Ankwei Chen
Ankwei Chen
Consultan
EXPERIENCE
- Treaty and Legal Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (2010-2011)
- Glushko-Samuelson Intellectual Property Clinic (2007-2008)
PREVIOUS PROJECTS AND CASES
- Corporate M&A -Provided due diligence work and legal advice to the Asian Pay Television Trust in relation to its listing on the Singapore stock exchange
- Arbitration & Litigation -Provided advice to Orient Semiconductor Electronics Ltd. in federal court litigation in Florida.
- Intellectual Property -Assisted in providing advice to TricorBraun Inc. in successfully defending against a patent infringement claim before the Intellectual Property Office.
- Human Rights -Asylum (Pro Bono basis) in the D.C. Area
- Miscellaneous -Lead advice to Solidtek USA Corp. regarding the transfer of its business to a new entity in New Jersey
-Provided due diligence work and legal advice to Pan Asia Logistics Holdings Singapore Pte Ltd. in relation to its IPO project on the Singapore stock exchange.
-Participated in due diligence work for EnPro Industries Inc. with respect to its purchase of assets owned by Strong-Tight Co., Ltd.
-Assisted Chime Ball Technology Co., Ltd. with its purchase of Maskless Lithography Inc.’s assets.
-Assisted Samsung SDI Co., Ltd. in handling the merger pre-notification form in its merger with Cheil Industries Inc.
-Assisted Essilor International in handling the merger per-notification filings for a merger between its subsidiary holding company and Shih Heng Optical Pte. Ltd.
-Assisted in providing advice to SITA Waste Services Ltd. Taiwan Branch in arbitration against the Kaohsiung City Government.
-Participated in providing advice to Bayer Corp. in defending against claims arising out of a previous settlement.
-Provided advice to clients in responding to alleged infringement of design patents.
-Copyright: User-Generated Content Conference.
-Trademark Application for New York area street artist.
-Provided advice to Taiwan supplier regarding the export control laws in the United States for defense-related articles
FIELDS OF EXPERTISE
- General Corporate Law
- Intellectual Property Law
- Technology Law
QUALIFICATION
- Admitted to the Bar 2008, District of Columbia
EDUCATION
- Washington College of Law, J.D. 2008
- University of Pennsylvania, B.A. 2004
WORKS AUTHORED
- Evaluation of the US practice in incorporating DMCA protection requirements in its bilateral FTAs
- User-generated Content and Copyright
LANGUAGES
Mandarin, English, French and Japanese
