Bo Xiao

Mr. Xiao Bo (Sean Xiao), is a senior partner at Allbright Law Offices. His main practice areas include tax consulting, tax compliance, tax planning, tax administrative review and tax-related litigation.

Mr. Xiao Bo spent over a decade in corporate cost accounting and as acertified public accountant before qualifying as an attorney. Since 1998, he has practiced both securities law and tax law. In addition, he obtained an LLM from the UK in 2003.

Mr. Xiao tax practice involves advising on domestic tax laws, international tax treaties signed between China and over 100 countries or regions, the BEPS Multilateral Convention (the Multilateral Convention to Implement Tax Treaty Related Measures to Prevent Base Erosion and Profit Shifting), CRS (Common Reporting Standard), and the OECD, US, and UN model tax treaties and their commentaries, as well as the legislation and case law of UK and US tax laws. Working together with colleagues specializing in non-tax legal areas and foreign experts, Mr Xiao provides clients with a "one-stop business operation solution" covering tax planning and legal planning, offers "one-stop global wealth allocation solutions" for high-net-worth individuals in China, including immigration, overseas investment, and wealth management, and assists them in wealth inheritance and global wealth allocation. Mr. Xiao, provides clients with consulting services focused on tax compliance and tax planning, helping them achieve tax compliance and save tax costs. The tax structure designs led by Mr. Xiao Bo not only meet clients' overall business strategy objectives but also minimize the tax costs involved in business operations. His awards below show he is highly praised by clients.

Xiao Bo has successively published many articles in journals like Doing Business in Asia Pacific , China Business Law Journal, Business accounting, Shanghai lawyer. The articles include Focus on multilateral convention to implement tax treaties, Tax Law in China, Tax Compliance Issues for Outbound Investments, Analysis on Anti-Avoidance Legislation Based on Chinese Tax Law, Tax Risk Management of Mainland Enterprises, An Analysis of Typical Tax Related Civil Cases Caused by Withholding Obligation, Treaty Shopping in Cross-Border Investment, The Status Quo and Trend of The Rules for the Identification of Enterprise Residence, The Tax Impact of Brexit Agreement on "Going Out" Enterprises, Global Minimum Taxation，Influence of "Beneficial Owner" on Cross-Border Investment. Many articles have been entered into Legal Database like Wolters Kluwer.