The Legal 500

Baker & McKenzie’s practice is led by David Liou. It recently advised Bombardier Transportation Signal in a construction dispute, and Chung Hwa Telecom in a civil and criminal copyright infringement dispute with BroadVision. Sean Lien and Oracle America are also clients. Key partners include Remington Huang, Seraphim Mar and Joseph Fu.

Formosa Transnational handles disputes in a range of industries, and recently represented a leading motorcycle manufacturer in a civil action against an individual for return of payments. It also acted for two multinational banks in relation to litigation pending in the UK courts. Delphine Chen, Hsiao-ling Fan, Chun-yih Cheng and Ya-fen Lin are all key contacts.

Formosan Brothers Attorneys at Law successfully represented a Taiwan-listed construction company in arbitration with a governmental department, regarding payments arising from the Southern Taiwan Science Park. The team also advised a Japanese construction company and a leading US law firm. James Ku and Chih-Poung Liou lead the practice.

Marianne Chao leads the team at Jones Day, which worked on a number of high-profile cases in 2010, including representing a Taiwanese electrical appliance manufacturer in relation to claims of illegality in M&A transactions and investment decisions. Other clients include HSBC, Tapei Fubon Bank and Gold Apollo.

Lee and Li handles civil and criminal litigation and arbitration. The firm successfully brought a trade mark infringement action on behalf of Apple, and successfully defended the chairman of the board of Pacific Securities, who was alleged to have violated the Securities and Exchange Act. Daniel Song, Grace Wang, Alan Lin, Ruey-Sen Tsai and Dennis Huang are key partners.

Jennifer Lin and Edgar Chen are the key partners in the team at Tsar & Tsai Law Firm. It successfully represented a domestic airline against the Ministry of National Defense following a collision allegedly due to negligent and wrongful instructions given by the control tower at Tainan Airport. Other clients include Pacific Construction Group, Applied Materials, and the insolvency administrator of BenQ Mobile.

Huang & Partners recently resolved a ten-year arbitration case between the Taiwanese Navy and the Thales Group, resulting in a $875m award. The team is also advising the Taiwanese government and a UK company on the enforcement of an English court judgement against a Taiwanese company.

Shilin Huang is the key contact at K&L Gates, which regularly assists clients in commercial disputes, and handles mediation and arbitration issues.

Grace Ku and Lucia Yiou’s team at LCS & Partners recently advised Sunrider in cross-border litigation with Bountiful concerning trade mark and trade secret infringement. The team also advised International Bill Finance in civil litigation in relation to the mis-selling of financial products.

In 2010 Liang & Partners advised Pacific Construction in civil, criminal and administrative litigation with department store Pacific SOGO regarding management rights. Frank Kung and Bob Lee are recommended.

Lin & Partners’ ‘excellent’ team is noted for its knowledge of the Hong Kong legal system. It recently successfully defended a $61.5m cross-border claim brought by Pacific Electronic Wire and Cable against an individual alleged to have misappropriated investments into the Conrad Hotel. George Lin, Yang Hung Wei and Kaiju Lee are all recommended.

TIPLO Attorneys-at-Law specialises in patent, trade mark and copyright disputes and enforcement. JK Lin leads the team, with support from trade mark attorney Johnny Yang, and patent attorneys HG Chen and Cynthia Chen.

Winkler Partners recently represented a Taiwanese IT manufacturer in a product defect dispute, and also acted for a Taiwanese broker in a contractual dispute and defamation litigation. Chen Hui-Ling leads the practice.

Yangming Partners acts in civil and criminal matters, including trade mark and copyright infringement cases and contractual claims. It also has arbitration capabilities.

Chen & Kuo Attorneys At Law acts for financial institutions on issues such as debt recovery and bankruptcy.

Tony Hsu leads the practice at Pamir Law Group, which undertakes the full range of civil and criminal litigation.

Eric Tsai heads the team at PricewaterhouseCoopers Taiwan and advises on tax, IP and commercial litigation.

Russin & Vecchi (International Legal Counsellors) acts for financial institutions, manufacturers and franchisers.