Lu Zhang is an international tax director with BPM LLP (Burr Pilger Mayer), one of the largest accounting firms in California. Lu focuses on cross-border investments, merger and acquisitions, and multinational family/business tax planning.

Lu has 11 years of public accounting experience, specializing in international tax services. As a tax advisor working with outbound and inbound investors, she has experience in international tax planning, compliance, tax treaty analysis, cash repatriation, and foreign tax credit planning.

Lu’s career also includes a recent secondment (temporary assignment) to Shanghai, where she gained working knowledge on Asia-Pacific focused supply chain planning and procurement design, intellectual property (IP) tax planning, and cross-border restructuring. She also advised China-based companies making domestic and overseas acquisitions and dispositions.