Current Employment Position(s)

Foreign Legal Advisor

Languages

• English

Lawyer Overview

Julie Chu has significant experience in general corporate, labor, tax, and trademark law. Her practice areas include: China investment; consultation on alternative set ups and joint venture structures; corporate and business registration; individual income tax returns for expatriates in Taiwan; foreign companies' subsidiary, branch, and representative office registrations in Taiwan; foreign investment applications (FIA); Taiwan trademark registration; and work permit and visa matters for expatriates in Taiwan.

Julie has advised telecommunications clients on joint ventures and regulatory matters such as international submarine cable leasing businesses and licensing issues as well as 3G regulations. In addition, she has represented:

• AT&T Wireless in winning two bids for cellular investments in Taiwan and with incorporation of the cellular company

• AT&T in forming an ISP services company in Taiwan

• Johnson Matthey Group's investment and incorporation in Taiwan (Hsin Chu Science park)

• New Balance in employment and labor issues in Taiwan

• Carnival Group's investment in a direct broadcast system project to win an uplink license

• Stone & Webster Group in corporate legal issues and tax-related matters

• New World Telecom in investment structuring, bandwidth resale, and company formation issues

• iAsiaWork in investing in Taiwan to set up a data center and to provide ISP services in Taiwan

• Concert Taiwan in corporate and ISP business-related matters

• Raritan Group in swapping its shares between U.S. and Taiwan companies

• Eastman Group in merging its existing Taiwan branch into another Taiwan branch of another affiliate company

• Cosmopolitan Company in share acquisition projects in Taiwan

• several financial institutions in forming asset management companies in Taiwan and

• Swagelok in a merger transfer project to transfer its subsidiary operations to a new branch office in Taiwan.

Julie has spoken on investing in Taiwan to accountants and foreign companies and on employment topics such a labor laws, work permits, and visa rules to accounting firms and human resource managers. She is fluent in English, Mandarin, and Taiwanese.

Areas of Practice

• Mergers & Acquisitions
• M&A

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

Address

6th Floor
2 Tun Hwa South Road, Section 2
Taipei 106, Taiwan

Phones

886.2.7712.3220 (Business Phone)

Faxes

886.2.2704.6791 (Business Fax)

Emails

Contact Us (Business Email)

Websites

http://www.jonesday.com