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Firms To Watch: Dispute resolution

Noted for its ability to tackle high-profile litigation, the team at DTT Attorneys-At-Law excels in complex administrative and public law litigation in relation to government administrative and judicial matters.
LST&C Legal has a growing practice that has impressively advised on several high-value litigation matters. Advising a slew of Asian companies and conglomerates, the firm has a flair for advising on complex shareholder disputes. The firm is led by Daniel Tseng, Ching-Cheng Liao and Eason Sung.
The litigation team at LCS & Partners handles a wide range of criminal and civil disputes, covering IP, fraud, and commercial cases, among others. Former High Court judge Hu Tan heads the department alongside Grace Ku.

Dispute resolution in Taiwan

Baker McKenzie

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.

Responsables de la pratique:

Anna Hwang; Henry Chang


Autres avocats clés:

Robert Lee; Chien-Hung Lai


Les références

‘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.’

Principaux clients

Feng Feng Kuei Fu Studio


Principaux dossiers


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.

Responsables de la pratique:

Jason Chen; Ming-Wei Lo; Po-Chien Chen; Simon M. Yu; Barry Lai; Chen-Gang Yen


Les références

‘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.’

Principaux 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


Principaux dossiers


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.

Responsables de la pratique:

George Lin; Matthew Chen


Autres avocats clés:

Felix Yu; Phoebe Huang


Principaux 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


Principaux dossiers


  • 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.

Responsables de la pratique:

Charles S.T. Chang, Chien-Ting Yeh, Shih-Hao Wang


Principaux dossiers


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.

Responsables de la pratique:

Hung Ou Yang


Autres avocats clés:

Fred Lin


Les références

‘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.

Principaux 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


Principaux dossiers


  • 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.

Responsables de la pratique:

Che-Hung Chen; Edward Liu


Principaux dossiers


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.

Responsables de la pratique:

John Eastwood; Heather Hsiao


Les références

‘The team is very pragmatic and deal with the problems efficiently.’

Principaux clients

Dolby


World Family English


TOMS


Prada


Tiffany


Principaux dossiers


  • 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.

Responsables de la pratique:

Derek Sun


Autres avocats clés:

Jamie Yang; Selwyn Vong


Les références

‘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. ’

Principaux 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)


Principaux dossiers


  • 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.