September 2008
List of Lawyers and Law Firms - Taiwan
NB: The Canadian Trade Office accepts no responsibility for the probity or ability of the practitioners on this list (all of whom offer services in English and Chinese) nor for the fees which they may charge. The information on the list was provided by the firms themselves and does not imply endorsement by the CTOT. Ace Tax, Patent and Law Offices Yale & Yale Taipei Office 7th Floor, 132, Sec. 3, Hsin-Yi Road Taipei, Taiwan (next to AIT) Tel: +886 (2) 2705-6999 Fax:: +886 (2) 2705-8099 E-Mail: yaleandyale@hotmail.com acelaw@ms22.hinet.net Website: www.yaleyale.com; www.yaleyale.co.nr; www.yale.tk Tainan Office 23, Lane 394, Kai Yuan Rd, Tainan Tel: 886 6 237 4849 Fax: 886 6 275 2316 Areas of Specialisation: Western, Chinese & International Business Transactions, Arbitration (International {including, but not limited to, ICC}, Paris, Geneva, North Europe, Singapore, and Taiwan), Anti-dumping, Countervailing, and Safeguard, Aviation, Banking & Finance (Commercial, Offshore, International), BOT, Conflict of Laws, Construction, Corporate Law, Commercial Law, Customs, Estate Planning (Trusts & Wills), Foreign Investment, Government, Hotel-Motel, Immigration (US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Taiwan), Insurance, Intellectual Property(trademark, patent, copyright, and others), Information Technology, International Law, International Litigation Techniques, Labor and Employment, Licensing, Litigation (Civil, Commercial, Criminal & Administrative), Maritime (including pollution, criminal and administrative litigations), Mergers and Acquisitions, Real Estate, Securities, Tax, Technology Transfer, WTO. Baker & McKenzie 15F, Hung Tai Centre, 168 Tun Hua North Road, Taipei Tel.: 886 (2) 2712-6151 Fax: 2716-9250 Web Site: www.bakernet.com Areas of Specialisation: Foreign investment, tax and exchange control, commercial, civil and criminal litigation, arbitration and admiralty, banking and
finance, fair trade law, foreign trade, product registration, insurance, securities, employment and labour law, corporate, construction and real estate, aviation law and intellectual property and anti-counterfeiting. Boughton, Peterson, Yang, Anderson Consultants Ltd Ms Evelyn Man-I Chao 9F-1, 303 Tun Hua North Road, Taipei Tel.: +886 (2) 2712-0006 Fax 2719-2145 Email: type3039@ms69.hinet.net Areas of Specialisation: Residential and commercial real estate, commercial law, e-business and e-commerce, securities, mergers and acquisitions, corporate, tax planning, offshore trusts, trade marks and intellectual property, licensing and distribution contracts, foreign investment, wills and estates, immigration, litigation, criminal law, media law, entertainment law, assistance available for Hong Kong and China-related matters, specialist in Canadian law. Offices in Taipei, Hong Kong, Shanghai and Vancouver. Perkins Coie 18F, No. 105, Tunhwa South Rd., Sec. 2 Taipei Tel.: +886 (2) 2755-9839 Fax 2755-9898 Areas of Specialisation: Banking and Finance, Corporate Law and Joint Ventures, Electronic Commerce and Internet, Government Contracts and Relations, Intellectual Property, International Trade, Litigation, Taxation, Telecommunications Deacons Graham & James 7F, 54, Chungshan North Road, Section 3 Taipei Tel.: 886 (2) 2597-4521 Fax: 2592-6601 Email: ailo@ms2.hinet.net Areas of Specialisation: Corporate and investment - foreign investment and technical cooperation, corporate registrations and relevant contracts review, intellectual property, trademark and copyright, international trade, customs and commerce, labour law, legal affairs with Mainland China, Vietnam, Japan, Hong Kong, Thailand and Indonesia, maritime and aerospace law, information technology matters, banking law-finance, securities and insurance, commercial arbitration, civil and criminal litigation, development and environment law, government and legislative matters, power station and other infrastructure projects. Ding & Ding Law Offices 10F, 563 Chung Hsiao East Road, Section 4 Taipei
