As a leading corporate and M&A player in the Taiwan market, Jones Day regularly act as part of a global team to handle big-ticket cross-border transactions. With a particular strength in the energy sector, the team is jointly led by Tommy Chen, John Lin and Jean Kuo. Chen advises on cross-border and local M&As, joint ventures, and hostile takeovers. Lin is experienced in leveraged buyouts, share swaps, spin-offs, joint ventures, and going private transactions. The highly regarded Kuo counts Japanese companies as her major clients. Peggy Lee and Raymond Wang also remain integral to the team.
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Testimonials
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‘Jones Day is very good at cross-border M&A, particularly for the ones crossing multiple jurisdictions where it may quickly arrange and coordinate with the Jones Day lawyers in different jurisdictions. In addition, Jones Day lawyers encompass various practices, including M&A, antitrust, employment, import/export regulations, disputes, etc. It can provide a one-stop service regardless of the jurisdictions and practices. Jones Day is very helpful for a client with a multi-national presence and global operations. ’
‘Jones Day lawyers are very sharp within the industry and understand its movements and trends.'
'Most of Jones Day lawyers are capable of fluent English or multiple languages. Jean Kuo, the partner in Jones Day, is fluent in Chinese, English and Japanese, and is knowledgeable in M&A, antitrust, employment and energy. She is very helpful to us particularly if we are to expand our operation in Japan or other foreign jurisdictions or if the transaction may involve multiple practices. She always responds quickly and pays attention to the details. Jean Kuo is the one to whom I would give a ring whenever I have the legal question on M&A and the one I usually would go to for M&A transactions. I definitely would recommend her. ’
Key clients
- Walsin Lihwa Corporation
- Yulon Group
- Darfon Electronics Corp.
- Giant Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
- Sherex Fastening Solutions
- Dyaco International Inc.
- Gigamedia Ltd.
- Albaugh, LLC
- Taiwan Cement Corporation
- Universal Vision Biotechnology Co., Ltd.
- Gudeng Precision Industrial Co., Ltd.
Lawyers
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Tommy Chen, John Lin, Jean Kuo