We are widely regarded as having one of the leading securities practices in Taiwan and throughout the Asia Pacific region. We are consistently ranked as one of Asia’s top corporate and securities firms by IFLR 1000 (2007-2009 editions), Asia Pacific Legal 500 (2007-2009 editions) and Chambers Asia (2008 edition).
Our Securities lawyers work with local and multinational businesses, public companies and regulatory agencies to arrange and facilitate public offerings and debt registrations on local and foreign stock exchanges, as well as on listing foreign companies on the Taiwan Stock Exchange.
Our Securities practice in Taiwan is fully integrated with our Global Corporate & Securities practice. This enables teams from our more than 65 offices in various locations to provide multijurisdictional experience to clients with global needs. Through our virtual practice group, we have acted as international counsel with our Hong Kong office to structure and arrange overseas offerings.
We have won particular acclaim in:
- Representing local companies in listing their stocks, convertible bonds and global depositary receipts/American depositary receipts on European or US stock exchanges
- Structuring commodities futures transactions
- Providing regulatory advice on tender offers and share swaps in M&A cases
- Structuring gold transactions
- Handling unit trust registrations and sales
- Representing foreign companies in listing their stocks or Taiwan depositary receipts on stock exchanges in Taiwan
- Preparing local applications for stock investments by foreign nationals and legal entities