On May 18, Riccardo Benussi, Head of European Business Development, was invited as a panellist on a webinar organized by the Chamber of Industry and Commerce (IHK) for Rheinhessen together with the German Chamber of Commerce Abroad (AHK) Greater China, and the China Competence Center of the IHK Pfalz and the IHK Frankfurt. Riccardo discussed ..read more

Since the beginning of March 2022, Shanghai has been experiencing a new wave of COVID-19 infections and residents have been placed in lockdown to prevent the spread of the virus. Several of our Shanghai office team members have been active in their residential communities, volunteering to help with organizing nucleic acid testing and delivering food ..read more

With the rapid development of the Asian market, there is an increasing number of opportunities for European investors in the region. As a promising step for connecting with leading players across different industries, at Dezan Shira & Associates we are happy to announce that we have joined one of the largest German associations for the ..read more

  Recently, Thomas Zhang, Group IT Director at Dezan Shira & Associates spoke at the 2021 Personal Information Protection Seminar co-hosted by Beijing Yingke (Suzhou) Law Firm, Co-Lift Management Consulting, and the Suzhou Industrial Park Enterprise Development Promotion Committee.  With a range of new data compliance regulations introduced in 2021, an increasing number of businesses ..read more

  On December 14, 2021, the Leading Edge Alliance Global (LEA Global) hosted its Asia Pacific Semi-Annual Conference virtually with around 30 partners, managers, and SIGs from its member companies. Alberto Vettoretti, the Managing Partner of Dezan Shira & Associates and a current board member of LEA Asia, delivered a keynote speech on Opening Asia ..read more

  On December 2, 2021, Guilherme Campos, International Business Advisory Manager, delivered a keynote speech on the ‘Attractive Policies of Free Trade Zones from an HR Perspective’ at the South China HR Conference – Talent in the GBA in Guangzhou, organized by the European Chamber of Commerce in China.Over the past two years, companies in ..read more

  On November 24, Giovanni Lovisetti introduced the Chinese and International regulations that are applicable to commercial contracts, to students of Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore. The Chinese Civil Code, in effect since January 2021, provided a comprehensive set of new general rules applicable to all contracts in China, as well as specific norms relating ..read more

  Head of EU Business Development, Riccardo Benussi, to travel to Belgium and Netherlands and visit key clients with Asian investments as well as strategic partners to help promote Asia-Benelux business relations. Europe’s reprieve from Covid-19 is over as much of the continent battles renewed surges in cases. This time however, governments are attempting to ..read more

  Starting next year, foreigners working in China will no longer be entitled to some tax-free fringe benefits, including housing rental, children’s education, and language training costs. This will result in a larger tax liability for some higher-earning foreign workers. With some companies worried about how the upcoming changes will affect them and their employees ..read more

On October 25 2021, Guilherme Campos, Shenzhen-based International Business Advisory Manager and intellectual property (IP) lawyer, was a speaker at the webinar Intellectual Property: Critical Issues in China organized by the China-Italy Chamber of Commerce (CICC). In an increasingly digital and interconnected world, intellectual property protection poses new challenges to which foreign invested entities in ..read more