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 | Sarah Chan, Partner, Global Business Tax Services, Deloitte China Sarah Chan is a Tax Partner of Deloitte China and has more than 25 years of tax and business advisory experience. She has more than 10 years of leadership role in Global Compliance and Reporting. Sarah has extensive experience in advising multinational corporations on structuring transactions, business reorganization, operational re-modelling, cross-border financing and exploring investment options and exit plans. Her expertise also includes resolving contentious issues and disputes with local tax authorities and managing tax, financial and regulatory reporting of companies with multi-jurisdictions operations. Sarah's main industry focuses are technology, consumer and industrial products, professional and financial services. |  | Victor Zhang, Partner, Transfer Pricing Services, Deloitte China Victor Zhang is a Partner in Deloitte China transfer pricing team, with 18 years of experience. He was with Deloitte Shanghai Transfer Pricing Group and Deloitte Chicago Global Strategy Group, and is now Deloitte Hong Kong Transfer Pricing Leader, and also Industrial Products and Construction Sector Tax Leader. Victor is a core member of Deloitte China business model optimization team, and has assisted MNCs/Chinese companies in designing the TP policies for profit alignment, effective tax rate and treasury management. Over the recent years, he has been dedicated to lead the business model study and implementation for complex intercompany transactions with multiple jurisdictions and different tax implications. In addition, he also has extensive experience in leading engagements of audit defense, and global documentation and country-by-country reporting for Mainland China and Hong Kong based MNCs. He has published multiple technical articles in professional tax journals, and he is a frequent speaker in tax seminars. |  | Gavin Wai, Patent Attorney, Director, Global Business Tax Services, Deloitte China Gavin Wai is a Director of Deloitte China based in Hong Kong office specializing in innovation tax incentives, in particular R&D and Patent Box tax regimes. He has nearly a decade of experience helping companies successfully simplify and navigate the complexities around these regimes. Prior to joining Deloitte Hong Kong, Gavin was the Global Head of IP Operations for a FTSE 100 sustainable technologies company – and before that National IP / Technical Patent Box Lead for Deloitte UK in London, where he built up a reputation and successful track record of helping companies maximise the tax benefits obtained from these regimes. Gavin's unique and broad academic background spans science, engineering and law, which allows him to fully understand the technical details of clients' R&D activities and intellectual property (IP). He is therefore skilled in relaying this to Tax Inspectors, substantiating R&D and Patent Box claims and resolving enquiries with Tax Authorities. Gavin holds a BSc in Biotechnology & Biochemistry from Imperial College London, an MSc in Biochemical Engineering from University College London (achieving academic excellence awards from both institutions, as well as a full scholarship from the latter) in addition to a Postgraduate Certificate in IP Law from Queen Mary, University of London. |  | Kenneth Lee, Counsel, Chan & Jamison LLP*
*An independent Hong Kong law firm and a member of the Deloitte Legal network Kenneth's legal practice covers the span of core Deloitte Legal global service offerings, including Corporate/M&A, Contracting and People/Employment Law. In particular, Kenneth has extensive experience in handling and advising on general commercial and corporate finance transactions, including public and private mergers and acquisitions, fundraising as well as general compliance matters. Prior to joining the firm Kong, Kenneth worked at the corporate and M&A groups of several global U.S. and U.K. headquartered law firms. He has also worked at the Listing Division of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange and at a U.S. private equity fund. Kenneth is admitted to practice in New York, USA (2011) and Hong Kong (2017). He speaks English, Cantonese and Mandarin |
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