Full Service Law Firm of the Year in Taiwan Lee, Tsai & Partners Attorneys-at-Law Chung-Teh Lee Senior Partner Tel: +(886 2)23785780 * 2206 ctlee@leetsai.com www.leetsai.com
Lee, Tsai & Partners Attorneys-at-Law
A GREATER CHINA LOCAL FIRM
Lee, Tsai & Partners Attorneys-at-Law is a full service law firm with expertise in mergers and acquisitions, intellectual property, media and entertainment, infrastructure projects, employment law, capital markets, general corporate affairs, environmental protection law, international trade laws, tobacco industry related legal issues, and taxation.
levels. Our longstanding international clientele is proof of our success in this area.” In Dr Lee’s private practice, he has served as counsel to a wide range of compaC 100 % C 0% nies and industries, both domestic M 70and % foreign, providing M 60 % them with legal advice Y 20 % Y 85 % on their Taiwan related legal matters. K 0 % Early in his career K 0 % he served as a judge in the District Courts for Yunlin & Changhwa County in Taiwan. He was a partner at Tsar & Tsai Law Firm in Taipei for 12 years before establishing Lee, Tsai & Partners. The firm has a large range of clients including multinational corporations, The firm is currently an active member of the Employment Law Alliance and the publicly listed domestic companies, hi-tech companies, construction compaInternational Network of Boutique Law Firms. It has also served as counsel in one nies, etc. Many of them have been with the firm for a number of years and of the notable tender offers of 2012 – in its representation of Test Rite International most of its new clients are referred by word of mouth. Co. in the sale of its majority interest in Tong Lung Metal Industry Co (TLM), a As a Greater China local law firm, Lee, Tsai & Partners is intimately leading door lockset maker, to Stanley Black & Decker Inc. (SBD). familiar with the language, culture and laws of the Greater China area. These Dr Lee said: “We also obtained an arbitration victory on behalf of our client, connections in the area are unique among law firms worldwide. Sita Waste Management Services Ltd. (Taiwan Branch), in its dispute against the Chung-Teh Lee, Lee, Tsai & Partners Attorneys-at-Law senior partner, Kaohsiung City Government, under which our client is entitled a contractual noted: “We leverage our local expertise and network to provide the most effi- adjustment of NT$870 million to NT$1.2 billion. In April 2013, the Kaohsiung City cient services to our clients, while providing an international standard of legal Government also dropped its appeal against a District Court’s decision to uphold service. We are on the shortlist of potential legal advisers for many internathe arbitration award.” tional companies seeking to take advantage of the burgeoning opportunities Most recently, the firm has expanded its partnership with the promotion of two in China.” attorneys, Grace Chou and Elizabeth Pai, who have distinguished themselves in “Our full service further sweetens the deal for potential clients looking for a the courtroom and the community. Ms Chou and Ms Pai will be directly involved dedicated team that intimately understands the details of their businesses at all in the firm’s management and growth, leading Lee, Tsai & Partners into a new era.
M&A Lawyer of the Year in Taiwan Formosa Transnational Attorneys at Law Jackson Shuai-Sheng Huang Partner Tel: +886-2-27557366 shuai-sheng.huang@taiwanlaw.com www.taiwanlaw.com
Formosa Transnational Attorneys at Law, known for its expertise in litigation and arbitration, is the second largest law firm in Taiwan – and still expanding. Prior to its establishment in 1974, three of the four founding partners served as judges, and one was a lawyer. Since then, Formosa Transnational has become a full service law firm, with a multinational and high profile client base. In October 2010, one of its founding partners was appointed as the Chief of the Judicial Yuan, the highest governing body of Taiwan’s judicial system.
ing Nov 2012. This is the largest M&A deal in the history for Chinese company’s direct investment in Taiwan. “We also represent some key suppliers in purchasing Prince’s valuable assets and negotiating IP licensing deals while the bankruptcy proceeding is ongoing. We successfully achieve the very significant recovery rates (around 40%) in the Prince Sports US Chapter 11 proceedings and close many win-win M&A deals for both the key suppliers and Prince Sports.” Mr Shuai-Sheng Huang was the editor of the Taiwan Bar Journal from 1998 to More than half of Formosa Transnational’s business comes from work for 1999, and has been editor-in-chief of the FT Law Review since 2008. His publicainternational clients in the US, Japan and Europe. With an elite team of more tions in China include: ‘The Supreme Challenge of the Future Law Firm: Balancing than 76 attorneys, the firm assists multinational clients from its offices in Taipei Stability with Growth in the Ever Changing Society’; ‘Introduction to Amendment and Kaohsiung with issues related to and strategies for fundraising, investof Insurance Law’; ‘Discussion on the Legal Relationship of Structured Notes - From ments, and mergers and acquisition. It also counsels clients in corporate and the Perspective of Protecting Investors’; ‘A Brief Introduction on Anti-Trust Law in financial matters, bankruptcy and related laws and regulations, including those China’; and ‘A Legal Guide to Doing Business in the Asia-Pacific (Co-author for the associated with corporate governance and operations. The firm’s clients are Taiwan Part: published by American Bar Association 2010).’ state-owned enterprises, high-tech companies, and government agencies. Furthermore, he is a member of the New York State Bar Association, Taipei Jackson Shuai-Sheng Huang, Formosa Transnational partner, specialises in Bar Association, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb) and International cross-border litigation and international arbitration, international trade, corpo- Association of Defense Council. He is well connected to and has been appointrate and financial regulations, mergers and acquisitions, antitrust laws. ed as key positions in various prominent business associations in Taiwan, such He noted: “Among various M&A deals I dealt with in the year of 2012, as member of the legal advisory committee, the Chinese National Association the most significant case is that I led the M&A team of our firm representing of Industry and Commerce, Taiwan (CNAIC), member of the financial and tax San’an Optoelectronic Co., China’s largest LED epitaxial wafer maker, in an advisory committee, the Chinese National Federation of Industries (CNFI), substantial cross-strait M&A deal where San’an bought roughly a 20% stake and member of the International Economic Relationships Committee, General in Taiwan’s Formosa Epitaxy Inc. for NT$2.352 billion ($80.82 million), dur- Chamber of Commerce of The Republic of China (ROCCOC). 2013 Legal Awards
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