Woo, Marcus

Current Employment Position(s)

Of Counsel

Languages

• Cantonese
• English
• Mandarin

Lawyer Overview

Marcus Woo has extensive experience in cross-border investment, mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, technology licensing and transfers, government procurement, and general corporate and commercial matters including advising on issues relating to nonperforming loans and other distressed assets. His practice in recent years has included representing telecommunications, entertainment software, and other high-technology companies with interests and transactions in mainland China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong as well as in Southeast Asia.

Marcus has extensive experience in the representation of major foreign companies on transactions involving business formations, joint ventures and business structurings, mergers and acquisitions, and infrastructure equipment procurement. He has particular experience in the area of wireless telecommunications and has advised on legal and regulatory issues governing licensing of spectrum and radio frequency transmission equipment, licensing, and transfer of technology and know-how.

Marcus is a member of the American Bar Association and the American Chamber of Commerce. Born in California, Marcus is fluent in English, Mandarin, and Cantonese.

Areas of Practice

• Intellectual Property
• Licensing & Technology Transactions
• Mergers & Acquisitions
• M&A
• Private Equity
• Buyouts
• Fund Formation
• Venture Capital - Investor
• Venture Capital - Issuer
• Airlines & Aviation
• Corporate Compliance Programs
• Privacy & Data Security

Representative Cases

• Acquisition of China Battery International
• Acquisition of the Remaining 50% of Haagen-Dazs Taiwan
• Formation of Home Media Group
• Joint Venture with Sinotrans Air
• Sale of Business Weekly
• Taiwan joint venture

West Practice Categories

Banking & Finance Law, Business & Commercial Law, Business Organizations, Business Successions, Closely Held Businesses, Copyrights, Corporate Governance, Directors' & Officers' Liability, Dissolution, Formation & Business Planning, Franchising, Intellectual Property Law, International Intellectual Property, Joint Ventures, Lending & Secured Transactions, Limited Liability Companies, Mergers, Acquisitions & Divestitures, Non-profit & Tax-exempt Organizations, Partnerships, Patents, Reorganizations, Shareholders' Rights, Technology Licensing, Trade Associations, Trade Dress, Trade Secrets, Trademarks, Venture Capital

Bar Admissions

• New Jersey
• New York, First Department

Education

• Indiana U - Bloomington (Main)

Published Works

• International Stock Plans: The Practioner's Guide to Exporting Employee Equity, Chapter on People's Replublic of China, Aspen Publishers, Inc.M., 2009
• Taiwanese Business Ligitagion Today: Global Business with Borderless Disputes, coauthor, Dispute Resolution Guide, Asialaw, 2008
• Traps for the unwary, China IP Focus 2008, 2008

Address

8th Floor
2 Tun Hwa South Road, Section 2
Taipei 106, Taiwan

Phones

886.2.7712.3223 / 86.10.5866.1191 (Beijing) (Business Phone)

Faxes

886.2.2704.6791 / 86.10.5866.1122 (Business Fax)

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