Sun, Sonia

Current Employment Position(s)

Associate

Languages

• English
• Mandarin
• Taiwanese

Lawyer Overview

Sonia Sun has practiced law in Taiwan and in the United States, primarily in the areas of general corporate, mergers and acquisitions, and capital markets. Her current practice in Taiwan includes cross-border mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, capital market offerings, and other corporate transactions. Sonia has advised multinational corporations, private equity funds, and companies based in North America and Europe on their joint ventures, mergers, and acquisitions in Taiwan. She also has represented Taiwan companies in joint ventures and acquisitions in China and Korea. In addition, Sonia has represented a private equity investor and several Taiwan-based issuers in offshore convertible bond offerings.

Before joining Jones Day, Sonia practiced in Atlanta, Georgia in the U.S. for two and a half years. During this time she handled matters relating to public securities, mergers and acquisitions, and financial institutions and developed a solid background in the U.S. securities laws and banking regulatory system.

Sonia was born in Taipei and is a member of the New York State Bar Association.

Areas of Practice

• Mergers & Acquisitions
• M&A

Representative Cases

• Fubon Acquires Taiwan Life Unit from ING for $600 million
• Macquarie Securities underwrites $300 million of GDRs in a Rule 144A and Regulation S offering by Epistar

West Practice Categories

Business Organizations, Business Successions, Closely Held Businesses, Corporate Governance, Directors' & Officers' Liability, Dissolution, Formation & Business Planning, Franchising, Joint Ventures, Limited Liability Companies, Mergers, Acquisitions & Divestitures, Non-profit & Tax-exempt Organizations, Partnerships, Reorganizations, Shareholders' Rights, Trade Associations

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

886.2.7712.3243 (Business Phone)

Faxes

886.2.2704.6791 (Business Fax)

Emails

Contact Us (Business Email)

Websites

http://www.jonesday.com