Languages

• Cantonese
• Chinese
• English
• Fukienese
• Japanese
• Mandarin
• Taiwanese

Areas of Practice

• Airlines & Aviation
• Alternative Dispute Resolution & Mediation
• Banking & Finance
• Buyouts
• Capital Markets
• Construction
• Construction Litigation
• Consumer Products & Retail
• Copyrights & Trademarks
• Corporate Compliance Programs
• Financial Services
• Fund Formation
• Hospitality
• Intellectual Property
• International Litigation & Arbitration
• ITC Section 337
• Joint Ventures & Strategic Alliances
• Licensing & Technology Transactions
• M&A
• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Mergers & Acquisitions/Tax
• Outsourcing
• Patent Litigation
• Privacy & Data Security
• Private Equity
• Product Response Team
• Project Finance
• Real Estate
• Real Estate Capital Markets
• Tax
• Telecommunications
• Trial Practice
• Venture Capital - Investor
• Venture Capital - Issuer

Representative Cases

• Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd v. HannStar Display, Inc., HannSpree Inc., Hannspree California Inc., 2:06-CV-190 (E.D. Tex. 2006) (TJW)
• United States International Trade Commission Investigation No. 337-TA-654 , (2008)
• Lumileds Lighting, U.S., LLC v. Epistar Corp.
• Positive Technologies v. BenQ America et al., Civil Action No. 2:07-cv-00067-TJW (U.S. District Court, E.D. Texas)
• Semiconductor Energy Laboratory v. Chi Mei Optoelectronics et al (U.S. District Court, N.D. Cal.)
• 90-Tzi-Tzi-186 (Taipei District Court, Taiwan Aug. 5, 2002)
• Acquisition of a controlling interest in Jih Sun Financial Holding Co. , (2009)
• Acquisition of China Battery International
• Acquisition of common shares
• Acquisition of Huarong NPL Portfolio
• Acquisition of interest in Kuang Chuan Group
• Acquisition of Jih Sun Financial
• Acquisition of Kampro Technology
• Acquisition of LNG Import Terminal Interest
• Acquisition of National Semiconductor's Advanced PC Business
• Acquisition of NPL and ROPOA Portfolios in the Philippines
• Acquisition of Perlos Corporation
• Acquisition of Ranbaxy Laboratories
• Acquisition of Series C Preferred Shares
• Acquisition of Series C Preferred Shares
• Acquisition of series C preferred stock
• Acquisition of Silicon Motion
• Acquisition of the Remaining 50% of Haagen-Dazs Taiwan
• Acquisition of the Taiwanese life insurance unit of ING
• Acquisition of ULi Electronics
• Acquisition of Universal Furniture
• Acquisition of Worldwide Semiconductor Manufacturing Corp.
• Alliance with SingTel
• Amending the Taiwan Constitution
• Asset Swap With Elitegroup
• Bank of Overseas Chinese NPL acquisition
• Breach of Fiduciary Duty Action
• Breach-of-Contract Action
• Building Disaster Relief
• Building Dispute
• Construction Litigation
• Convertible Bond Offering by Shin Kong Financial Holding Co., Ltd.
• Copyright Enforcement
• Corruption Charges
• Cosmos Bank NPL acquisition
• Criminal Allegations
• Criminal Fraud Allegations
• Divestiture of Interest in Chinfon-Manulife Insurance Joint Venture
• Entie Commercial Bank NPL acquisition
• First Commercial Bank of Taiwan NPL Acquisition
• Formation of Home Media Group
• Fund Formation and Private Placement
• Fund Formation and Private Placement
• Global Depositary Shares Offering
• Initial Public Offering
• Initial Public Offering by Accuray, Inc.
• Insider Trading Allegations
• Issuance of Shares by Alchip Technologies Limited
• Issuance of Shares by Anyka Cayman Corporation
• Issuance of Shares by Neutron Innovation (BVI) Limited
• Joint Venture
• Joint Venture with Level 3 Communications
• Joint Venture with Oak Technology
• Liability Claim
• Licensing Agreement
• Merger with TSMC-Acer Manufacturing
• Merger with U.S. company
• Merger with UltraTera
• Offering of convertible bonds under Regulation S
• Patent and Trade Secret Representation
• Private Placement
• Private Placement
• Private Placement by Accelent Microsystems, Inc.
• Private Placement by PowerBridge Technology Co., Ltd.
• Regulation S Offering
• Regulation S Offering
• Regulation S Offering by Ya Hsin Industrial Corporation
• Representation
• Restructuring and New Joint Venture with Nissan Motor
• Rule 144A and Regulation S Global Depository Shares Offering
• Rule 144A and Regulation S Offering
• Sale of Business Weekly
• Sale of common shares
• Sale of Kimo.com
• Sale of series A and series B preferred stock
• Securitization
• Securitization
• Securitization
• Shareholders' Dispute
• Spin-off
• Taipei 101 – Taipei Financial Center.
• Taiwan acquisition
• Taiwan High Speed Rail Project
• Taiwan joint venture
• Taiwan Sale/Leaseback
• Technology Licensing
• Trademark Infringement Lawsuit
• Venture Capital Fund

West Practice Categories

Banking & Finance Law, Bankruptcy Litigation, Business & Commercial Law, Business Organizations, Business Successions, Class Actions, Closely Held Businesses, Commercial Banks, Commercial Leasing, Commercial Leasing, Commercial Real Estate, Complex Litigation, Condemnation, Condominiums & Cooperatives, Contracts, Conveyancing, Copyrights, Corporate Governance, Corporate Taxation, Credit Unions, Debtor/Creditor, Directors' & Officers' Liability, Dissolution, Eminent Domain, Estate & Gift Taxation, Excise Taxes, Federal Appellate Practice, Federal Claims Court, Federal Trial Practice, Formation & Business Planning, Franchising, Income Taxation, Intellectual Property Law, International Banking, International Intellectual Property, International Taxation, International Trade Litigation, Joint Ventures, Land Use & Zoning, Landlord/Tenant, Lending & Secured Transactions, Limited Liability Companies, Litigation & Appeals, Loan Workouts, Mergers, Acquisitions & Divestitures, Military & Veterans Appeals, Mortgages & Foreclosures, Mortgages & Foreclosures, Multidistrict Litigation, Non-profit & Tax-exempt Organizations, Partnerships, Patent Litigation, Patents, Payroll Taxes, Property (Ad Valorem) Taxes, Public Finance, Real Estate Law, Reorganizations, Residential Real Estate, Sales & Use Taxes, Savings & Thrifts, Shareholders' Rights, State & Municipal Bonds & Financing, State Appellate Practice, State Trial Practice, Tax Litigation, Taxation Law, Technology Licensing, Title Insurance, Trade Associations, Trade Dress, Trade Secrets, Trademarks, US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, US Supreme Court, Venture Capital