Leveraging its impressive global footprint, Baker McKenzie’s Taipei office handles highly complex litigation which often spans several jurisdictions including the Cayman Islands and The British Virgin Islands. The team has a significant wealth of experience handling commercial and trust litigation, international arbitration, and cross-border wealth disputes. Its clients includes a mix of private clients, international and PRC-based clients. The ‘exceptional’ Anna Hwang who is dual-qualified in New York and Henry Chang jointly lead the team. Recent highlights include acting for a prolific Taiwanese family trust on a major international litigations involving Bermuda, U.S. and English law regarding a complex multinational wealth dispute.
Dispute resolution in Taiwan
Baker McKenzie
Practice head(s):
Anna Hwang; Henry Chang
Other key lawyers:
Robert Lee; Chien-Hung Lai
Testimonials
‘The Baker McKenzie team in Taipei is outstandingly good. They have strength in depth, work phenomenally hard and produce uniformly excellent work.’
‘Anna Hwang is an exceptional lawyer. She has been involved extremely complex and high value cases and has a complete mastery of the detail.
‘Chien-Hung Lai is extremely clever and is an excellent strategic thinker.’
Key clients
Feng Feng Kuei Fu Studio
Work highlights
Jones Day
Jones Day remains a strong player and is a popular choice for major Taiwanese companies which instruct the team to handle multijurisdictional litigation, corporate governance, product liability litigation, and construction disputes. Jason Chen
handles corporate governance, commercial arbitration, hostile takeover and breach of securities laws. Ming-Wei Lo focuses on disputes arising from the Taiwan Securities Exchange Act. Po-Chien Chen splits his time between Taipei and Shanghai whilst Simon Yu harnesses his previous decade as a district court judge to advise on food safety, corporate crisis management and complex commercial disputes. Barry Lai is recommended for class action, white-collar crime, contract disputes and labour-related matters. Chen-Gang Yen acts for biochemical, petrochemical, and food companies in complex civil and criminal cases.
Practice head(s):
Jason Chen; Ming-Wei Lo; Po-Chien Chen; Simon M. Yu; Barry Lai; Chen-Gang Yen
Testimonials
‘In our line of work, all the lawyers of Jones Day give us the perfect work and inspiration. Even in the complex issue, Jones Day always solve the problems precisely.’
‘The Jones Day lawyers always support us perfectly.’
Key clients
China General Terminal and Distribution Corp. (USI Group)
Nomura Global Financial Products Inc.
Ta Ya Venture Capital Co., Ltd.
Formosa Laboratories, Inc.
Fetek Technology Corporation
SinoPac Financial Holdings Co., Ltd.
HayDay Farm Holdings, LTD.
HK Jackson Ltd.
Pegavision Corporation
Philippe de Guyenro
Work highlights
Lin & Partners Attorneys-At-Law
Lin & Partners Attorneys-At-Law counts local and international companies as its main clients, and particularly excels in construction, infrastructure and procurement disputes. Recently highlights include successfully defending six hundred crew members in the case of an oil spill concerning a Palau-flagged container ship in the Kaohsiung harbour. The team is led by doyen George Lin and is supported by Matthew Chen who has experience in international arbitration, civil litigation and white-collar criminal defense.
Practice head(s):
George Lin; Matthew Chen
Other key lawyers:
Felix Yu; Phoebe Huang
Key clients
Asia Pacific Telecom Co.
Construcciones Y Auxiliar De Ferrocarriles, S.A.
Kaohsiung City Government Bureau of Legal Affairs
Hannover Re
Taiwan Railways Administration
Taoyuan International Airport Corporation
Ornatus Taiwan Ltd
Taiwan Centers for Disease Control
Dapeng Bay Scenic Area Tourism Bureau
Zulu Marine Services & Trade FZE
Work highlights
- Handling a minority shareholder dispute to invalidate the merger of two large Taiwanese telecommunication companies.
- Represented a large European railway developer in a complex construction delay dispute related to the Kaohsiung Light Rail Project.
- Represented Kaohsiung City Government in relation to the gas explosion case.
Chien Yeh Law Offices
Chien Yeh Law Offices predominantly acts for Taiwanese companies a range of commercial disputes. The firm has recently been involved in Singaporean-seated arbitration and property disputes. Charles S.T. Chang, Chien-Ting Yeh, and Shih-Hao Wang are key names to note.
Practice head(s):
Charles S.T. Chang, Chien-Ting Yeh, Shih-Hao Wang
Work highlights
Brain Trust International Law Firm
Brain Trust International Law Firm's caseloads feature a broad mix of domestic and multijurisdictional disputes. Fred Lin and Hung Ou Yang are key names to note and recently handled labour and contractual disputes and disputes arising out of complex M&A transactions.
Practice head(s):
Hung Ou Yang
Other key lawyers:
Fred Lin
Testimonials
‘This is one of the few Taiwanese law firms that have an international practice. Hung Ou Yang as managing partner is very well connected domestically and internationally.’
