 Dezan Shira & Associates is an international business advisory and tax practice. Established since 1992, with 12 offices in China, 5 offices in India, 2 offices in Vietnam, 2 liaisons offices in Italy and the US and over 200 professional services staff, we are one of Asian’s best known and longest established European boutique firms with a sound reputation for providing practical advice backed up with professional integrity. The firm provides services exclusively to foreign direct investors in each of the markets we operate in, allowing us to concentrate and specialize in this important field. We provide pre-incorporation regulatory and tax advice over market entry, business incorporation and tax structuring, contractual advice and drafting, ongoing maintenance issues such as tax, accounting, transactions and compliance, in addition to legal and financial due diligence, mergers and acquisitions and related issues. We are also able to provide cost comparisons, and through our separate subsidiary, payroll and HR management services.Dezan Shira & Associates also produces significant and well received business educational and published material about each of the markets and disciplines we are involved with through our involvement with our subsidiary publishing house Asia Briefing Ltd. and our ongoing Corporate Training Events.  The practice are members of the Leading Edge Alliance a global network of accountants and auditors with an annual corporate turnover in excess of USD2 billion.