LCS is founded upon its leading mergers and acquisitions practice. Our M&A work in the region has received numerous awards. Our M&A practice is an integrated, interdisciplinary practice which includes top experts in corporate finance, competition, foreign investment and China investment compliance, employment, tax and intellectual property.

LCS has consistently been recognized as a leader in mergers and acquisitions in Taiwan by trade publications and directories such as Bloomberg, Asia Pacific Legal 500, Mergermarket, International Financial Law Review, Asian Legal Business, and Global Competition Review, among others. LCS has consistently been ranked by Bloomberg as among the top law firms in Taiwan for M&A deals since 2000.

LCS has advised on a large cross section of Taiwan’s largest and most sophisticated M&A transactions in the past several years, many of which have since been considered landmark M&A transactions. The strength of our M&A practice and our reputation has allowed us to recruit the top graduates and attorneys in the region who have the ability and the passion to be top notch M&A attorneys and negotiators. As a result of carefully training, cultivation and building from our core practice, we believe that we field the largest and strongest M&A team in Taipei. Our M&A attorneys are proficient in Chinese and English and are able to handle and negotiate the most complex control stake and buyout transactions in either language.

	General legal advice and feasibility studies in regard to all forms of M&A transactions, including merger, share/asset acquisition, tender offer, spin-off and share swap, joint venture and leveraged buy out
	Pre-transaction structuring
	Strategic legal advice for management and key stakeholders
	Legal due diligence, including management of overseas due diligence efforts
	Preparation, review and negotiation of transaction agreements in Chinese and English
	Advising clients participating in public and private bids and auctions
	Assistance with the filing for necessary government approvals, including foreign investment, fair trade/ anti-trust, stock exchange, central bank and financial supervisory commission approvals
	Advising clients in friendly and non-friendly tender offers
	Coordination and assistance with all aspects of an M&A transaction