Mark Tu > Baker McKenzie > Taipei, Taiwan > Lawyer Profile

Baker McKenzie’s capital markets team remains a stanchion within the Taiwanese market, advising on some of the largest deals for major clients including insurance companies, semiconductor manufacturers, and pharmaceutical conglomerates. The team regularly advises on bond issuances, divestments, IPOs, listings and acquisitions for both vanilla bonds and more complex financial instruments. It has been increasingly instructed by Taiwanese clients looking to list on foreign stock exchanges. The team is jointly led by Wen-Yen Kang and Alex Chiang. Kang specialises in cross-border equity offerings whilst Chiang is noted for handling large-scale equity capital markets mandates. Mark Tu is recommended for securities offerings.

Praised as ‘excellent in all respects’, the corporate, M&A and PE team at Baker McKenzie has a strong footing in the Taiwanese market and dominates the industry. The multi-jurisdictional team regularly advises on M&A, disposals, reverse acquisitions, divestitures, and hostile takeovers, and is increasingly handling ESG matters. The team is spearheaded by Kevin Wang, who regularly advises on complex mergers and acquisition transactions, related merger filings, foreign investment matters and international trade, and Hao-Ray Hu who is noted for assisting financial services companies in license applications, post-acquisition integration and bancassurance transactions. Michael Wong advises on the tax aspects of transactions whilst Gwyneth Gu is noted for inbound and outbound cross-border transactions including green energy-related deals. Mark Tu and Julia King are also recommended.