Johnny (Chung-Wei) Liao specializes in white-collar criminal cases. He represents clients in matters involving the Anti-Corruption Act, Securities and Exchange Act, Banking Act, Securities Investment Trust and Consulting Act, Tax Collection Act, fraud, breach of trust, and violation of secrecy, among others. He regularly provides legal services for cross-border internal investigations and anti-corruption compliance for several overseas companies spanning the United States, Europe, Japan, and other regions.
Johnny’s expertise further extends to constitutional advocacy related to issues of criminal justice and human rights. He successfully handled the high-profile case heard by the Constitutional Court concerning the unconstitutional governmental search and seizure against a law firm (Constitutional Court Judgment No. 9 of 2023).
Johnny possesses extensive experience in high-value inheritance and family wealth succession cases. He successfully represented an heir defending the validity of the will of a business tycoon worth over US$800 million. His expertise also includes handling complex cross-border commercial litigation and arbitration, including: • Successfully representing multiple international banks in resolving financial disputes over various types of derivative products (e.g., TRF). • Successfully representing an esteemed engineering company in contract disputes related to the construction of a high-value arts and cultural center worth over US$350 million. • Successfully representing an insurance company against an investment bank in a transnational dispute over assets worth US$200 million. • Successfully representing a fast-food chain corporation in defending multiple local tort claims. • Successfully representing two major European automobile manufacturers in defending local product defect customer claims.
學歷
LL.M., Columbia Law School (2025)
LL.M., National Taipei University (2018)
LL.B., National Taipei University (2016)
專業領域
Civil Dispute Resolution; Arbitration, Criminal Dispute Representation and Defense; Construction Contracts; Family Business Succession Planning and Family Matters