Tel.: 886 (2) 2762-5659 Fax: 2761-7682/2753-4191 Email: ddinglaw@ms12.hinet.net Areas of Specialisation: Alternative dispute resolution, banking, corporate and commercial law, environmental law, financing, licensing, mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, international trade and foreign investments, construction law, insurance law, real estate law, trust, will, taxation, admiralty and maritime law, intellectual property law, labour and employment law, securities law, civil and criminal litigation, and arbitration. East West International Law Office 3F-1, 121 Hsinsheng North Road, Section 2 Taipei Tel.: 886 (2) 2521-8518/2522-2885 Fax: 2531-3357 Areas of Specialisation: International and domestic services including corporate, commercial, tax, banking, litigation, intellectual property, and contract law. Eiger Law 12F Bldg A, No. 25, Sec. 4, Ren Ai Rd., Taipei, Taiwan Tel: 886-2-2771-6669 Fax: 886-2-2771-6996 E-mail: john.eastwood@eigerlaw.com Contact Person: Mr. John Eastwood Firm' Headquarters: Taipei Chief Rep: Mr. Nathan Kaiser (nathan.kaiser@eigerlaw.com) Areas of Expertise/Specialization: Arbitration, commercial contracts, construction and infrastructure, intellectual-property/technology, corporation law, fair trade and consumer protection, foreign investment, international trade, joint ventures, labour and employment law, licensing and technical cooperation, litigation, mergers and acquisitions, patent and trademark, real estate, taxation, telecommunications Evergreen International Law Office 7F, 7 Roosevelt Road, Section 1 Taipei Tel.: 886 (2) 3322-1123 Fax: 3322-2033 Email: greenlaws@ms23.hinet.net Areas of Specialisation: Real estate lease and sale, shopping centre development, labour dispute negotiations, intellectual property rights protection, unfair competition, distribution of matrimonial property, custody of children, civil and criminal litigation. Formosa Transnational Attorneys-At-Law 15F, Lotus Building, 136 Jen-ai Road, Section 3 Taipei
Tel.: 886 (2) 2755-7366 Fax: 2755-6486 Website: www.taiwanlaw.com Areas of Specialisation: Foreign investment, banking & finance, admiralty & aviation, intellectual property, international trade, arbitration, litigation, corporation law, taxation, etc. Huang & Partners 9F, 563 Chung Hsiao East Road, Section 4 Taipei Tel.: 886 (2) 2746-0868 Fax: 2764-2448 Email: unilaw@ms2.hinet.net Areas of Specialisation: General corporate and commercial law, international trade disputes, cross-boarder investment, banking, admiralty and maritime law, public works, taxation, insurance, securities, aircraft and ship financing, customs, automotive law, trademark, patent and copyright law, technology licensing, exports and imports, general civil and criminal litigation, arbitration, fair trade law and labour and employment law. Lee and Li Attorneys-at-Law Taipei Office 7F, 201 Tunhwa North Road, Taipei Tel.: 886 (2) 2715-3300 Fax: 2713-3966 www.leeandli.com Hsinchu Office 8F, 11 Park Avenue II, Science-based Industrial Park, Hsinchu Tel.: 886 (3) 579-9911 Fax: (3)579-7880 Taichung Office 18F-1, No. 497 ChungMing South Rd., Taichung City Taichung Tel.: 886-(4) 23760101 Fax: (4) 23762020 Kaohsiung Office Room 1, 9F, 211 Chung Cheng 4th Road, Chien Chin District Kaohsiung Tel.: 886 (7) 215-3899 Fax: (7) 215-3768 Areas of Specialisation: General corporate & investment, business licenses, tax planning, foreign investment, technical cooperation, joint venture
agreements, labour law, banking and capital market, patent and technology, trademark, copyright, litigation (civil and criminal), IPR management and enforcement, government contracts and infrastructure. Liao & Partners Attorneys-at-Law Suite B4, Level 12, 207 Tun Hua North Road, Taipei Tel.: 886 (2) 2712-5789 Fax: 2719-3808 Email: lplantrm@ms23.hinet.net Areas of Specialisation: Foreign investment, joint ventures, corporate law, financing and banking, international trade, intellectual property, maritime law, environmental protection, construction, tenders, government contracts, fair trade law, arbitration and litigation. Lin & Partners, Attorneys-at-Law 11F-3 , No. 