Corporate Solutions & Fiduciary Services
Lion's business solution services partners with you to enhance your competitiveness and generate business value. Leveraging our suite of financial, accounting, human resource, and advisory services, our professionals offer tailor-made solutions to meet your specific requirements.
We support a wide range of clients, from small and medium-sized enterprises to multinationals, in diverse industry sectors. We are a Certified Tax Advisers Accredited Employer of the Taxation Institute of Hong Kong (TIHK), Approved Training Office the Association of International Accountants (AIA), and Global Recognized Employer Partner of CPA Australia.
Company Formation and Business Establishment
Lion assists you to establish a business or restructure your existing operations or enter into a new market / country in Hong Kong, Greater China, Asia Pacific or other overseas jurisdictions.
Our services include:
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Incorporation of companies in Hong Kong, China, and other jurisdictions;
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Determination of the availability of a proposed company name;
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Preparation and filing of incorporation documents;
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Setting up of NGO and
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Company secretarial and administrative support;
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Open business bank account
Corporate Due Diligence and Health Check Services
Lion provides services in due diligence and corporate health check, to relieve your organization’s administrative burden.
Our services include the following:
We conduct health check on government registration and company incorporation details, statutory records and constitutional documents, certification of good standing, financial and other information.
Significant Controller / Ultimate Beneficial Owner Registration
Significant Controller (SC) / Ultimate Beneficial Owner (UBO) register is recently enforced as reporting requirements around the world.
SC / UBO requirements vary from country to country, Lion assists you to compliant with such requirements without interrupting of running your business:’
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Initial status review – identify and review initial information that who is the registrable person or entity with local authority.
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Registration – collect required SC / UBO information and register it with relevant authorities.
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Annual and periodical review – review the ownership structure and validate results against information registered with local authority.
Trust and Fiduciary Services
Lion assists organizations and individuals in setting up asset protection or wealth management structures; and listed issuers in setting up trusts for Employee Share Incentive Plans such as share award or share option schemes and acting as independent trustee.
Our services include the following:
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Setting up various forms of trusts in compliance with relevant laws and regulations
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Providing trust administration services and acting as trustee for selected trusts.
International Market Entry
Market entry provides many opportunities for new investors, but also opens the door to unknown risk. Our market entry services team is able to provide local knowledge regarding Vietnamese regulatory, financial, taxation and commercial issues to help identify opportunities and manage risk. Our dedicated experts can support you through your investment decision making process and advise you on a range of issues.
Cessation and Liquidation of Business
Lion assists when you wish to suspend or cease to operate your business, including acting as liquidator, handling deregistration and withdrawal of licences and applying for dormant status for companies.
Our services include the following:
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Dealing with the liquidation process and acting as liquidator
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Handling deregistration and withdrawal of licences.
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Applying for dormant status of companies.
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Advising on the closing down of companies / branches and attending to related matters.
Governance, Internal Control and Compliance
Lion provides an integrated governance, risk and compliance solution to assist you in establishing a healthy corporate governance framework.
Our services include the following:
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Reviewing the governance structure and accountability of the board and management
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Advising on the internal audit function and setting up effective policies and procedures, risk management and internal controls
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Providing a customized system application and tailored training to enhance disclosure, and meet regulatory and compliance requirements
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Providing Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) reporting services to help clients identify potential ESG issues, set up / strengthen ESG policies and practices, develop key performance indicators (KPIs) and enhance ESG disclosure and reporting.
IP and Trademark Services
The Intellectual Property (IP) associated with a business name or system can be one of its most valuable assets – but only if it is properly protected. Any business that wishes to establish a national or international identity should take steps to protect the use of its name, logo or other IP. This is preferably done at the outset when it can be done more quickly, easily and cheaply.
For instance, many people do not realise that simply registering a company or Internet domain name gives no monopoly on that name and does not prevent others from registering similar names in the same jurisdiction and identical names in other jurisdictions.
The only effective way to guard against this happening is to register a trademark or service mark in each jurisdiction in which one wishes to be protected or intends to carry on business.