Competition Law
Competition law serves as a cornerstone of economic prosperity and a driver of consumer welfare. For decades, the active enforcement by competition authorities worldwide has made competition law into a legal field that no enterprise can afford to ignore in its business operations.
Lee, Tsai & Partners have successfully represented our clients in many landmark competition law cases. Our firm has extensive experience providing professional legal services to our clients on competition law issues ranging from concerted action, abuse of monopoly position, merger approvals, vertical restrictions (price-based or otherwise) to other unfair competition conduct issues. We have also successfully assisted our clients in resolving competition law matters that involve intellectual property rights, such as standard-essential patents (SEPs) and abuse of patent rights, as well as assisting competition law matters arising from other jurisdictions, such as responding to competition investigations by authorities in the U.S. and the EU.
Lee, Tsai & Partners' attorneys have been actively participated in Taiwan competition law communities, such as the Competition Committee of the Taipei Bar Association ("TBA"), the Competition Law Committee of the Taiwan Bar Association ("TWBA") and the Fair Trade and Consumer Relationship Committee of Chinese National Federation of Industries ("CNFI"), and regularly advocate competition policies through these channels with the Taiwan Fair Trade Commission. Our partner Aaron Chen is the current chair of TBA's Competition Committee, Vice-Chair of TWBA's Competition Committee and serves as a commissioner CNFI's Fair Trade Committee.
Representative Matters
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Represented a well-known domestic power company in concerted action litigation (administrative and civil).
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Represented several domestic cement companies in concerted action administrative litigation.
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Represented a well-known Japanese capacitor manufacturer in concerted action litigation.
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Represented a domestic listed company in responding to antitrust investigations in the U.S. and the EU.
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Represented a domestic listed company in handling litigation in Taiwan, the U.S., and the EU that involve intellectual property rights and competition law.
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Represented a well-known South Korean electronics enterprise, including its subsidiaries, in handling competition law matters in Taiwan.
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Represented a listed domestic semiconductor company in its participation in an investigation by the Taiwan Fair Trade Commission regarding SEP licensing.
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Represented an Austrian electronics company in obtaining merger approval in Taiwan in relation to its public acquisition of a renowned German lighting solution provider in Germany.
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Represented a well-known Japanese consumer electronics company in reporting its merger with a Dutch electronics company to the Taiwan Fair Trade Commission.
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Represented a listed domestic plastics company in obtaining merger approvals in Taiwan as well as in Mainland China.
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Represented our clients in handling unfair competition complaints, including behaviors on the internet, counterfeit products, among others.
