Abe functions as a tax partner in Baker & McKenzie’s China tax practice. Before joining Baker & McKenzie, Abe served as the global tax director of Huawei’s Consumer Business Group, overseeing the tax operation of Huawei’s consumer device business, e-commerce, and consumer cloud services worldwide. Previously, Abe was the partner in charge of KPMG’s international tax services in the Asia Pacific region and was also the country leader of KPMG China’s international tax practice.

Abe has a number of years of experience practicing tax consulting as an external tax advisor and managing tax affairs as an in-house tax director. He began his career with Ernst & Young in Atlanta, Georgia in the United States specializing in US international taxation and transfer pricing, and starting from 2003, transitioned into the PRC tax practice to focus on Chinese corporate tax such as tax due diligence, provision, controversy, restructuring, supply chain planning, and turnover tax, etc. He also specialized in Chinese transfer pricing and functioned as the Chinese transfer pricing leader of the Northern region for Ernst & Young China. Over the years, Abe has helped a large number of multinational clients develop tax solutions in complex situations. Serving both China inbound and outbound clients, Abe has strong expertise in international merger & acquisition, private equity structuring, and supply chain management. His experience in tax advisory spans over several industries, including manufacturing, retail, engineering and construction, technology, hospitality, e-commerce, and energy. 
Abe is a frequent speaker at seminars and forums and regularly contributes to academic journals on tax subjects. He received a Master of Accounting from the University of Georgia, a Master of Economics from the University of Virginia, and a Bachelor of Business from the People’s University of China. He is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA), a Certified Management Accountant (CMA) and is also Certified in Financial Management (CFM).

Mr. Huang Xiaoli worked with the State Administration of Taxation (SAT) for over 18 years and is now a partner with Deloitte. Mr. Huang was the first Director of the Outbound Investment Tax Affairs Division and the Anti-Avoidance Division II in the International Tax Department of SAT. He was also Director of the Non-Resident Administration Division, and Deputy Director in the Large Business Taxation Department. He has super experience in international taxation, large business services and management, APA and MAP cases (especially involving US and European countries) as well as years of audit experiences (from the Tax Bureau's perspective).

As a delegate to OECD, Mr. Huang was deeply involved in the BEPS action plans and MAP Forum. He actively participated the post BEPS work in China including revision the Special Tax Adjustment Regulations. Mr. Huang was in charge of drafting some important international tax policies including the regulation on non-resident enterprise indirectly transfer property in China as known as circular No.7. Mr. Huang was one of the founders of Chinese large business tax risk management. He drafted the Tax Risk Management Guidelines both for Large Business and for tax authorities.