Commercial and Intellectual Property Transactions

Advised a PRC die manufacturing company in negotiating supply agreements with multinational customers

Represented a Taiwan tire manufacturer in drafting and negotiating distribution, agency, and supply agreements

Represented a publicly listed fishing company in its acquisition of fishing line trademarks from a well-known Taiwan fishing equipment company

Represented a non-profit organization in the drafting and negotiation of manufacturing agreements with its original equipment manufacturer of laptops

Investments, Merger and Acquisitions

Represented a Taiwan private equity firm in its US$200 million investment in a PRC semiconductor company

Represented a Taiwan shareholder in the sale of his PRC furniture operations to a Japanese conglomerate for a purchase price of ~ US$15 million

Represented a Taiwan social media company in drafting and negotiating the subscription agreement and investment agreements of its issuance of Series A shares

Represented a measurement & analysis instrument supplier in its acquisition of intellectual property and assets from a California digital imaging lithography machine designer and manufacturer

Represented a Taiwan shareholder in the acquisition of 51% of the equity shares of a die casting manufacturer in the PRC from her joint venture partner to become the sole shareholder

Advised a French-based international ophthalmic optics company in several acquisitions of Taiwan companies, including drafting and negotiating master agreements, share purchase agreements, shareholders agreements, and employment/consultant agreements

Advised a provider of spring contact probe based technologies in the acquisition of a company specialized in designing, manufacturing and assembly of products and raw materials used in the testing of semiconductors, including performing due diligence of its PRC operations in Suzhou and providing general legal advice relating to the acquisition agreement

Represented a listed Taiwan chemical company in the US$66 million sale of its wholly-owned subsidiary to a leading global supplier of consumable materials

Advised a private equity firm in various acquisitions, including its acquisition of a leading electronic safe solutions company, which has operations in Ningbo, PRC, including performing due diligence and providing general legal advice relating to the merger agreements

Represented a Taiwan shareholder of a PRC air-evacuable storage bag manufacturer in the US$38 million sale of its PRC operations

Advised a private equity firm in a proposed merger & acquisition transaction, including performing due diligence, and contract review

International Arbitrations

Represented a Taiwan shareholder of a PRC furniture company against HK a subsidiary of a publicly listed Japanese conglomerate with respect to the enforcement of a put option right, in which the client was awarded US$8 million

Successfully represented a global industrial gas manufacturer in an ICC arbitration regarding a joint venture dispute in the amount of ~US$28 million

Represented one of the world’s largest software companies in securing a favorable ICC arbitration award against a multinational electronics contract manufacturer for the enforcement of audit rights

Represented one of the world’s largest software companies in an ICC arbitration against a Taiwan telecommunications company for the payment of license fees

Data Privacy

Advised a blockchain company on its privacy policy and terms of use

Advised a global social media company regarding data protection issues

Advised an online streaming service on its use of CCTV cameras in the workplace

Advised a listed American multinational contract research organization on its employee background checks

Advised global data storage company regarding its collection of employee vaccination status

Advised a German manufacturer of high-end domestic appliances and commercial equipment on its privacy policy for and EULA for a downloadable app

Advised a German multinational corporate manufacturer of luxury vehicles on the personal data protection issues with its connected car services

Advised an American multinational media and online technology company on its Privacy Notices

Advised an American media company on its use of cookies and tracking technologies on websites and consents required