About Us
Our professional advisors manage a consulting project for you or our we customize and implement a specific business solution for you in China.
OUR ETHOS
Reliable. Pragmatic. Efficient
DCC’s founder Dr. Hans Au has been in diverse leadership roles in China since 2002 as an entrepreneur, management professional, Attorney-at-Law and investor. Together with his Chinese- international team of general managers, lawyers, finance managers, accountants, tax advisors, sourcing and digital experts DCC combines the precision and quality of professional consulting with the pragmatic problem-solving of a China manager.
All managers at DCC possess many years of professional and business management experience. The founder Dr. Hans Au was a corporate lawyer with the international law firm Lovells (now Hogan Lovells) and in 2007 founded iF Juice, a premium fresh juice maker with sales in North and East China regions, which he managed full time till 2016. He is both investor and advisor in several start-ups.
Gary Zheng, Of Counsel at DCC, has extensive China commercial law practice experience, especially in foreign direct investment, M&A and international trade. Professor Jiao, DCC manufacturing consultant, has been in leading executive roles in Chinese manufacturing businesses, including foods, steel products, machine tooling, commodities.
On two continents, in three languages, and in more than
ten industry sectors, with inter-cultural sensibility and intelligence.
- CEO Dr. Hans Au
WHY US?
We bridge language gaps
We are on the ground
We are flexible
All senior consultants at DCC have lived in China for several years, are fluent in Mandarin Chinese and / or English and German.
DCC has two main offices in the two main economic hubs in Asia, Beijind and Hong Kong. We are well situated for your business.
Our work is usually charged by the hour or by man-days. However, we are happy to discuss other arrangements tailored to you.
With blend of deep country knowledge, solid professional training, the experience of running a Chinese businesses and battling in Chinese courts that we apply to solve client problems. In this way, we link the strengths of classical consulting and those of a manager to help the client.
Our Team
Deep country knowledge, solid professional training, entrepreneurial experience of running businesses give us the ideal skills to solve your problems, whether in a defined consulting project or by tailoring a business solution for you and running it.
Dr. iur. Hans founded DCC in 2010 to bring his unique understanding of cultural differences, acquired through life-long experience, to businesses exchanges between east and west. Hans has been in diverse leadership and stakeholder roles in China since 2002 as an entrepreneur, management professional, Attorney-at-Law or investor. He co-founded and managed iF Juice, a premium producer of fresh juices, from 2007 to 2016. iF Juice grew from a 30 square meter shop to an industrial manufacturer with distribution across North and East China. From 2002 – 2005 he was corporate lawyer with the international law firm Lovells (now Hogan Lovells). For clients that use the DCC China Service Desk Hans often takes on leading roles such as Legal Representative, Managing Director or interim-CFO for a few years.
Industries: legal business, consulting business, capital investment, B2B software, medical technology, new energy, fitted kitchens, mechanical engineering, consumer goods, automotive, food & beverage, construction materials, education
Languages: German, English, Chinese all on expert level (spoken & written)
Degree: Law PhD, University of Freiburg 2002
Professional License: Attorney-at-Law, Hamburg 2002
HANS AU
Founder
OUR MANAGEMENT
OUR TEAM
Gary Zheng
Of Counsel
Master of Laws, Beijing 2003
Professional License: Attorney-at-law, Beijing 2003
Industries: foreign direct investment, China overseas investment, M&A, international trade, international hotel management, state-owned assets transaction, commercial dispute resolution
Languages: English, Chinese, all on expert level (spoken & written)
Professor Jiao
Manufacturing consultant
Professor for Computer Science
Industries: manufacturing, general management, steel, food & beverage,
machine tool, construction materials, education
Languages: Chinese, English, all expert level
Li Hui
Accounting Manager
B.Sc. Finance, Certified Public Account
Industries: accounting and tax services, medical technology, fitted kitchens, consumer goods, B2B software
Languages: Chinese
Jessie Lu
Project & Finance Manager
B.Sc. Textile Engineering
Industries: B2B Software, cloud accounting, medical technology, fitted kitchens, consumer goods, textiles
Languages: Chinese, English
Lucky Guo
Sourcing Manager
B.A. English
Industries: industrial commodities, agricultural commodities, steel, food & beverage, international trading.
Languages: Chinese, English
Careers
DCC is always looking for experienced China legal, accounting, financial, HR or management consulting professionals that would like to explore working for a smaller firm.
We're hiring!
If you are looking for more work-life balance, would like to do free-lancing or are keen to develop your entrepreneurial skills, then there may be a good fit with us and we would be delighted to hear from you.
DCC is also interested to hear from other consulting businesses that are seeking cooperation partners.