Tina Zhao joined JunHe in August 2017. She has served in tax authority for many years. Subsequently, she joined PwC China as associate director with one and a half years’ practice in tax policy and tax dispute resolution service.
During her career, Tina handled a large number of cases related to tax law enforcement, in the capacity as key driver or supervisor to local level tax authorities. The cases covered tax issues in respect of Corporate Income Tax, Value Added Tax, Export Tax Refund, Business Tax, Individual Income Tax, Land Value Added Tax;and Transfer Pricing, Indirect Transfer of Equities, General Anti Avoidance Rules (GAAR), and so on. She often participated in drafting, revising and reviewing the “Law of the PRC on the Administration of Tax Collection”, and various tax department rules and normative documents. She also took charge of the national tax administration discretion and tax risk management work.
While working at JunHe as leader in tax group and PwC China, Tina provides tax consulting and tax dispute resolution services for a number of leading multinational companies, state owned enterprises, private companies and individuals, and was highly valued by clients. Her services include Investment and M&A, Cross border transactions, CRS system design and compliance declaration, Goods and services taxes, Individual Income Tax; Real estate tax; Invoice management and other tax-related legal consulting services; as well as Tax controversy resolution, Tax audit assistance, Tax administration reconsideration and Tax litigation legal services. Her clients cover diverse industries such as internet, finance, automotive, real estate, e-commerce, investment and banking, media, energy, technology, chemistry and infrastructure, etc.
She was also invited for several times to attend the national tax law forums and tax seminars, as well as ALB Beijing Corporate Legal Counsel Summit, and had given important speeches titled “Tax policy and planning practice of Investment and M&A in economic transformation and upgrading”, “Strengthening Tax Dispute Resolution and Promoting Improvement of Tax Policies”, “Thinking Both Legal and Tax in Corporate M&A and Restructuring”.
Ms. Zhao has been ranked as “Outstanding Lawyer”/ “Recommended Lawyer” in the field of tax law practice by Chambers, Legal 500 and other top legal magazines for several years.
MS of International Relations, Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University
LL.M., Renmin University of China
LL.B., Soochow University
Tina is qualified as a Chinese lawyer and is currently a member of the All-China Bar Association
Mandarin, English