Karen Lau Partner, Head of Tax Services

Qualifications

• BA (HONS) Accountancy - First Class Honor
• Associate of Hong Kong Certified Public Accountants

Background

Karen has joined Forvis Mazars Hong Kong since 2016. She has more than 10 years of progressive in accounting, tax compliance and consultancy for local and multinational clients.

Before joining Forvis Mazars, Karen was a Tax Manager in a Big-4 firm. She specializes in Hong Kong, China and cross-border tax and business services.

Karen is an all-round tax manager with experience in providing tax services to MNCs, state-owned enterprises and listed companies. Services includes group tax review, tax health check, corporate restructuring, pre-IPO advisory, tax & regulatory compliance from both Hong Kong and China perspectives.

Karen has rich experience in IPO projects to serve for clients engaging in a variety of business including electronic technology, construction, manufacturing and fashion design etc.

Karen is also a key member of the transfer pricing team of Forvis Mazars Hong Kong, with experience in providing transfer pricing planning, risk assessment, transfer pricing analysis (for listing purpose) and documentation.

Her clients involve in a wide range of industries including telecommunication, transportation, general trading and manufacturing in Asia region such as China, Indonesia, India and Japan.