Practice Expertise

  • Mergers & Acquisitions
  • Technology
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Profile

Adjunct Associate Professor: Soochow University School of Law (since 1996) (International Investment and Arbitration; Transnational Legal Problems; Contracts/Sales; Commercial Laws)
Commissioner: Court of Arbitration, Chinese Arbitration Association (CAA, Taiwan)
Delegate: ICC Commission on Arbitration and ADR
Fellow (FCIArb): Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, U.K.
Fellow (FPD): Prime Dispute, U.K.
Fellow (MIArb): Malaysian Institute of Arbitrators
Arbitrator: Chinese Arbitration Association International (CAAI)
Arbitrator: Beijing Arbitration Commission; Beijing International Arbitration Center
Member: Commission of Arbitration Rules, Chinese Arbitration Association (CAA, Taiwan)


Bar Admissions

Member of the New York State Bar

Education
National Taiwan University, EMBA
New York University School of Law (J.S.D.)
Soochow University Graduate School of Law (LL.M.)
National Taiwan University (LL.B.)

Areas of Practice

  • Mergers & Acquisitions
  • Technology
  • Telecommunications

Professional Career



Articles

"A Book Review on Katia Fach G mez 'The Technological Competence of Arbitrators: A Comparative and International Legal Study'" (Springer, Cham, 2023), Contemporary Asia Arbitration Journal, Vol. 17, No. 1, pp. 117-126, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=4849468
"Book Review: Achieving the Arbitration Dream. Liber Amicorum for Professor Julian D.M. Lew KC, by Stavros Brekoulakis, Romesh Weeramantry & Lilit Nagapetyan (ed.). Kluwer Law International. Netherland.", (2024), 90, Arbitration: The International Journal of Arbitration, Mediation and Dispute Management, Issue 1, pp. 99-105, https://kluwerlawonline.com/journalarticle/Arbitration:+The+International+Journal+of+Arbitration,+Mediation+and+Dispute+Management/90.1/AMDM2024015
"UNCITRAL Working Group III Produces First Deliverables on ISDS Reform", co-written with Caroline Thomas, posted on May 22, 2023 on LinkedIn https://lnkd.in/dj4kNSMK
"International Investment Law - IIAs and Cases Part I", book published by Wu Nan in 2023.*
"Taiwan Chapter" in the INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION 2020 (published by Chambers and Partners, https://practiceguides.chambers.com/practice-guides/international-arbitration-2020/taiwan
"ICC Climate Change Related Disputes TF revised Draft Report", CHINESE ARBITRATION ASSOCIATION NEWSLETTER, Feb. 2020 *
"International Investment Law in Transition", INDUSTRY MAGAZINE, Vol.576, Mar. 2018 *
"Corporate Social Responsibility Put to the Test in Global Supply Chain", presented in the ALFA 2018 INTERNATIONAL CLIENT SEMINAR, AT SCOTTSDALE, ARIZONA, Mar. 2018.
"First Experience of Investor-State Arbitration: Surfeit v. Taiwan", ECONOMIC DAILY NEWS, Aug. 8, 2016 *
"Appointment of Mediation Institution under Taiwan-China BIA and Its Effects on Investors", paper presented in the 15TH SYMPOSIUM ON CROSS-STRAIT COMMERCIAL ARBITRATION, Nov. 16, 2015 *
"Enforcement of Arbitral Awards and Provisional Orders - Comparative Study on Commercial and Investor-State Arbitrations", presented in the 19TH NATIONAL TECHNOLOGY LAW CONFERENCE (National Chiao Tung University, Nov. 19, 2015) *
"Investor's Legitimate Expectation vs. Host's Right to Regulation - When Taiwan "Must" Join TPP", paper presented in CONFERENCE ON EMERGING ISSUES OF INTERNATIONAL INVESTMENT LAW (Department of Investment Services, Ministry of Economic Affairs, Nov. 18, 2015) *
"Market Access under New Generation IIAs - Challenges for Taiwan before and after Joining TPP", paper presented in the CONFERENCE ON TPP INVESTMENT-RELATED ISSUES (jointly sponsored by Soochow University and BOFT, Ministry of Economic Affairs, Oct. 31, 2015) *
"Functions of the Taiwan-China Investment Agreement", in the LAW+BUSINESS@LCS (by LCS & PARTNERS, Jan. 2013) *
"Solving the Problems of Incapacity of Unrecognized Foreign Juristic Persons under Taiwan Law: From the Transnational Legal Perspective", CHINESE (TAIWAN) REVIEW OF INTERNATIONAL AND TRANSNATIONAL LAW, Vol.7:2, Dec. 2011, pp.293-320 *
"Investment Protection Issues under ECFA between Taiwan and China", in the COMMERCIAL ARBITRATION PAPERS (Chinese Arbitration Association, Taipei, Oct. 2011) *
"Corning (Taiwan) -- Case Study on Corning's Investment in Taiwan", in OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES FOR FOREIGN INVESTMENT IN THE APEC REGION (APEC Human Resources Development Working Group Capacity Building Network, Dec. 2008).
"Study on the Cross-border Mergers and Acquisitions Engaged by Born Globals", National Taiwan University EMBA thesis, June 2008.
Pijan Wu and Caroline Thomas, "Taiwan's Fair Trade Act: Achieving the 'Right' Balance?", NORTHWESTERN JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL LAW & BUSINESS, 26:643 (2006).
"Taiwan's Legal Strategies in Response to the Emerging Regional Trading Arrangements - Proposal for WTO Rules", 17 CHINESE REVIEW OF INTERNATIONAL LAW, 2003, pp.29-67
Considerations and Plannings Regarding to Site Erection of Bio-Technology Companies (October 2002)
Legal Planning in Capital Structure of Newly-Founded Bio-Technology Companies (May 2002)
NPL's Buy and Sale Agreement: How to Distribute Profit and Loss (May 2002)
Risk Planning and Contract Management in High-Tech Industry (April 2002)
Legal Issues of Fact-Finding Database, in IPR Protection for Digital Technology (Beijing IPR Publishing, 2000: originally presented at the 3rd Cross-Strait IPR Seminar, Beijing, November, 1999)
Taiwan Chapter in International Telecommunications Law (Co-Authored, Dennis Campbell ed., 1999: London: BNA Int'l Inc.: under the auspices of the Center for International Legal Studies)
USA-ROC Trade and Investment in Regional Setting V Symmetry between NAFTA and APEC (Co-Authored, a paper presented at the Twenty-First Joint Conference of ROC-USA Economic Council and US-ROC (Taiwan) Business Council, 4 December 1997, San Diego)
Development of International Investment Regulations (October 1997, Taiwan Law Review)
Global/Regional Regulatory Model for Trade in Services (March 1997, Taiwan Law Review)
A Model of Regulatory Cooperation Between Global and Regional Trading Regimes (Doctoral Dissertation at NYU Law School, 1996)
Trade and Environmental Protection: NAFTA, in ROC Response to International Environmental Protection: Reflection, Outlook and Suggestions (Research Project Commissioned by Environmental Protection Administration of ROC, 1996)

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