20 offices worldwide, the firm has built a reputation for being an adviser for global business. We maintain a commitment to providing quality legal services and to offering advice in transactional, regulatory and litigation matters spanning virtually every area of law.

Sidley’s global Project Finance and Infrastructure team represent sponsors, lenders, investors, contractors, credit agencies and service providers across virtually every major industry including energy and infrastructure, alternative energy, electric power, mining and manufacturing, oil and gas, telecommunications and transportation. We have, for decades, assisted clients within the energy industry on corporate transactions, litigation, international arbitration, internal and government-related investigations, rate cases, reliability standards, enforcement actions, market manipulation, compliance matters and corporate restructurings. In addition, our market-leading Investment Funds practice is widely recognized for their significant transactional and regulatory capability in all key segments of the fund management market in Asia. We have deep experience in advising our clients on alternative investment structures related to infrastructure and energy assets.

Leveraging the firm’s vast network of lawyers across regions, we have been actively involved in projects, as well as transactional, regulatory and litigation matters in the Belt and Road countries including China, India, Indonesia, Korea, Malaysia, Mongolia, Myanmar, Pakistan, Russia, Sri Lanka, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines, the Middle East and Vietnam, etc.

Strong leadership in advising clients has earned us acknowledgment from numerous industry publications including Chambers, Euromoney and Who’s Who Legal. We were ranked as a first-tier firm in Project Finance and Energy in the 2017 U.S. News–Best Lawyers® “Best Law Firms” Survey. Chambers Global 2017 also ranked Sidley as Band 1 in Mongolia in the General Business Law (Expertise-based Abroad) category. Our work on the Aboitiz Equity Ventures–CRH’s acquisition of Lafarge’s cement and building materials business deal was awarded “M&A Deal of the Year 2016” by Asian Legal Business.

Taylor Wessing’s Hong Kong office provides legal services to companies doing business in Hong Kong, Greater China, and the ASEAN region. We also serve clients using Hong Kong as a platform for their regional and international investments.

As a European firm with 20 years presence in China, more than 1,200 lawyers at over 33 locations in Europe, the Middle East and Asia, and with our representative offices in the USA, Taylor Wessing offers world-wide top-quality, integrated legal and tax consultancy services to multinationals, SME and private clients. We focus on a number of key industries including Technology, Media and Communications, Energy, Life Sciences and Healthcare, and Private Wealth.

In association with HM Chan & Co, our combined offering enables us to provide a full suite of international and local commercial business law services in Hong Kong including corporate, merger and acquisition, capital markets, regulatory and compliance advice on inbound and outbound matters. Our Hong Kong and German qualified lawyers and tax advisors are fluent in English, German, Cantonese and Mandarin.

Lockton is a global professional services firm with 6,500 Associates who advise clients on protecting their people, property and reputations. Lockton has grown to become the world’s largest privately held, independent insurance broker by helping clients achieve their business objectives.

Lockton Companies (Hong Kong) Limited, established in 1983 and controlling office of the Greater China’s operation of Lockton Companies LLC, is a leading provider of risk consulting, insurance broking services and employee benefits solutions to a wide range of businesses. Our operation today comprises of 140 experienced professionals and our operating divisions cater to our clients’ needs and offer them access to experts throughout Asia and around the globe.

Our Services: risk management, insurance & reinsurance solutions to: construction and property development, catering and restaurants, financial services, hotel and hospitality, innovation and technology, manufacturing, power and energy, professional Services, retail and trading, marine hull & P&I.

Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (Asia) Limited ("ICBC (Asia)") is the flagship of overseas banking business of Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Limited (“ ICBC”) – currently the largest commercial bank in China. It is engaged in commercial banking, investment banking and other financial services including securities, insurance and funds, with a focus on commercial and retail banking as well as financial market related businesses.

ICBC Group has established a comprehensive network with operations covering 42 countries and regions globally. Through the collaboration with ICBC institutions, ICBC (Asia) is well positioned to provide services like syndicated loan, project financing and bond financing to support the high quality transportation infrastructure, energy development, transportation and logistics facility projects in Asia-Pacific and “Belt and Road” region.

Environmental Resources Management (ERM) is a leading global provider of environmental, health, safety, risk, social consulting services and sustainability related services. We have more than 160 offices in over 40 countries and territories employing more than 4,500 people who work on projects around the world. ERM is committed to providing a service that is consistent, professional and of the highest quality to create value for our clients. We have worked with many of the Global Fortune 500 companies delivering innovative solutions for business and selected government clients helping them understand and manage the sustainability challenges that the world is increasingly facing.

For over 40 years we have been working with clients around the world and in diverse industry sectors to help them to understand and manage their environmental, health, safety, risk and social impacts. The key sectors we serve include Oil & Gas, Mining, Power, and Manufacturing, Chemical and Pharmaceutical. All face critical sustainability challenges and our clients in these and many other areas rely on our ability to assist them operate more sustainably which has a positive impact on our planet.

Headquartered in Lexington, Kentucky, the USA, Big Ass Fans (www.bigassfans.com) designs, engineers, manufactures and sells high technology and energy efficient fans ranging from 18 inches to 24 feet (0.45m to 7.3m) in diameter since its founding in 1999. Big Ass Fans couples energy-efficient motors with patented airfoil designs, inspired by airplane wings, to move large volumes of air quietly and efficiently. The increased airflow can not only improve comfort, but also reduce cooling and heating costs by 20% and 30%, respectively. The Company sells products in more than 125 countries/regions and operates offices in Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia, Australia and Canada. Currently, Big Ass Fans has gained extensive experience in providing professional green building solutions to customers with diversified industries at the Belt and Road region, including residential, hotels and restaurants, retailers, schools, theme parks, factories, airports and hangers.