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 | John Burns, Emeritus Professor and Honorary Professor, The University of Hong Kong Professor John P. Burns is the Emeritus Professor and Honorary Professor of the University of Hong Kong. He was the former Chair Professor of Politics and Public Administration (1996-2017) and former Dean of Faculty of Social Sciences (2011-2017). He obtained undergraduate degrees from St. Olaf College and Oxford University, and a Ph.D. in political science from Columbia University. He specializes in the politics and public administration of China including Hong Kong. He is the author or editor of eight books and his academic articles have appeared in scholarly journals such as China Quarterly (UK), Journal of Contemporary China (USA), Pacific Affairs (Canada), and Public Administration and Development (CAPAM). His op-eds have appeared in The Diplomat, Global Asia, Ming Pao and Hong Kong Free Press. He has also appeared on Al Jazeera, Bloomberg, BBC, CNN, Channel News Asia, Sky News, and has been quoted in the New York Times, CNN, the Guardian, LA Times, Nikkei Asia, and local media in Hong Kong. |  | Benjamin Kostrzewa, Foreign Legal Consultant, Hogan Lovells
Benjamin Kostrzewa is a Foreign Legal Consultant at Hogan Lovells, based in Hong Kong. Prior to joining Hogan Lovells, he was former Assistant General Counsel at the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) in the Obama Administration. He assists global clients in navigating the intersection of export control regulations, sanctions, free trade agreements, tariffs, Chinese countermeasures, U.S.-China trade relations, and managing geopolitical risk. |  | Vivien Lau, Partner, US Tax Consulting Services, PwC Hong Kong Ms Vivien Lau is a US tax partner of PwC Hong Kong. She brings extensive US and international tax experience from working with clients in both external adviser and in-house counsel capacities in New York and Hong Kong. She helps clients navigate the constantly evolving tax landscape by offering practical advice and developing optimal solutions with clients and their stakeholders. Her practice includes providing US tax advisory and compliance services to clients. Vivien has led and participated in various tax consulting projects including helping clients design and implement integrated global tax strategies that achieve business objectives and address tax opportunities and risks. She has worked with clients on cross-border structuring, holding company structures, repatriation, debt restructure, tax due diligence, purchase price allocation, post-acquisition integrations, refinancing, value extraction, and disposal projects. Her deep experience in the private equity fund space includes partnering with clients and their stakeholders to manage various tax aspects of the front-to-back life cycle from product development, fundraising, investment structuring, compliance, audit support, stewardship to restructuring, disposal, and liquidation. In addition, she has presented in seminars on US tax related topics. Vivien holds a Bachelor of Science in Commerce and a Master of Science in Accounting-Tax Consulting from the University of Virginia. She is a licensed US CPA and a member of the AICPA. |
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