Cao, Fuli

Current Employment Position(s)

Partner

Languages

• English
• Mandarin

Lawyer Overview

Fuli Cao's practice involves the tax and business aspects of international transactions between China and other countries and regions, including inbound and outbound China investments, mergers and acquisitions, reorganizations and restructuring, private equity setup and planning, leasing, structured financings, and tax dispute resolution.

Fuli advised Resilience Capital Partners in its acquisition of the satellite communications business of Andrew Corporation, Rhodia on China tax and regulatory matters in connection with the sale of its isocyanates businesses to the Perstorp Group, and Bekaert SA on its investments in China. Other clients Fuli has advised include Airtricity, AngloGold Ashanti, Danfoss, IBM, Textron, Total, and Zurich Insurance.

Fuli has written various China tax commentaries and is a contributor to several legal and tax publications, including Tax Notes International, Tax Planning International, WorldTrade Executives, Practical China Tax & Finance Strategies, and Practical Asian Tax Strategies. He is a speaker at forums such as Tax Executive Institute International Tax Conference, ATLAS International Tax Conference, American Chamber of Commerce in China, EU Chamber of Commerce in China, China Leasing Summit, and China Securities.

He is a certified public accountant in the United States.

Areas of Practice

• Tax
• International/Cross-Border Planning & Transactions
• Mergers & Acquisitions/Tax
• Private Equity/Tax

Representative Cases

• Nokia Siemens Networks negotiates global IT outsourcing agreement with Siemens IT Solutions , (2009)
• Resilience Capital acquires business unit of Andrew Corporation , (2009)
• Resilience Capital sells business unit of ASC Signal Corporation , (2009)
• Rhodia sells isocyanates business to Perstorp , (2009)

West Practice Categories

Banking & Finance Law, Corporate Taxation, Estate & Gift Taxation, Excise Taxes, Income Taxation, International Law, International Taxation, International Taxation, International Transactions, Mergers, Acquisitions & Divestitures, Payroll Taxes, Property (Ad Valorem) Taxes, Sales & Use Taxes, Taxation Law

Bar Admissions

• New York

Education

• Columbia University - New York
• Harvard University
• Law School of Jilin U - China
• U of Texas - Austin

Published Works

• China Clarifies Rule on Foreign Tax Credits, 2010
• China May Tax Indirect Transfer of Shares in Chinese Companies, 2009
• Partnerships: A New Form of Doing Business by Multinational Companies in China, 2009
• China Allows Foreign Exchange Cash Pooling, 2009
• Special Purpose Companies Holding Investments in China May Not Be Protected by Tax Treaties, 2009
• Tougher Rules for Claim for Tax Treaty Benefits in China, 2009
• China Clarifies Tax Treatment of Equity-Based Incentive Compensation, 2009
• Incentives for Setting Up Regional Headquarters in China, 2009
• China Issues New Tax Rules on Enterprise Reorganizations, 2009
• China Strengthens Tax Administrations on Foreign Contractors, 2009
• China's New Transfer Pricing Implementation Rules, 2009
• China chapter, Tax Law Client Strategies in Asia and New Zealand (Aspatore), 2009
• China Imposes Business Tax on Foreign Services, 2008
• Impact of China's VAT Reform on Foreign-Invested Enterprises, 2008
• China's Thin Capitalization Rule, 2008
• Rethinking the Investment Structure for Mineral Exploration in China, 2008
• A Summary of China's Corporate Income Tax Incentives, 2008
• China's New Administrative Regulation on Prepaid Corporate Income Tax for Real Estate Developers, 2008
• China High- and New-Technology Enterprises, 2008
• Chinese Local Governments Fight for Their Share of Tax Revenue, 2008
• Implementation Regulations for the New Enterprise Income Tax Law of China, 2007

Address

32nd Floor, China World Office 1
No.1 Jianguomenwai Avenue
Beijing 100004, China

Phones

86.10.5866.1223 (Business Phone)

Faxes

86.10.5866.1122 (Business Fax)

Emails

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Websites

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