Tony Hsu - Significant Recent Transactions

Litigation:

  • Represented global logistics company in civil and criminal actions against its former general manager and financial director to recover misappropriated funds, including freezing personal assets.
  • Represented a leading global provider of visual display products as the plaintiff against the Customs Office concerning a Customs dispute in the Taiwan Administrative Litigation process and successfully obtained favorable ruling to revoke the over US $300,000 in customs levied by the Customs Office.
  • Represented directors of a multinational company accused of improperly profiting over US$17 million from insider trading
  • Represented US-based photographic equipment importer in a fraud case, resulting in the indictment of the fraudster and recovery of over US$1 million
  • Defend multinational bicycle components manufacturer in an unfair competition action at the Taiwan Fair Trade Commission
  • Represent renowned Taiwan architect in  a dispute with the Taipei City Government over the procurement and bidding process to design and build the Taipei Super Dome, resulting in a decision to cancel the previous bid and hold a new bid
  • Represent multinational digital camera manufacturer in a product defect dispute at the Taiwan Consumer Protection Commission, reaching a comprehensive settlement with consumers

Arbitration:

  • Represent Environmental Protection Administration against foreign bidder
  • Represented a seven-star hotel management team in its arbitration against a Taiwanese hotel in two cases before the Taichung and Taipei Arbitration Associations
  • Served as Arbitrator for numerous patent disputes

Employment Litigation and Advice:

  • Represent global logistics company in civil and criminal actions against its former general manager and financial director to recover misappropriated funds, including freezing personal assets.
  • Represent multi-national manufacturer of athletic footwear in civil and criminal sanctions against former general managers in Taiwan and China for recovery of kickbacks and embezzled funds.
  • Represent global photographic imaging company in labor mediation with dismissed employees
  • Advice worldwide leader in silicon timing devices on civil and criminal sanctions against its former general manager for fraudulent accounting practices, personal income tax evasion and severance benefit disputes.
  • Advise on mass layoff, termination and severance issues related to closure of local operations of global photographic imaging company.
  • Represent Taiwan branch of a U.S. public company in litigation brought by a disgruntled employee for disputed severance benefits.
  • Represent multi-national company in actions against employees for breach of non-competition and confidentiality covenants.
  • Advise on labor manuals, employment practices, mass layoff and severance issues and employment law compliance for numerous multinational companies with Taiwan operations
  • Advise numerous multinational companies on adapting their internarional labor practices to company with local labor laws and practices.
  • Review target companies' labor practices for legal compliance in connection with due diligence for investment or acquisition transactions.

Intellectual Property/ Anticounterfeiting:

  • Represented a US bicycle brake systems manufacturer against a Taiwan company which infringed on the client’s drawing and design.
  • Represent multinational bicycle components manufacturer in US $6 million worth of civil, criminal and trademark invalidation claims against counterfeiter of bicycle parts.
  • Claims related to civil and criminal trademark infringement brought by a top-tier microprocessor manufacturer

Corporate and Commercial Transactions:

  • Advised major European bank on issues related to non-performing loans and reorganization proceedings
  • Litigation arising from shareholder meeting disputes
  • Revocation litigation arising from resolutions passed at shareholders’ meetings contrary to Taiwan Company Law or the listed company’s Articles of Incorporation
  • Corporate registration matters
  • Changes of shareholders and directors
  • Transfers of shares with municipal governments
  • Obtaining government approval for Foreign Investment Applications by multinational corporations, including major franchises and chain stores
  • Review joint venture and technology cooperation agreements
  • Employment matters including obtaining work permits and residency rights for multinational management transferees
  • Review target companies labor policies for legal compliance in connection with due diligence for investment or acquisition transactions.

Family Law and Estate Succession Matters:

  • Advise Australian law firm on Taiwan legal, real estate and corporate issues in connection with a high profile cross-border divorce case.
  • Domestic, cross-border and cross-straits divorce proceedings, custody and adoption issues and division of assets
  • Disputes involving overseas heirs’ vis-à-vis domestic heirs’ involving rights to inherited assets in Taiwan and related tax issues, real property division issues and allocation of mortgage payments

Maritime Matters:

  • Bill of Lading disputes and cargo damage claims between international shipping companies, freight forwarders, container terminal operators and cargo owners
  • Represented TT Club Mutual Insurance, Ltd., the provider of insurance and risk management services to over 70% of the world’s cargo shipping fleet, in claims from freight forwarders and container terminal operators arising under Taiwan policy coverage