Mergers & Acquisitions / Cross-border Investments
Our corporate mergers and acquisitions practice covers legal issues arising from transactions, mergers, and acquisitions between companies and organizations. We leverage our rich legal expertise background and extensive experience in handling regulatory issues encountered in merger and acquisition transactions to provide our clients with the most comprehensive and complete legal counseling services in any transaction. Our services include but are not limited to:
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Regulatory and Policy Advisory: Providing legal advice on the regulatory mechanisms for particular industries and assisting clients in working with local attorneys in understanding the laws of foreign jurisdictions in the case of a cross-border acquisition.
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M&A Planning and Strategy: Assisting clients in selecting acquisition targets, formulating merger and acquisition plans and recommending merger and acquisition strategies and methods.
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Legal Due Diligence: Conducting legal due diligence and collaborating with professionals in other fields, such as accountants and patent engineers, to provide clients with comprehensive analysis of the suitability of the acquisition targets and legal risks.
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Drafting and Negotiation of Transaction Agreements: Negotiating and drafting relevant contracts, including but not limited to share subscription/transfer agreements, shareholder agreements, intellectual property licensing agreements, and retainer agreements with high-level personnel.
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Regulatory Filings and Approval Applications: Assisting and handling the relevant regulatory applications and reports required for merger and acquisition transactions, such as the Foreign Investment Approval application, the Outbound Investment application, and the pre-merger filing report.
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Post-Merger Integration: Assisting in post-transaction reorganizations, contract amendments, and internal legal compliance optimizations.
Representative Matters
Our firm has extensive experience in corporate mergers and acquisitions, covering a wide range of industries and transaction types. We have handled notable M&A cases, including but not limited to:
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Biomedicine/Beauty Industry
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Assisted an affiliate of a publicly listed cosmetics company in acquiring the private equity of a medical device manufacturer, including conducting due diligence, drafting the transaction contracts, and providing legal advice regarding the Foreign Investment Approval, the Company Act, and other laws and regulations.
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Assisted a HK holding company in planning its investment in a Taiwan stem-cell storage company.
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Technology / Telecommunications Industry
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Assisted a national investment company to invest in the equity of a gas detection and pollution prevention equipment company.
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Providing legal counseling to a leading global key information, analysis, and solutions company in its sales of the technology, media and telecommunications services business.
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Assisted an American multinational telecommunications company and an America-based investment company in their plan to acquire the shares from a domestic construction company in a Taiwan-based broadcasting and multimedia corporation.
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Assisted a well-known domestic materials company in selling the shares of its subsidiary to a U.S. electronic materials company.
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Assisted an OCT-listed domestic semiconductor company in its merger transaction.
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Assisted a U.S.-listed information technology company with an investigation from DIR to determine whether its investment in Taiwan involves Mainland China capital.
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Energy / Construction Industry
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Assisted a French environmental group in planning its investment in a domestic waste management company.
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Assisted a Singapore-based energy investment corporation in selling its shares in a domestic power company.
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Advised a PRC state-owned enterprise on investments in Taiwan, including industries such as wastewater treatment. Services provided included investment structuring advice, due diligence, drafting relevant agreements, and regulatory compliance counsel.
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Other Industries
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Assisted a well-known domestic foods corporation in its acquisition of the shares of a listed domestic insurance company.
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Provided legal counseling to a French enterprise in its acquisition of the Taiwan subsidiary of a Netherlands company, including conducting due diligence and providing advice regarding the Foreign Investment Approval, the Company Act, and labor laws.
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Provided legal counseling to a listed domestic trading company in selling the shares of its subsidiary and drafting contracts.
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Advised a well-known financial group on various legal issues with respect to due diligence, M&A laws, securities laws and corporate law issues.
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