Becky Lai EY

Experience

Becky has over 35 years of professional tax consultation experience in cross-border inbound and outbound investments, IPOs, M & A, restructurings, tax treaty applications, resolving disputes and administrative review for multinational corporations, in various industries, including:

• Commercialization of state owned companies, consumer products, energy, financial services, government, hospitality, oil and gas – upstream & downstream, pharmaceutical, professional services, technology, telecommunications.

Current research focus:

• Tax Regime Competitiveness Studies
• BEPS 2.0 – Telecom & Network operators, government
• Tax incentives studies, Tax policy, FDI & economic growth
• Tax Treaty Interpretations and defend
• Expediting Dispute Resolutions
• Digitalization of Tax Administration
• Taxation of Trust
• Taxation of Digital Economy
• Tax Policies on Transfer of Immovable Properties

Professional qualifications

Member of:

• Institute of the Hong Kong Certified Public Accountants
• Institute of the Chartered Professional Accountants, Ontario, Canada
• The American Institute of Certified Public Accountants
• CGMA
• Fellow, Taxation Institute of Hong Kong
• Certified Tax Advisor, Hong Kong

Education

• B. Com (summa cum laude) St. Mary’s University, Canada
• MBA The University of Western Ontario, Canada
• China Executive Program – Harvard Business School -2005
• China Senior Executive Renewal Program – Harvard Business School – December 2017, March & April 2018
• CompTax – Harvard Kennedy School – August 2018
• Leading Economic Growth – Harvard Kennedy School – May 2019