The Ballentine Barbera Group appoints TP VP in HK

The Ballentine Barbera Group, a CRA International company, has announced the hiring of a new transfer pricing Vice President. As their first transfer pricing expert in Hong Kong, Susana Chou’s presence will deepen the Firm’s capabilities in intercompany pricing, cross border transactions, and tax controversy resolution in Hong Kong and Mainland China.

Susana has 11 years of experience in consulting on a wide range of transfer pricing and tax issues. Based in China for the last 3 years, Ms. Chou has advised multinational clients on transfer pricing compliance, planning, audit defense, and advanced pricing agreements in the Greater China region, Thailand, Singapore, Korea and other Asia Pacific jurisdictions.

Ms. Chou’s particular areas of expertise include developing supply chain solutions including transfer pricing and tax implications of existing and proposed structures, advising on the conversion’s opportunity costs, cost-sharing and royalty arrangements in connection to the migration of intellectual property, financial due diligence, contract research and development, contract marketing, and development of price adjustment mechanisms. Ms. Chou has advised clients across a number of industries including consumer products, chemicals, manufacturing, entertainment media, multi-level marketing, and financial services.

Prior to joining CRA, Ms. Chou was a senior manager with Deloitte’s Transfer Pricing Global Group. Susana received her BA in Economics from the University of Pennsylvania.