Chen, Thomas T.M.

Current Employment Position(s)

Partner

Languages

• English
• Mandarin
• Taiwanese

Lawyer Overview

Tommy Chen has extensive experience in mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, private equity, venture capital, securities, IPOs, and other corporate and commercial matters, including restructurings and reorganizations and technology licensing and transfer. He has advised companies in a wide variety of industrial sectors, including automotive, hi-tech, pharmaceuticals, chemicals, energy, media and telecommunications, transportation, banking and insurance, construction, consumer products, and multilevel distribution.

Tommy has led several complex M&A deals, many of which were the first of their kind in Taiwan, including the restructuring of Yulon Motor, the share swap between UTAC and UTC, the joint establishment of WPI Holdings, and InterVideo's merger with Ulead. His experience also includes Taiwan antitrust and competition matters, and he teaches a course at a local university on fair trade law. In addition, he has been involved in a number of significant investment projects in China for Taiwan companies. He also has assisted many multinational companies with their projects in the Greater China region and has advised them on a wide range of regulatory compliance issues, such as foreign direct investment, labor and employment law, environmental regulations, and corporate governance matters.

Tommy is frequently invited to speak at seminars and workshops, and has written a number of articles as well, on M&A and corporate governance issues in Taiwan. He is a member of New York State Bar Association and has worked in the Firm's Los Angeles and Shanghai offices.

Areas of Practice

• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Intellectual Property
• M&A
• Joint Ventures & Strategic Alliances
• Licensing & Technology Transactions

Representative Cases

• BenQ Corp
• Capxon completes IPO of HK $200 million of Equity Shares on Main Board of Hong Kong Stock Exchange, underwritten by Mega Capital (Asia) Company Limited
• China Development Financial acquires Taiwan International Securities
• General Electric acquires Kampro Technology
• Lite-On Technology Corp acquires Perlos Corporation
• Micron Technology enters into joint venture with Nanya Technology relating to Inotera Memories
• Sysware sells Kimo.com, Taiwan's No. 1 website, to Yahoo!
• Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. acquires Worldwide Semiconductor Manufacturing Corp. for $6.4 billion
• Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. merges with TSMC-Acer Manufacturing
• Tatung Company enters into $238 asset swap agreement for stake in Elitegroup Computer Systems Co
• Trendchip Technologies merges with Ralink Technology for $165.4 million
• United Test and Assembly Center merge with UltraTera
• Yulon Group restructures and forms joint venture with Nissan Motor

West Practice Categories

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, 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

Bar Admissions

• New York

Education

• Boston University
• Nat'l Taiwan U - Taipei

Address

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

Phones

886.2.7712.3208 (Business Phone)

Faxes

886.2.2704.6791 (Business Fax)

Emails

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Websites

http://www.jonesday.com