Innovatus Law

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Firm co-founder Derek Sun heads Innovatus Law’s litigation and arbitration practice, which boasts experience in relation to a broad range of matters, including insurance, infrastructure, corporate and trade secret disputes, as well as expertise in more niche areas such as family business disputes. Sun regularly handles corporate, construction, government, and regulatory litigation in addition to a variety of commercial disputes. IP litigator Jamie Yang, who is licensed to practice in the US as well as Taiwan, plays a key role in the team. Associate Selwyn Vong has commercial, financial, and labour disputes experience.

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Testimonials

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  • ‘Derek Sun is always supportive and considers different viewpoints to come up with an appropriate solution.'
  • ‘Derek Sun is an exceptional individual with a passion for solving legal issues. He is patient and highly knowledgeable in all aspects of business legal conflicts. He also performs very well in court.'
  • ‘Jamie Yang has a keen ability to elucidate points of contention and adeptly address cross-strait legal queries. He consistently demonstrates a concise, coherent, and systematic approach.'
  • ‘The disputes team at Innovatus Law is client-oriented and innovative. Their legal opinions consider not only legal compliance issues but also business strategy.'

  • ‘This is an excellent law firm when it comes to legal disputes. Members of the team are all highly skilful and work very hard to fight cases. They give very practical advice.'

Key clients

  • Sysco Machinery Corporation
  • Farglory-Land Co., Ltd.
  • Ally Logistic Property Co., Ltd.
  • FamilyMart Co., Ltd.
  • Kuai Kuai Co., Ltd.
  • XPEC Entertainment Inc.
  • ENG Electric Co., Ltd.
  • Hsin Chong Machinery Co., Ltd.

Work highlights

  • Represented Sysco Machinery in a theft of trade secret and copyright infringement action against rival firm for poaching trade secrets and employees, securing a preliminary injunction against the rival firm from the Taiwan IP Court.
  • Represented and defended the accounting manager of Farglory-Land Co., Ltd., in a high-profile criminal trial proceeding.
  • Represented Ally Logistic Property Co., Ltd. (“ALP”) in relation to a civil claim of approximately USD 10 million against Carrefour in Taiwan. A fire accident occurred in March 2022 in Carrefour warehouse, where ALP was contracted to provide automatic equipment for warehousing and logistics system.

Lawyers

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Derek Sun

Other key lawyers

Jamie Yang, Selwyn Vong