Teresa Yu-Ting Huang
Partner
Teresa Huang is a partner at Lee, Tsai and Partners Attorneys-at-Law and has worked for around 15 years in advising Taiwan, Mainland China and multinational clients, Ms. Huang has substantial experience in corporate and M&A transactions, and she has represented many well-known foreign and domestic corporations in their investment projects in the greater China area. Ms. Huang also advises many publicly listed companies on a wide variety of legal matters, including medical and pharmaceutical law, fintech law, and labor law.
Ms. Huang is a member of the Commercial Law Committee and the Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Committee of the Taipei Bar Association; as well as a supervisor of the Taiwan FinTech Association.
Ms. Huang received her LL.B. and LL.M. from National Taiwan University and an LL.M. from Harvard Law School.
PREVIOUS PROJECTS AND CASES
- Investment and Mergers & Acquisitions
- Advising a well-known financial group on various legal issues with respect to due diligence, M&A laws, securities laws and corporate law issues
- Advising a European water and waste processing company on investment and company incorporation matters, government procurement projects, M&A laws and corporate law issues
- Advising a national investment company on due diligence, M&A laws, and corporate law issues
- Biotechnology and Medicine
- Advising a listed US medical device company on pharmaceutical law issues
- Advising a listed Taiwan pharmaceutical company on legal issues relating to sales of pharmaceutical products
- Advising a foreign company group listed in Taiwan on legal matters involving medical devices, medical institution, cell therapy and investments
- Litigation Dispute and Arbitration
- Represented a furniture manufacturer in ICC arbitration in Hong Kong regarding an investment dispute
- Represented a government agency in litigation in relation to a dispute arising from the management and operation contract of a major stadium.
- Assisting a well-known multi-level marketing company in its domain name dispute resolution procedure
- Other Legal Advice
- Advising various foreign companies listed in Taiwan on listing and OTC compliance law issues
- Advising various well-known companies on legal issues with respect to personal data protection
- Advising various startups and technology companies in cryptocurrency-related businesses and drafting relevant contracts
- Advising a well-known online financial news media company, a U.S. electronics company, a biotechnology and pharmaceutical company, a European futures company, and multinational retail businesses on general legal affairs.
- PRC Legal Consulting
- Assisting a private equity group in its investment of a PRC semiconductor company, including conducting due diligence, designing the investment structure, drafting investment-related contracts and providing general advice on the laws and regulations for companies and securities investment
- Assisting a well-known optical equipment manufacturer in drafting a joint venture contract and providing general advice on the laws and regulations for companies
- Assisting a well-known skin care service provider on various PRC legal issues with respect to due diligence and investment contracts drafting, as well as providing general advice on laws and regulations for companies and for medical cosmetics
- Assisting a shareholder of a PRC office furniture manufacturing and wholesaling company in selling its PRC equities
- Assisting various companies and individuals in purchasing or selling their real estate in the PRC
FIELDS OF EXPERTISE
- Corporate General Legal Affairs
- Mergers & Acquisitions / Cross-border Investments
- Biotechnology
- Employment Law
- Corporate Investment, Merger & Acquisition and General Corporate
- Biotechnology, Medical and Pharmaceutical Law
- Fintech Law
- Labor Law
PUBLICATION
- “2023 Taiwan Chapter in The Pharmaceutical Intellectual Property and Competition Law Review” (Co-Author)
- “2023 Life Sciences & Pharma IP Litigation (Q&A)”, Taiwan Chapter, Chambers Global Practice Guide (Co-Author)
- "Technology M&A 2021", Getting the Deal Through, November 2020 (Co-Author)
- "Cryptocurrency Laws and Regulations in Taiwan", Asia Business Law Journal, July 13, 2018 (Co-Author)
- Merger between Independent Committee and Shareholder Voting on Executive Compensation: Comparative Views from the U.S. and Taiwan (Thesis, 2012)
- Fairness and Justice under Electronic Commerce–A Study on Website Standard Form Contract (Thesis, 2008)
QUALIFICATION
- Obtained China Legal Profession Qualification, 2016
- Admitted to the Taiwan bar, 2009
EDUCATION
- Harvard Law School (LL.M., 2012)
- National Taiwan University (LL.M., 2008)
- National Taiwan University (LL.B., 2005)
LANGUAGES
Mandarin, English and Japanese