Howard Shiu

• Represented Oracle, Fidelity, Cosmos Bank, Adobe, Broadcom, Computer Associates, CBRE, Gore, KLA-Tencor, K-Swiss, Leo Burnett, and McDonald's in handling their private negotiations, mediations and/or lawsuits in labor disputes.
• Representing various high-profile companies in conducting internal investigations on employees’ suspected misconduct, involving sexual harassment, embezzlement, bribery, and forgery.
• Represented a high-profile client in closing and obtaining favorable judgments for over 100 frivolous lawsuits filed by a disgruntled former employee.
• Advised on employment issues in M&A transactions for Wells Fargo, ANZ, Oracle, Qualcomm, Wolverine, Stanley Works and Sony.
• Advised on employment issues during the post-merger integrations (including transfer of employee welfare funds and consolidation of employee benefits) for Oracle, Wells Fargo, Standard Chartered Bank.
• Represented GE and Cosmos Bank in negotiating and concluding a CBA with the employees union of Cosmos Bank.
• Represented Standard Chartered Bank in concluding two rounds of CBA negotiations with its employees union, while the second round took less than two months, a record in Taiwan’s union history.
• Acted for Standard Chartered Bank in twice successfully preventing its employees union from initiating strike action.
• Assisted the liquidator of Lehman Brothers to close its Taiwan subsidiary, laying off most of its employees and transferring the remaining employees to another firm.
• Assisted MetLife in terminating the employment of over half of its more than one thousand employees.

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• Notable Practitioner, Chambers Asia-Pacific 2016
• Recommended Individual, Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2015

• Taiwan Bar Association - Chairperson of the Labor Relationship Committee (2012)