Team

Annie Liao

  • Attorney-at-Law in Taiwan, Republic of China
  • Member of the Taiwan FinTech Industry Development Association
  • Member of the Governance Professionals Institute of Taiwan

  • EMBA., National Taiwan University
  • LL.B., National Taiwan University
 

Areas of Expertise

  • Annie Liao specializes in cross-border investment and M&A transactions, commercial real estate transactions and hotel management, financial and securities law, capital market, venture capital, bank syndication loans, sharing economy, start-up law, tax law and tax law litigation.
 
  • She has acted as counsel to multiple mergers and acquisitions, and cross-border investment deals for various financial institutions and enterprises. She has also represented many onshore and offshore investors and venture capitalists in their investment in start-ups. She assists a wide range of central commercial real estate transactions, development of hotels/shopping malls/retail department stores, grand integrated residential housing developments, and bank syndication loans. She is legal counsel to many publicly listed companies.
  • Represented Shin Kong No.1 REIT in the sale of a total of six large commercial real estate properties, with a combined total sales amount of NT$3.069 billion.
  • Represented a Danish publicly listed company in the acquisition of the Taiwan entity of a global boutique brand.
  • Represented a KY-listed company in the acquisition of a domestic enterprise.
  • Recently represented multiple foreign companies to apply for IPO and F companies to apply for SPO.
  • Represented a U.S. company in the acquisition of a Taiwan-based fintech startup company.
  • Recently represented a client in acquiring shares in a Taiwan publicly listed company and negotiated a bank syndication loan agreement. This case was awarded “2019 Most Creative M&A” by the Taiwan Mergers & Acquisitions and Private Equity Council (MAPECT).
  • Recently represented a Taiwan publicly listed company in its acquisition of a Thailand company, a Vietnam company, and on various investment deals by foreign investors to acquire Taiwan companies.
  • Recently represented foreign and Taiwan companies to participate in commercial real estate, shopping mall, hotel, grand integrated residential housing developments and transactions.
  • Recently represented foreign and PRC invested companies to establish companies in Taiwan and issue legal opinions regarding their acquisition targets or public listings.
  • Represented PRC investors to establish Taiwan branches through investment by entities incorporated in third areas.
  • Advised in offshore wind power, solar power, aquaculture, and geothermal renewable energy projects

Publications

  • Essential Legal Knowledge for Startups (2024-04-27, Essential Financial Camp for Micro-entrepreneurs co-organized by the Pingtung County Government Labor and Youth Development Office)
  • The indispensable legal knowledge for startups (2024-01-06, Essential Financial Camp for Micro-entrepreneurs)
  • Lexology GTDT - Real Estate 2024 - Taiwan
  • "FIDIC International Engineering Contract Template, Renewable Energy CPPA Transaction Contracts, and Case Analysis of Engineering Arbitration Practice" (December 13, 2023, Offshore Wind International Engineering Contract Professional Practice Training Program, 3rd Session).
  • "FIDIC International Engineering Contract Template, Renewable Energy CPPA Transaction Contracts, and Case Analysis of Engineering Arbitration Practice" (March 20, 2023, Offshore Wind International Engineering Contract Professional Practice Training Program, 2nd Session).
  • "Compliance Supervision and Legal Risks in Offshore Wind Project Investments: Explanations and Case Sharing" (March 9, 2023, Key Issues Seminar on Third-Stage Offshore Wind Power).
  • "The First Lesson in Corporate Mergers and Acquisitions: The Significance of Mergers and Acquisitions" (July 20, 2022, 2022 Investment Enhancement for Small and Medium Enterprises by the Small and Medium Enterprise Administration, Ministry of Economic Affairs).
  • "Sharing of the FIDIC International Engineering Contract Template and Engineering Arbitration Case Practice" (July 19, 2022, Legal Lecture of Offshore Wind International Engineering Contract Professional Training and Certification Course).
  • "Practical Discussion on Renewable Energy CPPA Transaction Contracts" (July 13, 2022, Analysis of Solar-Fishing Coexistence Case Development and Risk Management Seminar).
  • “Key Points to Zonal Development in Taiwan Offshore Windfarms III Phase” (30 November 2021). LCS Newsletter
  • “Legal risk issues in the selection of zonal developers during Taiwan’s offshore windfarms III phase” (Seminar on Offshore Windfarm III Phase Zonal Development and Taiwan Industry Chain Development, 26 October 2021).
  • “Offshore Windfarm Engineering Practice and FIDIC Contracts” (15 April 2021). LCS Newsletter
  • “Introduction to Fintech Regulations” (for a financial audit course of the Taiwan Academy of Banking and Finance held on March 18, May 24, August 23,and August 31, 2021)
  • “Introduction to FIDIC contracts and arbitration practice in engineering”, lecture at Chinese Construction Industry Arbitration Association (16 January 2021)
  • ”Introduction to FinTech law”, Chunghwa Post Fintech and Marketing Talent Training Course (18 November 2020)
  • “Analysis of Open Data Law” (expected to be published in LCS Elites Series, 2020)
  • “How to Pre-Empt Overseas Investment Disputes” (expected to be published in LCS Elites Series, 2020)
  • “Start-Ups Booming in Taiwan Following Amended Company Act” (Storm Media, 21 April 2020)
  • “Coping Risks of Hidden Rent Increase in Superficies Bids” (Storm Media, 29 December 2019)
  • “Must-Have Agreements for Entrepreneurship” (Start-Up Training by NTPC-AWS Joint Innovation Center, 27 November 2019)