GAA has been formed with the specific aim of benefiting a global client market by being one of the pre-eminent corporate services companies in Hong Kong.
The people behind GAA have between them more than 70 years of knowledge in the fields of corporate and investment services, corporate governance, company secretarial, legal and insurance.
We understand our clients, we are proactive, and aim to guide our clients by keeping them informed of a changing market place. We view our services as on-going, dynamic assistance to our clients’ businesses.
GAA is licensed with the Hong Kong Companies Registry as a licensed trustee and company services provider.
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Our Three Pillars.
Think of us as a trusted advisor
With decades of experience across Asia, we’ve been fortunate to not only gain a great deal of knowledge across corporate & private services, but to also cultivate relationships across the region.
Services.
Private Services.
ESTATE PLANNING
Setting up Trusts and Foundations
Acting as trustees
ON-GOING ADMINISTRATION
Trustee services, trustee and foundation management, incorporating companies, setting up bank accounts, financial advisor liaison, accounting, tax services
CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONS
Establishing registered charities
On-going administration
HK Corporate Services.
ESTABLISHING IN HONG KONG
Incorporation and tax registration, setting up bank accounts, providing a registered address, visas
MAINTAINING IN HONG KONG
Providing nominee shareholders, acting as directors, providing corporate secretarial services.
Preparation of management accounts, audit liaison, management of bank accounts, tax representative
TRADE SERVICES
Trade documentation and letters of credit processing, vendor liaison, third party inspections and logistics
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY REGISTRATION
Trademark and patent registration in multiple jurisdictions
China Corporate Services.
ESTABLISHING IN CHINA
Legal structure, due diligence, market feasibility, tax negotiation & registration, permits & licenses, visas, bank accounts, forex approvals
MAINTAINING IN CHINA
Accounting systems, documentation and audit trail, management reports and financial statements, appointing auditors, employment contracts, work visas, payroll, business licenses and permits, cash inflow and forex compliance, tax filings
TRADE SERVICES
Assisting in sourcing, vendor liaison, purchase orders, third party inspections, logistics
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Your Advisors.
More than 70 years of knowledge and experience in Asia, in the fields of corporate services, company secretarial, legal and insurance.
Mr. Sakhrani has over 25 years of experience in helping North American and European companies enter the Greater China markets and also has significant experience in providing corporate, trust and investment services for international high net worth clients.
- Led teams that provided a range of accounting, banking, tax and trade services in HK and China
- Led a team of trust and administration staff in dealing with international, high net worth clients
- Ran a successful, regulated investment advisory firm
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Kishore was previously a founder and director of a successful regulated professional services firm, which provided a broad range of services to an international corporate and individual clientele. These services included the processing of trade documents as well as accounting, tax, banking and regulatory compliance in both HK and China. For its high net worth clients, services included corporate administration and trustee services. He was also the founder of an investment advisor firm, licensed with the local regulator. Kishore was able to successfully sell those businesses several years ago enabling him to embark on a new enterprise.
Kishore is the chair of the HK chapter of the International Business Structuring Association, a UK based non-profit that promotes best practice on different aspects of international business structuring. He is also the board chair of Community Business Limited, an NGO focusing on corporate social responsibility issues in HK. Kishore also sits on the HK Advisory Board of the Richard Ivey School of Business. Contemporaneously he is a director of The Brazzaville Foundation, a UK based charity focussed on conflict resolution in Africa.
Mr Crichton is well versed in developments in Asia’s various insurance and corporate sectors from both a competitive and regulatory perspective.
- Experienced in multiple countries and jurisdictions over various professional areas;
- Able to deal at government level and maintain relationships with regulators and local business entities;
- Experienced Asian negotiator;
- Ability and experience in managing large regional professional teams;
- Comfortable working with and directing internal and external professional advisors.
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Greg was previously, a Director, EVP and General Counsel at American International Assurance (AIA), while based in Hong Kong. He was responsible for coverage of the entire Asia Pacific Region ex Japan and was also a member of the AIA Board Audit Committee and one of AIG’s global ‘core employees’ participating in various long term retention plans of the group and sitting on many AIG boards.
Greg currently serves as an independent non-executive director and audit committee member with Pico Far East Holdings Ltd., a HK listed company (752:Hong Kong). Greg was for over eight years non-executive President Commissioner of a major Indonesian life insurer. Greg spent over four years helping a highly capitalised reinsurance startup in Singapore. He was also a Board member of a Cayman incorporated Fund company and previously served as a Member of the Hong Kong Inland Revenue Board of Review. Greg currently serves as a consultant to Oldham Li & Nie (OLN) Solicitors. He also devotes time to angel investing, and as an advisor to various start-ups in sustainable growth areas.
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For further information about our services, contact us for an honest and confidential conversation. We look forward to hearing from you.