248, Sec. 3, Nanjing East Rd. Taipei, Taiwan 105 Tel: 886-2-2705-5929 Fax: 886-2-2731-2896 E-mail: attorneys@linandpartners.com.tw Website: www.linandpartners.com.tw Areas of Specialisation: Banking and Finance, Commercial and Personal Insolvency, Mergers and Acquisitions, Securities, General Corporate Law, Contracts, Construction Law, International Business Transactions, Foreign Investment, Antitrust, China-Related matters, Electronic Commerce, Privacy and Data Protection, Intellectual Property, Computer Law, Technology Law, Administrative, Taxation, Maritime, Aviation, Labor Law, Commercial, Civil and Criminal Litigation, and Alternative Dispute Resolution Languages Spoken: English, German, Shanghainese, Taiwanese, Mandarin. Orient Alliance Law Office 7F, 53 Nan Chang Road, Section 2, Taipei City Tel: +886 (2) 2391-3191 Fax: +886 (2) 2394-9045 Areas of Specialisation: General practice, corporation, commercial, international trade claims, admiralty, legal document translation (ChineseEnglish), represent foreigners or foreign courts to service legal documents on Taiwanese, local civil litigation, local criminal case defence, debt collections. PuHua & Associates Taipei office 23/F, Int'l Trade Building, 333 Keelung Rd., Sec. 1 Taipei, Taiwan Tel: 886-2-2729-6687 Fax: 886-2-8780-0346
www.puhua.com.tw www.pwc.com.tw Puhua & Associates Hsinchu City Office 17F-1, No.295 Section 2, Kuang-Fu Road Hsinchu City 300, Taiwan Tel: 886-3-575-2323 Fax :886-3-572-7978 Vincent Lalonde Puhua & Associates 23/F, Int'l Trade Building, 333 Keelung Rd., Sec.1 Taipei, Taiwan Tel.: 886-2-2729 6666 Ext. 3815 Fax: 886-2-8780 0346 E-mail: Vincent.Lalonde@tw.pwc.com) Areas of Specialisation: Corporate Practice - General corporate matters, securities, corporate finance and merger & acquisition, as well as domestic and international venture-capital. Tax Practice - Corporate and individual income tax, business tax and other taxrelated issues, such as property transactions, inheritance, wills, endowments and trusts. Corporate Human Resources and Employment Practice - Employment, executive compensation, work rules, labor disputes, severance and pension schemes, employee management, as well as strategies for treasury shares and stock offering to technicians. IT / High -Tech Practice - IPR protection strategies, IPR taxation planning, trade secret management, licensing, remedies to IPR infringement, information Dispute Resolution & Litigation Practices - Commercial litigation and nonlitigation issues, including disputes over share holding, collection, and corporate restructuring and bailout. General Legal Consulting - We also provide long-term legal consulting services to corporations. PuHua & Assocates is a PricewaterhouseCoopers correspondent law firm. Reliance International Law Offices 3F, 21 Chang An East Road, Section 1 Taipei Tel.: 886 (2) 2543-5331 Areas of Specialisation: General practice, corporation, international trade and investment, foreign investments, technical cooperation, banking, securities, futures, corporate finance, taxation, estate planning, intellectual properties, computer law, patent, trademark, copyright, negotiable instruments, labour, administrative appeals, civil and criminal litigations, immigration. Tsar & Tsai Law Firm 8F, 245 Tunhwa South Road, Section 1,
Taipei Tel.: 886 (2) 2781-4111 Fax: 2731-5581 Email: Law@tsartsai.com.tw Areas of Specialisation: Foreign investment, banking and finance, insurance, construction, environment protection, telecommunication, corporate, mergers and acquisitions, securities, intellectual property, trade and export/import administration, admiralty, litigation and arbitration (commercial, civil and criminal), employment and labour relations. UGGC/WTW Taipei Commercial Law Firm 7F/9F, No. 149, Section 2, Minsheng East Road Taipei 10483, Taiwan R.O.C. Phone: +886-2-2516-9522 - Fax: +886-2-2516-1422 Contact person: Mr. Pascal Thien-Ah-Koon Avocat à la Cour de Paris (attorney-at-law admitted in Paris, France) Practitioner of Foreign Law (French law), Law Society of British Columbia (Canada) - not