Dezan Shira & Associates is a specialist foreign direct investment practice, providing legal, audit and tax services to multinationals investing in China, Hong Kong, India and Vietnam. Established in 1992, the firm is a leading Asia regional practice with sixteen offices in four jurisdictions, employing over 170 legal, accounting and audit professionals.

The firm has six distinct advantages over more conventional firms: As a regional practice, we are not tied to any one sovereign nation and can consequently provide a far better understanding of the regional markets in Asia.

We concentrate purely on the foreign direct investment environment from both the legal, tax and operational perspectives and do not get involved with domestic clients in the markets we operate in. All of our staff speak and write fluent English; our local staff in all locations will speak their national language as well as regional dialects .

We provide a combination of both legal and tax services to our clients, giving our clients the ability to acquire professional knowledge in both the local legal regulatory environment in each country as well as the tax and financial implications of doing so. We pay great attention to government relations and maintain regular contact with ministerial officials in all the countries where we conduct business.