Alvin Chen works at Lee and Li’s Corporate and Investment Department. Alvin regularly assists clients in matters related to corporate investments, M&A transactions, securities, taxation/international taxation, trust/overseas trust, family succession/cross-border succession, foreign inheritance of Taiwan assets, and international trade law.
He has handled various cases, including cross-border reorganizations of a France-based shipping giant, foreign investments in Taiwan high-tech and leisure industries, joint ventures and commercial litigations, holding structure design of exchange-listed family businesses, assets division of a family-owned business conglomerate, will and estate tax disputes of the chairman of a world-famous airline, trust establishment and taxation of overseas trust, application for tax benefits under tax treaties, import goods classifications and customs duties disputes, income tax and withholding issues for foreign individuals and companies, foreign inheritance of Taiwan assets, prenuptial agreement between a Taiwan individual and the foreign spouse, etc. Alvin has also handled many trade remedy cases, including the anti-dumping and anti-subsidy investigations launched respectively by the U.S., the European Union, India, Brazil, Turkey, Thailand, and Malaysia, with excellent results
New York University (LL.M. in International Taxation, 2012)
Columbia University (LL.M., 2011)
National Taiwan University (LL.M. in Financial and Taxation Laws, 2008)
National Taiwan University (Double Major in Law and Accounting, 2001)
Corporate and Investment: Securities Transaction; Mergers and Acquisitions; Tax; Family Heritage Plan and Family Affairs: Succession/Trust; International Trade
Law Clerk to Justice, Judicial Yuan
Associate, Reason Law Office
Legal Associate, Taiwan Stock Exchange
New York Bar Association
Taipei Bar Association
Mandarin, English, Taiwanese Hokkien
Ranked No.1 in Taiwan Government Sponsorship Scholarship for Overseas Study in Financial and Economic Laws - Corporate Mergers and Acquisitions | The Ministry of Education |
Awarded Honorary Membership of the Phi Tau Phi Scholastic Honor Society | The Phi Tau Phi Scholastic Honor Society of the Republic of China |
2024 |
Taiwan Ministry of Finance (MOF) issued new tax ruling on trustee's obligations and procedures to report CFC trust income
LEXOLOGY |
2023 |
Lexology Panoramic: Transfer Pricing 2024 | Taiwan Lexology Panoramic: Transfer Pricing 2024 |
2023 |
Legislative Yuan Passed Articles 10-2 of the Statute for Industrial Innovation (Taiwan Chips Act)
LEXOLOGY |
2023 |
Legislative Yuan Passed Articles 10-2 of the Statute for Industrial Innovation (Taiwan Chips Act)
LEE & LI Bulletin -February 2023 |
2023 |
The MOF Released the Reference List of Low-Tax Burden Countries or Jurisdictions as Defined in the Taiwan CFC Rules
LEE & LI Bulletin -December 2022 |
2023 |
The MOF Released the Reference List of Low-Tax Burden Countries or Jurisdictions as Defined in the Taiwan CFC Rules
LEXOLOGY |
2019 |
Problems and Solutions for Family Business Successions Industry Magazine |
2018 |
Taiwan's Response to the Global CRS Trend International Fiscal Association Asia-Pacific Tax Conference |
2017 |
An Introduction to the OECD CRS Developments and the Measures Taken by Taiwan Tax Journal |
2016 |
Exceptions Should be Made to Passive Income Concept for the Recognition of Substantial Business Activities under the CFC Rules Tax Journal |
2015 |
An Introduction to the 2015 Legislation and Amendment on the U.S. Anti-dumping and Anti-subsidy Laws Trade Policy Review |
More |
2020 |
The Most Important Legal Issues in Family Business Succession New Taipei City Industrial Association |
2019 |
Seminar on the Legal Issues and Practices for the Repatriation of Overseas Capital to Taiwan Lee and Li, Attorneys-at-Law |
2019 |
Tender Offer under the Securities Exchange Act and the Taxation on Securities Transactions Ministry of Finance |
2019 |
Lecture on U.S. Anti-dumping, Anti-avoidance, and Enforce and Protect Act (EAPA) Investigations Chinese National Federation of Industries |
2018 |
How to Respond to U.S. Trade Remedy Investigations - Taking the Anti-dumping Investigation and Safeguard Measures on Solar Cells and Modules as an Example Chinese National Federation of Industries |