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Christina is a tax partner in our Hong Kong office and also Partner-In-Charge of our Macau office, operated under the name of Lowe Bingham & Matthews - PricewaterhouseCoopers.
Christina's experience in the profession includes assurance, tax and, more recently, government consultation. She first started her professional career in the audit division of another international accounting firm and had remained in the audit profession, both in Hong Kong and Australia, for over four years before deciding on a career in taxation. In October 2000, she took charge of the firm's high profile gaming consulting project advising the Macau Government on the liberalization of the casino gaming industry. While Christina currently leads the Macau office, she continues to advise on international tax matters, in addition to gaming consulting.
Christina's experience includes:
Assurance practices in Australia and Hong Kong
- Banks and financial institutions
- Stock brokerage houses
- Insurance companies
- Investment funds
- Mining joint ventures
- Manufacturing and trading
Tax
- International tax advice including inbound and outbound investment structuring, working within the jurisdictions of Hong Kong, PRC and the US
- Emigration tax planning
- Estate duty planning
- Structuring shareholders and corporate holding for initial public offering or diversification purposes
- eBusiness structuring and planning
Government Consulting
Advised the Macao SAR Government in respect of liberalization of its casino gaming industry, including:
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comparative studies in various gaming jurisdictions
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benchmarking Macau's casino gaming industry practices
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advising and preparation of drafting instructions for new gaming laws
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concession tender assistance
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assessing the gaming experience of tender applicants gaps and needs analysis for the gaming regulatory body
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