Liao, Ian M.

Current Employment Position(s)

Associate

Languages

• English
• Mandarin
• Taiwanese

Lawyer Overview

Ian Liao's practice focuses on mergers and acquisitions, venture capital, and cross-border technology transactions. He has represented publicly held and private companies in mergers, asset acquisitions and divestitures, and equity purchase transactions. Ian has substantial experience advising venture capital funds in fund investment activities as well as advising high-tech companies, including start-up and pre-IPO stage companies, in fund-raising activities. He has also represented clients in intellectual property law issues, including technology licensing and enforcement.

Ian is a member of the State Bar of California.

Areas of Practice

• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Private Equity
• Intellectual Property
• M&A
• Buyouts
• Licensing & Technology Transactions
• Fund Formation
• Venture Capital - Investor
• Venture Capital - Issuer

Representative Cases

• Avxing completes private placement of preferred stock , (2009)
• Banian Technology places shares with IDG Technology
• Epistar settles favorably in patent infringement case involving LEDs
• Everlight Electronics negotiates patent licensing agreement with Osram GmbH for LED technology
• Feiya Technology acquires Silicon Motion
• General Mills acquires remaining 50% of Haagen-Dazs Taiwan
• HannStar Display completes a Rule 144A and Regulation S offering for $260 million of Global Depository Shares
• HannStar Display issues $250 million of Zero Coupon Convertible Bonds in Rule 144A and Regulation S offering
• HannStar issues $140 million of Zero Coupon Convertible Bonds in a Regulation S offering
• HannStar issues $301 million of Global Depositary Shares in a Rule 144A and Regulation S offering
• iSoftStone Holdings issues $33 million Convertible Note in a private placement
• James Jin sells Business Weekly Publishing to Tom.com
• Jan, Hung-Tze forms Home Media Group Limited
• Microlife completes a Regulation S offering of convertible bonds
• Micron Technology forms MeiYa Technology Corporation, a joint venture with Nanya Technology Corporation , (2009)
• Natural Beauty Bio-Technology completes IPO for $35 million of Ordinary Shares
• NVIDIA acquires ULi Electronics
• Softbank Asia invests in Alchip Technologies
• Sysware sells Kimo.com, Taiwan's No. 1 website, to Yahoo!
• Taiwan Special Opportunities Fund invests in Inapac Technology
• Timken signs agreement to sell needle roller bearings business to JTEKT , (2009)
• Uni-President Enterprises acquires interest in Kuang Chuan Group
• Walden International HK acquires Series C Preferred Shares , (2009)
• Walden International invests in Anyka Cayman
• YFY Group invests in Neutron Innovation

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

• California

Education

• Baylor University

Address

32nd Floor, China World Office 1
No.1 Jianguomenwai Avenue
Beijing 100004, China

Phones

86.10.5866.1219 (Business Phone)

Faxes

86.10.5866.1122 (Business Fax)

Emails

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Websites

http://www.jonesday.com