Mergers and Acquisitions - Non-Financial Institutions
Introduction
Our Experiences
Our M&A Practice Group has assisted clients in structuring and implementing all types of mergers and acquisitions covering a wide range of industries over the past decades. We have handled extremely challenging M&A transactions and have achieved pivotal milestones to the development of the domestic industries and the legal environment. We are experienced in assisting clients in investing in listed and unlisted companies, assets acquisitions, group restructurings, foreign investments in critical industries in Taiwan and post-investment management and disposal of investments. Our team members are highly experienced, proficient and trusted by our clients.
Our Teams
With over 100 professionals in our M&A Practice Group, we cover all aspects of M&A transactions, including M&A, securities, labor, tax, competition law, and so on. Our services encompasses regulatory consultation, transaction structure design, legal due diligence, contracts drafting, negotiation and implementation. We are dedicated to providing professional and efficient M&A legal services to our clients.
Our Expertises
Lee and Li's M&A Practice Group excels in various fields, including financial services, energy, electronics, software, telecommunications, retail, food and medical, chemistry, e-commerce, AI, manufacturers, real estate and others. We gather experts from different professions to stay abreast of the latest development in different industries so as to provide our clients with instant, current and efficient assistance. Our M&A Practice Group often exchange comments on policies and regulations with government agencies and maintain strong connections with relevant authorities to provide prompt services to our clients.
Scope of Services
- Structuring and implementing domestic and multinational M&A transactions
- Privatization of TWSE/TPEx listed companies
- Mergers and acquisitions of unlisted companies
- Acquisitions and disposals of assets and businesses
- Reorganization of domestic and multinational companies
- Legal due diligence
- Joint venture formation and operation
- Applications for governmental approvals for M&A transactions
- Legal consultation on M&A related investment, securities, tax, competition law and labor law
Awards and Honors
- IFLR – Deal of the Year (2020) – Private Equity – KKR's Acquisition of LCY Chemical Corp.
- Asialaw Profiles – Outstanding Firm - Corporate and M&A
- Impact Deal of the Year (2022) - the Ørsted Group's divestment of an offshore wind farm in Taiwan
- Legal 500 Asia Pacific – Tier 1 Firm for Corporate and M&A in Taiwan
- Bloomberg – Ranked First in Taiwan for M&A League Tables
- Chambers and Partners – Band 1 for Corporate/M&A
- Asian Legal Business – Tier One M&A Firm for Taiwan
- Taiwan M&A and Private Equity Council (MAPECT) Awards -
- M&A Deal of the Year (2023):
- Sale of consumer banking business by Citibank Taiwan to DBS
- Qisda's investment in Norbel Baby
- M&A Deal of the Year (2022):
- Glamor Vision's privatization of Ginko International
- Bora Pharmaceuticals' acquisition of TWi Pharmaceuticals
- M&A Deal of the Year (2021):
- Epistar's and Lextar's joint venture in Ennostar Inc.
- Acquisition of 605 MW Greater Changhua 1 Offshore Wind Farm from Ørsted by Cathay PE and CDPQ
- Mittelstand Enterprise M&A Award (2021):
- BlackRock's acquisition of New Green Power
- M&A Deal of the Year (2020):
- KIOXIA's acquisition of SSD business of Lite-On Semiconductor
- M&A Deal of the Year and Most Influential M&A Award (2019)
- KKR's acquisition of LCY Chemical Corp.
- Most Creative M&A Award (2019):
- CDIB Capital Group's acquisition of Jintex
- M&A Deal of the Year (2023):
Milestone Cases
- Acquisition / privatization of China Life by China Development Financial
- Gogoro Inc.'s IPO on Nasdaq through de-SPAC
- Acquisition of 45% minority stake of Costco Taiwan by Costco Group
- Sale of 50% stake of the 605 MW Greater Changhua 1 Offshore Wind Farm by Ørsted
- Acquisition / privatization of Ginko International by Baring Private Equity Asia
- Acquisition / privatization of Yungtay Engineering by Hitachi
- Sale of consumer banking business by Citibank Taiwan Limited
- Acquisition of Cigna Taiwan Life Insurance by Chubb
- Acquisition of 25% stake in 595MW Changfang and Xidao Offshore Wind Farms by Global Power Synergy Public Company
- Perfect Corp.'s IPO on NYSE through de-SPAC merger with Provident Capital Group
- Acquisition of Casetek by Pegatron
- Sale / privatization of On-Bright
- Acquisition / privatization of Taiwan Liposome by PAG
- Joint share swap by Lextar and Epistar
- Acquisition of New Green Power by BlackRock
- Sale of Taiwan Prudential Life Insurance by Prudential International Insurance
- Acquisition of SSD business of Lite-On Semiconductor by Kioxia
- Sale of Chenya Energy by I Squared Capital
- Sale of Wellcome Taiwan by Dairy Farm
- Acquisition of PizzaVest by Domino's Pizza