admitted E-mail: pascal.tak@takassocies.com Languages spoken: bilingual French/English, Mandarin Chinese, basic German. Areas of Specialisation - Foreign investment in France, Europe and Taiwan, intellectual property, international contract law, distribution law, commercial litigation, corporate acquisitions, telecommunications and high technologies. Offices in Taipei, Mainland China, France, Belgium. Cooperation with Canadian law firms. Wang & Wu Lawyers 16th Floor-Suite 1606, 333 Keelung Road, Section 1 Taipei Tel.: 886 (2) 2720-2145 Fax: 2757-6763 Email: wwlaw@ms32.hinet.net Areas of Specialisation: Administration law, civil law/litigation, commercial transaction/corporate law, criminal law/litigation, immigration law, intellectual property rights, labour law, real property law. Winkler Partners 12th Floor, No. 86, Chongcing S. Rd., Section 1 Taipei Tel.: 886 (2) 2311-2345 Fax: 2311-2688 Email: info@winklerpartners.com Website: www.winklerpartners.com Areas of Specialisation: litigation and arbitration, criminal, general commercial and administrative law, tax, intellectual property (registration and prosecution, and investment, capital markets and project finance, construction and government contracts, M&A and competition, insurance, and regulatory and lobbying.
Wong & Co., Law Offices 9F, 39 Chunghsiao West Road, Section 1 Taipei Tel.: 886 (2) 2382-0255 Fax: 2382-0244 Areas of Specialisation: General practice, construction, environmental, telecom, foreign investment, trade finance, arbitration and litigation. Y.R. LEE & PARTNERS YR Lee, Attorneys-at-law Mr. Richard P. Harnetty 7F-2, 9 Roosevelt Road, Section 2, Taipei Tel.: 886 (2) 2395-6989 Fax: 2391-4235 Cell: 0933-708-443 Website: www.lawlee99.com.tw Areas of Specialisation: Litigation and arbitration (criminal defence work, civil actions), commercial, employment, intellectual property, insolvency and realisation, family law, insurance, real estate acquisition and development, corporate and commercial law, international law. Fa-Yan Attorney At Law 1F, No.19, Lane 200, Shidong Road Taipei Tel: +886-2-2831-0668 Fax: +886-2-2831-2086 Email: kevinlawyer@pchome.com.tw Areas of specialization: General civil and criminal litigation, banking, insurance, and investment law, fair trade law and labor and employment law, family law, real estate law, trust & will, intellectual property. First Law & IP Offices 3F, No. 43, Sec. 1, Min Sheng East Rd. Taipei Tel: +886 2 2521 5900 Fax: +886 2 2521 5311 Website: www.firstlaw.com Emails: Julia.yu@firstlaw.com or bell@firstlaw.com.tw Areas of specialization: Documents Notarization & Legalization, Establishment of Companies, Transnational Contract, Merger & Acquisition, Patent, Trademark, Civil & Criminal Matters, Arbitration, Security & Banking, Antitrust & Unfair competition, Labor Dispute, Government Procurement, Real Estate, Insurance, Non-Litigate Matters, Administrative Lawsuit. Direction International Law Offices 1601 r, 16th, No. 88, Sec. 2, Chung Hsiao East Rd. Taipei Tel: +886 2 2322 1838
Fax: +886 2 2322 2411 Website: directlaw.com.tw Emails: drctionl@ms16.hinet.net or doris@directlaw.com.tw Note: Direction International Law Offices (Taipei Office) was founded in 1989 with the partnership of Direction International Patent and Trademark Offices (Taipei Office). Over the past years, this firm has built up a reputation amongst the governmental agencies and the private sectors. The goal of this firm are to provide legal services of high efficiency quality. This firm has established professional capability to handle complicated legal issues with creative ideas and efficient professional solutions. Areas of specialization: Commercial litigation, environmental law, medical law, general corporate consultation, cross-border investment, international commercial business and intellectual property rights. Direction International Law offices has been maintaining close relationships with law firms in the United States, Japan, European Economic Union, Australia and ASEAN countries. Firms indicated in bold italics have a Canadian connection