Karen Lau Partner, Head of Tax Services

Qualifications

• BA (HONS) Accountancy - First Class Honor
• Associate of Hong Kong Certified Public Accountants
• Fellow member of The Taxation Institute of Hong Kong

Background

Karen is a Partner and the Head of our Tax practice at Forvis Mazars Hong Kong. Before joining Forvis Mazars in 2016, she worked in a Big-4 firm. She has more than 15 years of experience in tax compliance, China, Hong Kong and cross-broader tax advisory.

Karen is a key leader of the Transfer Pricing (“TP”) team of Forvis Mazars, with experience in providing TP planning, risk assessment, TP analysis (for listing purpose) and documentation. She assists her clients in developing effective TP policy, assessing the tax investigation risk arising from TP and preparing the supporting TP documentation to manage their TP exposures.

Besides, Karen also provides due diligence and tax planning services for M&A and reorganization projects.  She helps her clients to understand the tax implications and minimize their tax exposures.

Karen has rich experience in IPO projects serving clients engaged in a variety of business including electronic technology, construction, manufacturing and fashion design etc. She provides TP and tax services for IPO purposes, such as pre-IPO review and planning, preparation of tax opinion letters, drafting relevant disclosures in the listing documents and handling the enquires issued by the Stock Exchange and SFC.

Karen acts as an active speaker in external webinars and seminars.  She was a facilitator of the International Tax Course (Transfer Pricing) for Professional Diploma in China Tax and Professional Diploma in Hong Kong Tax.

Karen currently serves as a committee member of the HKICPA Taxation Faculty Executive committee.