The Legal 500 > Asia Pacific > Taiwan > Corporate and M&A

Baker McKenzie has a large full-service corporate practice, well-equipped to deal with complex multinational transactions. The team has extensive experience in inbound and outbound investments, M&A, reorganizations and divestitures, financing transactions, joint ventures and strategic alliances, and other business combinations involving publicly-listed and private companies. In addition, the practice group benefits from the office's strong private equity, tax and securities practices. The team is jointly headed by Michael Wong, who specialises in cross-border commercial transactions and joint ventures, and Kevin Wang, who is regularly involved in complex corporate transactions. Mark Tu and Gwyneth Gu are also noted.

Jones Day's firm-wide global capabilities underlies the Taipei group's strong focus on cross-border transactions. The team regularly handles complex cross-border M&A, corporate governance issues, hostile takeovers and take-private transactions, and also assists with the coordination of international and local counsel. The team has broad experience across key economic industry sectors in Taiwan and those that are often highly regulated, including consumer goods, technology, semiconductors, pharmaceuticals, and financial services. Tommy Chen and John Lin jointly lead the team. Other key contacts include Raymond Wang, Jean Kuo, who has extensive experience assisting Japanese clients in their Taiwan and Greater China investments, and James Liang, who focuses on large-scale public and cross-border M&A.

Tsar & Tsai Law Firm provides a full slate of M&A services, including incorporations, joint ventures, reorganizations, dissolutions, M&A, syndication loan documentation, post closing restructurings, and tax planning. Jackie Lin recently led a $525m deal that saw Kongsberg Gruppen complete its acquisition of the Rolls-Royce Commercial Marine. Other names to note are James Cheng, Janice Lin, who is particularly experienced acting for international clients, and Lynn Lin, who has a good deal of experience in the technology and manufacturing sectors.

Lee and Li, Attorneys-at-Law represents both domestic and international clients in a range of corporate and investment work, including mergers and acquisitions for both financial and other institutions. Clients include foreign and domestic banks, investment banks, securities companies, insurance companies, securities investment trust companies, securities investment consulting companies and other financial institutions, as well as central and local government departments at all levels.

Lin & Partners Attorneys-At-Law focuses its M&A practice on businesses in sectors that face regulatory challenges, such as blockchain, cryptocurrency, fintech, and the sharing economy. The team regularly advises on corporate governance, shareholder rights, business structuring in reorganisations, hostile and friendly acquisitions of public companies, tender offers, and Taiwan's inbound investment process, with a particular strength in inbound investment from the PRC. George Lin and David Lee jointly lead the team, while Kaiju Lee, who handles international and PRC investment matters, is also recommended.

Chien Yeh Law Offices acts for domestic and international clients in share and asset acquisitions in Taiwan, and has a particularly strong reputation for advising Japanese clients. The team has experience in a range of transactional matters including restructuring, and hedge fund and private equity deals, and also handles related contentious issues such as equity-related litigation. Expert litigator Justin Chen heads the practice group, and Akira Lin focuses on advising Japanese businesses on investments, M&A, and labour disputes.

Acting in cooperation with Deloitte Taiwan, DTT Attorneys-At-Law provides an integrated one-stop consultation service to clients involved in cross-border transactions. Key areas of its practice are commercial law, compliance, and M&A and capital market consultation. The practice group has advised on a variety of transaction documents involving corporate investment, reorganization, tender offers and privatization procedures. Key figures include Robin Lin, Ingrid Chen (who made partner in 2019 and is the key contact for investment and corporate M&A), Hsienwei Chang, and Show Chen.

Formosan Brothers Attorneys at Law has a particular niche in M&A for construction and technology companies. The practice handles incorporation; mandates, capitalisation and financing transactions, takeover strategies, joint ventures, reorganisation, and liquidation. In addition to acting for domestic clients, the team acts for international companies based in Japan and the United States. Names to note include managing partner and investment and franchising expert Lipu Lee, and Teresa Pan, who leads the Japan desk and is experienced in foreign investment into Taiwan.