Joseph Lam

Joseph specialises in tax field audits, tax dispute cases in Hong Kong and cross-border tax issues. His clients include listed companies in Hong Kong and overseas.

Prior to joining the firm in 1999, Joseph spent more than 10 years with Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu and PricewaterhouseCoopers.

Joseph has successfully advised listed Hong Kong property groups to secure non-taxable capital gains on property redevelopments. He has also represented clients in their Board of Review hearings in Hong Kong involving sources of trading profits. Joseph has assisted a client to pursue a case against the Hong Kong Inland Revenue Department by way of an application for Judicial Review.

Joseph is an independent non-executive director of a Hong Kong Main Board listed group with business in food wholesale, overseas concessionaire retail, and property investment.

Key services provided

• Tax field audits
• Tax efficient corporate restructuring
• Tax disputes and tax related judicial review
• Pursuing offshore claims and capital claims for Hong Kong clients
• Hong Kong/PRC cross-border tax issues and relevant holding structure
• Family trust arrangement and asset protection structures
• Hong Kong and PRC tax health check on merger and acquisition assignments, and IPO assignments

Professional / Civic activities

• Member of the Australian Society of CPAs
• Member of the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants
• Member of the China Committee of the Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce from 2011 to 2013
• Certified Tax Adviser of the Taxation Institute of Hong Kong
• Tax Committee Member - CPA (Aust.) HK Branch from 2004 to 2009

Education

• Bachelor of Law (Hons), University of London, United Kingdom
• Bachelor of Commerce (with Merit), University of New South Wales, Australia