China Overseas Investment Network

EY’s Switzerland China Business Desk serves as a touchpoint where East meets West, and where culture intersects with business. As a team, we strive to assist both inbound and outbound clients in their market and business endeavors by offering Swiss and Chinese corporate clients a unique platform to obtain industry know-how and to gain insight into proactive business development approaches in both China and Switzerland. This platform offers clients a holistic perspective of markets, opportunities and challenges, and solutions based on local jurisdictions and industries in both countries. 

o  Provides wide range of services and expertise to help Chinese clients who intent to develop business in Switzerland in better transitioning and integrating into the scenic country of Switzerland.

• Tax & Legal: Offers support to help navigate through the Swiss tax system, to provide understanding of Swiss legal requirements, to help set up a legal entity, or to raise capital within the local market.
• Audit & Assurance: Provides high-quality audits and advice on optimizing internal controls and IT systems.
• Consulting: Formulates and implements business strategies (i.e. technology transfer, patent management, supply chain diversification and management).
• Strategy & Transaction (SaT): Assists in M&A transactions including expansion and divestitures of businesses, and funding strategies.
• People Advisory Services (PAS): Assists in the matters of culture support, social cost, work authorization application.

o  Consists of multilingual team members who are proficient in Chinese-Mandarin, English, German, French, etc. to help facilitate local business communications and to bridge the cultural and business etiquette gap.

o  Leverages existing relationships with various Swiss non-profit and government agencies

• to promote investments from China into Switzerland.
• to help Chinese corporations to get established quickly and develop their activities in the region.

o  Shares business networks with and receives extensive supports from the China Desks from other European countries.

o  Host webcasts partnering with different business and market experts for specific topics such as European market trend updates, European business-related regulatory updates, sector-specific industry updates, etc.

o  Host events to provide networking opportunities with local businesses in Switzerland to promote local and foreign investments.