Georgy Daneliya is a counsel in the Commercial practice and the Head of Japanese Desk. His area of expertise includes international equipment supply contracts, joint ventures and development projects in oil & gas, infrastructure and transport sectors, as well as general real estate, corporate and litigation matters in Russia. Georgy has 20 years’ experience in complex support of new projects, including establishment of production subsidiaries, large assets acquisition, formalising relationships with distributors and dealers. He leads all stages of projects’ implementation – from structuring till completion, including consulting on trade, labour, foreign currency, banking and other regulatory aspects in Russia. Before joining the firm in 2017, Georgy had worked with several other international law firms in Russia and Japan, as well as an in-house counsel in a major Russian development company.

Over 15 years, Yulia Smourova has been advising clients on a variety of tax-related matters, including tax aspects of financing and investment transactions, M&A, real estate transactions, company reorganisations, currency control issues and restrictions. She has considerable experience in tax disputes on both corporate and private clients’ sides. Yulia also develops the private clients practice, structuring private investment projects, assisting clients with preparation and filing of personal income tax returns, CFC and foreign account reporting.

Henry started his career in working at Hong Kong Corporate Tax Department in a Big 4 firm for a number of years and later joined Cheng & Cheng Taxation Services Limited. Henry and his team are equipped with knowledges in PRC, Hong Kong and International Taxation (both Corporate and Individual Income Tax) as well as transfer pricing in order to provide comprehensive tax planning solutions to clients. Henry is a regular speaker at various professional associations including the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants, the Taxation Institute of Hong Kong, the Hong Kong Chartered Governance Institute, the Society of Chinese Accountants and Auditors, etc. He is also a frequent contributor of tax articles on various media and magazines, including Capital magazine, A Plus magazine (journal of HKICPA), CGj magazine (journal of HKCGI), Yahoo Finance, etc.