Articles
CRS: Key Lessons for Families and Wealth Managers from the Panama Papers
The Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development’s (“OECD”) new Common Reporting Standard (“CRS”) will allow over 100 governments to access the personal financial data of overseas account holders and owners of trusts and foundations. This article...
Bureaucrats From Over 100 Nations Cooperate to Collect and Share Private Family Financial Data
The Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development’s (“OECD”) new Common Reporting Standard (“CRS”) will allow over 100 governments to access the personal financial data of overseas account holders and owners of trusts and foundation. This article...
CRS: What Every Private Wealth Advisor Needs to Know About the Global CRS Regime
The Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development’s (“OECD”) new Common Reporting Standard (“CRS”) will allow over 100 governments to access the personal financial data of overseas accountholders and owners of trusts and foundations. This article...
Case Studies
Protecting Creditors
The bankruptcy trustee and counsel representing major creditors (US hedge funds) needed to preserve their claims in excess of US$100 million against a party in Taiwan seeking bankruptcy protection. We were appointed by the Delaware Bankruptcy Court to represent and...
Winning the Bid
An international telecommunications group made a “first call” to help develop a strategy to bid for both a national cellular operating license and a regional cellular license when the Taiwan telecommunications market opened to international players. We organized an 18...
Developing a World-Class Biodiversity Legal Framework
The Royal Government of Bhutan’s (“RGOB”) National Biodiversity Center (“NBC”) under the Ministry of Agriculture (“MOA”) made a “first call” to request help to build a world-class environmental legal infrastructure for Bhutan which would (i) deliver a concrete legal...
Cross-Border Acquisition of Industrial Equipment Manufacturer
A US-based industrial equipment manufacturer wished to increase its Asian manufacturing and sales capacity. The Taiwan target had world-class technology and manufacturing systems but was not sophisticated in completing and executing cross-border transactions. Our...
Cross-Border Acquisition of Security Services Company
A large European MNC needed to acquire a Taiwan target to serve its European customers. We helped the client evaluate a number of potential acquisition targets. Working closely with the client’s Asian offices and their legal and financial personnel in Europe, we...
International Criminal Antitrust Investigations
A publicly listed Asian company with regional and global operations was named as a defendant in multiple criminal antitrust price-fixing cartel actions in the US, Canada, the European Union, Japan and Korea. We assisted in the (i) selection of a team of international...
News
Dinner Event: China’s Ongoing Technological and Infrastructure Investments
How China’s Exponential Technological Disruption and Infrastructure Investment is Driving a Radical Transformation of the Future.
Taiwan Imposes VAT on Cross-Border E-Commerce Sales of Digital Services and Goods
Beginning May 1, 2017, foreign businesses selling digital content and services to consumers in Taiwan must register as tax entities, issue government invoices, and timely report and pay VAT. EXECUTIVE...
PRC Government Announces Deadline for Unified Business Certificate Application
The Chinese government recently announced plans to unify the current three corporate licenses (Business License, Organization Code Certificate and Tax Registration Certificate) into one Unified Business Certificate, in order to lessen the administrative burdens on...