‘User friendly, practical and business-oriented. ’
‘Communication is simple yet effective to the easy understanding as a defendant of the case.
‘Strategies are clearly outlined, discussed, executed.’
‘Promptly updated progress and communication were effective on need to discuss basis. ’
‘Brain Trust has a strong team with international connections. They have a senior team and are particularly well versed with international legal affairs.’
‘Hung Ou Yang is a straightforward person and easy to work with. He’s down to the substance.’
‘They are very proactive and collaborative. The team is a strong one and did their best to assist us in finalising our assignment.’
Key clients
World Fitness Services Ltd.
MUSE Communication Co., Ltd.
Xellia Pharmaceuticals Aps
ADG International Ltd
Shanghai Longsheng Optronics Technology Co., Ltd
BioLASCO Taiwan Co. Ltd.
Action Machinery Industries Co., Ltd.
UnaBiz Co., Ltd
D-SIMLAB Technologies Pte Ltd
Bechtel Global Corporation
OCI Company Ltd.
OCI Company Ltd.
Galaxy Microsystems Ltd.
Rak Ceramics India Pvt. Ltd.
Ideal Bike Corporation
Big Forever Precision Machine Shop (Fuzhou) Ltd.
Bonny Industries Co., LTD
Fortrend Engineering (Hsin Chu) Corporation
S&C Biomass Technology Company Ltd
ITSC Group
Work highlights
- Assisted Galaxy Microsystems Ltd. with a sales dispute against Xander International Corp.
Chen & Lin Attorneys-at-Law
Chen & Lin Attorneys-at-Law has retained its growing position in the market advising a broad variety of disputes. The team is jointly led by IP litigator Che-Hung Chen and Edward Liu who has a significant track record in commercial, securities, as well as IP litigation.
Practice head(s):
Che-Hung Chen; Edward Liu
Work highlights
Eiger
Eiger‘s dispute resolution offering has a strong international element which is reflective of the balance between Taiwanese and foreign lawyers at the firm. It regularly represents international companies and conglomerates including major fashion brands, technology companies and delivery conglomerates. Spearheaded by Taipei-duo John Eastwood and Heather Hsiao, the team is noted for its particular expertise in IP-related litigation.
Practice head(s):
John Eastwood; Heather Hsiao
Testimonials
‘The team is very pragmatic and deal with the problems efficiently.’
Key clients
Dolby
World Family English
TOMS
Prada
Tiffany
Work highlights
- Assisted Dolby in several IP litigation matters.
Innovatus Law
Innovatus Law
is active in Taiwan and a large number of Asian countries. Praised for its ‘excellent strategic advice’, the team is led by Derek Sun who excels in corporate, construction, government, and regulatory litigation and commercial disputes. Jamie Yang who is dual-qualified in the U.S. and Taiwan, is another key name to note.
Practice head(s):
Derek Sun
Other key lawyers:
Jamie Yang; Selwyn Vong
Testimonials
‘Innovatus and Derek Sun has responded to our request for research and advice quite promptly. As they know the nature of our business domain well and our business particularly, they can react timely manner with good quality. Their responses are quite professional and grab our points and requirements very soon.’
‘Derek Sun is good at understanding our concerns and can provide us with meaningful advice which we can decide the direction based on as a Japanese client.’
‘Their teamwork is great – junior associates focus on groundwork and details under the supervision of seniors, while seniors attend to the direction and strategy. Seniors and juniors always brainstorm together to come up with the best strategy for the client. ’
‘Derek Sun has an excellent strategic mind in dealing with judicial authorities while being thoroughly attentive to details of the case. He can always develop associates best capability by cultivating and inspiring their thinking from various angles, and therefore frame the best plan for the clients.’
‘Innovatus Law Firm stands out for its solution-oriented advice, high partner involvement, tailored solutions, and a driven team, with expertise in diverse legal areas and a commitment to innovation, diversity, advanced technology, and collaboration.’
‘Derek Sun stands out for his diverse expertise, success in high-profile cases, regulatory acumen, and international experience. He also has valued qualities such as passion, patience, comprehensive knowledge, and strong court performance.’
Key clients
Ally Logistic Property Co., Ltd.
Sysco Machinery Corporation
FamilyMart Co., Ltd.
Kuai Kuai Co., Ltd.
ENG Electric Co., Ltd.
Farglory-Land Co., Ltd. (Yi-Chuan Chen)
Work highlights
- Represented Ally Logistic Property Co., Ltd. to file a civil claim of approximate USD 10 million against Carrefour Taiwan.
- Oversaw an US action launched by Sysco against a downstream tooling distributor in North Carolina which continued to sell infringing products by the poaching firm into the US market.
- Represented Eng Electronics Co., Ltd., and secured a court judgment annulling the reorganization claims inserted by Hong Kong-based Celebrity Global Ltd.