David Tien
David Tien is an associate partner in Lee and Li's Corporate and Investment Department. His main practice focuses on mergers and acquisitions, venture financings, fund formation, corporate investments and food and healthcare law.
David has assisted private equity funds, venture capital funds and international and domestic companies in diversified cross-border mergers and acquisitions and start-up investments. David also handled many fund formation matters. In addition, David regularly advised food, cosmetics, healthcare, and pharmaceutical companies on all sorts of legal matters in relation to their business operations, which include the topics of product registration, product advertisement and labeling, unfair competition, consumer protection, labor, data protection, etc. David is experienced in cross-border dispute resolutions and global conglomerates' internal anti-corruption audit and investigation procedures.
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Taiwan Business Law: Corporate Formation, Financing, Branches, Employment, Contracts, Tax, Merger Control, Securities, Data Protection, Anti-Money Laundering and IP for UK Lawyers Advising Foreign Investors
Updated in October 2025
Introduction
Since the mid-twentieth century, Taiwan has stood among the ‘Asian Tigers’, sustaining a vibrant capitalist economy with a strong global footprint. The World Trade Statistical Review 2025 records Taiwan as the 16th largest exporter in world merchandise trade for 2024, while the IMD World Competitiveness Yearbook 2025 ranks it 6th worldwide. The government also provides a range of attractive incentives that enhance Taiwan’s business-friendly appeal. Supported by political stability and a dependable domestic market, deep expertise in both hardware and software engineering, a rich pool of high-calibre talent, mature infrastructure, and favourable investment legislation, Taiwan offers a compelling setting for enterprise. Positioned at the heart of the Asia Pacific, it serves as a strategic bridge to major economies including the US, China, Japan and Korea, along with emerging markets such as the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC). In June 2010, the People’s Republic of China (PRC) and Taiwan concluded the Economic Cooperation Framework Agreement (ECFA), further reinforcing Taiwan’s role as an appealing economic hub for international businesses. As a result, Taiwan is well placed to manufacture goods and deliver services for both domestic and global markets...
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