Baker McKenzie’s dispute resolution team, led by Anna Hwang and Henry Chang in Taipei, is one of the most prominent in Taiwan, with notable expertise in corporate disputes and white-collar defence cases, especially multi-jurisdictional matters where the department can make use of the firm’s global reach. Hwang focuses her practice on wealth, patent/technology-related commercial, and government procurement disputes. Chien-Hung Lai has considerable experience handling commercial, corporate compliance, and white-collar cases, while Robert Lee specialises in intellectual property, employment, and data privacy disputes, among others. Hwang, Lai, and Lee continue to lead a team advising the Wang family in relation to a series of international litigation and dispute resolution proceedings concerning high-value family trusts. Yung-Tsai Wang, of the Wang family, established Formosa Plastic Group, one of the largest conglomerates in Taiwan.
Key clients
- Wang Family (Yung-Tsai Wang Estate)
- Wang Family (Yung-Tsai Wang's Second Family)
Work highlights
- Assisting the heirs from Yung-Tsai Wang’s (YT Wang) 2nd family, namely Tony Wang et al., in various litigations regarding the family trusts (Wang/Wong family).
- Acted for Kinik in jurisdictions such as Taiwan and the US in relation to a patent dispute with Dr. Chien-Min Sung, arising from a series of joint venture agreements for diamond abrasives technologies and products of the semiconductor industry.