Stephen specializes in domestic and cross-border M&A transactions and competition law. He is also active in public policy reforms in various areas, such as M&A and corporate regulation, knowledge-based economy, corporate governance, telecom and media convergence, venture capital, limited partnerships, industrial holding companies, and investors' protection. He has been recognized as the world’s leading competition lawyers since 2012 by Who's Who Legal (The International Who's Who of Competition Lawyers & Economics) and also identified as a Market-Leading Lawyer in Asialaw Leading Lawyers for Competition & Antitrust since 2017. As the founding chairman of the Competition Law Committee of the Taipei Bar Association, a director of Taiwan Competition Law Institute, and a member of Fair Trade and Consumer Relation Committee of Chinese National Federation of Industries, he is also recommended as a Non-Governmental Advisor to the International Competition Network (ICN). With the support of a team with extensive knowledge and experience, he has successfully handled numerous antitrust filings, cartel investigation and unfair competition cases on behalf of domestic and international clients. He keeps abreast of the latest developments in global antitrust/competition laws and regularly contributes articles to many competition law publications.
Competition Law; Mergers & Acquisitions; Corporate Governance; Foreign Direct Investment; Telecom & Media; Real Estate; Dispute Resolution
Arbitrator, Arbitration Association of ROC
Director, Taiwan Competition Law Institute
Supervisor, Taiwan Corporate Governance Association
Lecturer for Judges Academy, Industrial Technology Research Institute College (ITRI), Chinese National Federation of Industries, Taiwan Corporate Governance Association, Corporate Operation Association, Taiwan Institute of Directors, Training Institute of Ministry of Finance, and Taiwan Academy of Banking and Finance.
Admitted to Taiwan Bar Association (1997)
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