Julie (Hong) Cheng

Practice Areas

Partner, Shanghai office.

Ms. Cheng joined JunHe in 2007. Prior to that, she worked in international law firms for seven years and a large State-owned enterprise for more than one year.

Ms. Cheng’s areas of tax practice include tax consulting, tax compliance, tax planning, tax dispute resolution, transfer pricing, and private wealth management. She has advised a lot of international clients and Chinese clients on various PRC tax issues (direct and indirect taxes) relating to clients’ inbound investment, M&A transactions, outbound investments as well as tax issues arising out of the clients’ business operations in China. She has also represented many clients in tax audit cases and tax disputes. In addition, she assists high-net-worth individuals in their wealth management and companies in advising on their employee incentive plans.

Career

PRC licensed lawyer

Professional Memberships

Ms. Cheng is a member of the All-China Bar Association and Shanghai Bar Association.

Clients

Norges Bank, Constellium, Partners Group, Ashley Furniture, Wuthelam, H.C. Starck, SQM, etc.

Work Highlights

(a) Advised a Korean MNC on tax-related matters in respect of the restructuring of its Chinese subsidiaries, including providing tax consultancy on restructuring-related tax issues and entitlement to treatments under the China-Korea Tax Treaty, assisting the client in the withholding tax filing, stamp duty filing, and filing for treaty benefit under the China-Korea tax treaty, and assisting the client in the related communications with the tax authorities.

(b) Advised a global chemical company on its restructuring involving change of the direct shareholder of its Chinese subsidiaries, including providing tax consultancy on the Chinese tax implications, preparing the relevant documents, and assisting in the communications and governmental filings with the local company registration authorities and tax authorities to implement the changes in an efficient manner.

(c) Assisted an international company in the seller’s due diligence, contract review and filing of the transaction with the Chinese tax authorities in connection with its sale of certain business to a third party, involving indirect sale of several Chinese subsidiaries.

(d) Advised a prominent fund on its QFLP tax matters.

(e) Advised a prominent financial institution on tax compliance issue relating to its China business activities.

(f) Provided tax advice and assistance in tax filing and negotiation with tax authorities for an overseas entity regarding property tax and urban land use tax relating to its properties located in Shanghai.

Expert in these Jurisdictions

P.R.C．

Languages Spoken

Chinese and English

Experience

Ms. Cheng is a tax and corporate partner in JunHe based in our Shanghai office. Ms. Cheng joined JunHe in 2007. Prior to that, she worked in international law firms for seven years and a large State-owned enterprise for more than one year.

Education

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