Dezan Shira & Associates is a pan-Asia, multi-disciplinary professional services firm – providing clients with corporate, professional, and technology services essential for navigating Asia’s complex regulatory environments.

Founded in 1992, the firm is in its fourth decade of operation, and has grown to include dozens of technical practices with more than 600 professionals in 40 offices located across 15 countries throughout Asia.

We support clients from our 27 offices strategically located throughout China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Singapore, Vietnam, and Dubai, as well as from our 14 Asian Alliance partner offices in Australia, Bangladesh, Japan, the Philippines, Thailand, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Mongolia, Nepal, and South Korea. Together, we make up one of Asia’s largest integrated providers of corporate services with more than 40 offices and 600 professionals.

We also serve our corporate clients and partners beyond Asia, via liaison offices in Germany, Italy, the United States, the United Kingdom – staffed by personnel with extensive Asia experience. Furthermore, as members of leading accounting, tax, and legal professional networks, we offer one-stop services in 155 countries worldwide.

Our Services

Our services are tailored to help executives and decisionmakers manage the legal, financial, and technological hurdles that international firms face with market entry and operations in Asia’s unique markets and jurisdictions.

Our unique, cross-disciplinary advisory model provides clients with deeper insights and expedited knowledge, enabling them to adeptly seize opportunities and navigate change. This advantage empowers them to confidently pursue their goals and secure a competitive edge in Asia.

• Accounting
• Intellectual Property
• Audit and Financial Review
• Mergers and Acquisitions
• Business Advisory
• Outbound Direct Investment
• Business Intelligence
• Risk Management
• Corporate Establishment
• Tax
• Due Diligence
• Technology 
• HR and Payroll

Our Global Reach

We are a Pan-Asia practice with fully-integrated corporate offices working both locally and with one another to provide multi-jurisdictional advice and planning for businesses operating across Asia.

We support clients’ operations in Asia from our 27 offices, strategically located throughout China, Hong Kong SAR, India, Indonesia, Mongolia, Singapore, Vietnam, and the United Arab Emirates, as well as from our 14 Dezan Shira Asian Alliance™ offices throughout Australia, Bangladesh, Cambodia, Japan, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, the Philippines, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Thailand, and Türkiye. Together, we are one of Asia’s largest integrated providers of corporate services with more than 40 offices and 600 professionals.

Our Clients and Sector Expertise

The corporate clients that we serve operate across dozens of industries and originate from more than one hundred countries around the world. Nearly 70% of our customers maintain global headquarters in Europe or the Americas, while Asia-invested firms make up our fastest growing customer segment.

Our practices cater to start ups, mid-cap companies, family firms, listed corporations, and larger multinationals. We work as comfortably with entrepreneurs and owners as with executives and department managers. Our diversified clientele allows us to strengthen the knowledge base that we continue to use in assisting our clients do business across Asia.

The expertise that our professionals apply stems from supporting clients in the region for more than 30 years. Our versatile depth of knowledge and strong practice familiarity helps us better serve our clients’ present and future needs within Asia’s developing markets