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Ashley HU

Ashley Hu is a non-equity partner of Zhong Lun Law Firm’s tax and wealth planning practice group. With more than 10 years’ experience of providing tax services to a multitude of sophisticated companies and individuals under her belt, she is a reliable and capable tax advisor in cross-border M&A transactions, tax issues of companies’ daily operations, and tax and private wealth planning of ultra-high-net-worth individuals. Ashley is experienced in providing tax consulting and tax planning services to multinational companies. She also has significant experience negotiating with tax authorities on a litany of taxation issues, responding to tax inspections and resolving tax disputes, Including representing enterprises in administrative reconsideration and administrative litigation, providing tax dispute resolution solutions for enterprises, etc. Ashley has assisted several overseas listed companies and unicorns setting up their offshore employee benefit trusts. Meanwhile, she provides legal services related to the establishment of offshore family trusts to the founders and executives

Representative Matters

  • Provided PRC tax advice and tax filing services to several international leading funds, including Carlyle, CLSA, Warburg Pincus, Blackrock, CDH Fund, PAG, CICC, etc., on their direct and/or indirect transfer of PRC assets

  • Provided PRC tax advice to a US oil exploration company on its indirect transfer of a PRC oil field development project

  • Acted as tax lawyer to Henniges Automotive in its strategic cooperation with Guizhou Guihang (600523.SS).

  • Advised FIFA on claiming tax treaty benefits in China for FIFA World Cup, etc.

  • Provided PRC tax advice to a Belgian company engaged in developing and licensing flooring technologies on its application of tax treaty benefits in various cities in China

  • Provided PRC tax advice to a Japanese bank on its issuance of Panda Bonds

  • Provided PRC tax advice and dispute resolution services to several subsidiaries of a state-owned energy enterprise in relation to their VAT invoice issues

  • Provided VAT and land appreciation tax related dispute resolution services to several real estate companies

  • Assisted several overseas listed companies and unicorns setting up their offshore employee benefit trusts and provided them with a full range of tax and legal services for the implementation of the trusts for purposes of tax planning


Related

  • Bar Admissions/Professional Qualifications

    PRC Bar
    PRC CTA

  • Education

    LL.M, University of Leeds
    LL.B, East China University of Political Science and Law

  • Professional Experience

    Non-equity Partner, Zhong Lun Law Firm
    Tax Consultant, WTS Tax Consulting Firm Shanghai Office

  • Languages

    Chinese
    English