Legal

• Taiwan Focus: Resolving cross-strait investment disputes

  The Cross-Strait Investment Agreement provides investors with greater confidence, but Taiwan and China need to work on enforcement rules to ensure dispute resolution mechanisms function

  January 17, 2013

• Taiwan Focus: How to comply with the Personal Information Protection Act

  Taiwan's Personal Information Protection Act has left many companies unaware of their obligations to protect employee's personal information and how to establish their own personal information management system

  January 17, 2013

• Taiwan Focus: Amended Patent Act brings key changes

  Many of the amendments bring Taiwan's Patent Act in line with international practices and significantly improve patent enforcement rights

  January 17, 2013

• Taiwan Focus: Dismissing employees

  The Labour Standards Act sets out the minimum standards for terminating employees in Taiwan. With such rigid legislation, how can employees ensure they are complying with the Act?

  January 17, 2013

• Taiwan Focus: Gateway to investments in greater China

  Private equity and venture capital investors are seeing Taiwan as the key to entering the PRC, but PE firms have encountered difficulties with tender offers, calling for a more transparent review process and regulatory scheme

  January 17, 2013

• Taiwan Focus: Sourcing funds through IPOs

  Since relaxing the restrictions in 2008, Taiwan's capital markets have been inundated with IPOs, but foreign companies need to understand the proper restructuring arrangements before a formal application can be made

  January 17, 2013

• Taiwan Focus: M&A opportunities and challenges

  Simplified procedures and tax policies account for the growing M&A transactions in Taiwan. With high expectations for an increase in PRC capital and proposed amendments to M&A legislation, this trend is bound to continue, but what transaction structures do foreign investors need to comply with?

  January 17, 2013

• Taiwan Focus: Interview - facilitating cross-strait investments

  C Y Huang, Chairman of the Taiwan Mergers & Acquisitions and Private Equity Council (MAPE) spoke to David Tring about the Council's role in assisting cross-strait investments, the deals they have worked on and outlook for relations

  January 17, 2013

• Interview: An entrepreneur's guide to licensing

  Shanghai entrepreneur Sun Jian has over 20 years' experience in cartoon licensing. He shares his experiences on tackling infringement and trademark squatters with Eve Yao

  January 16, 2013

• Why Chinese companies need to understand US attorney-client privilege

  Chinese companies have yet to realise how attorney-client privilege could help their US litigation. As more Chinese companies go outbound, Jigang Jin explains how this powerful tool can minimise risk and save time and money

  January 16, 2013