Asia

Labour & Employment Law Firm of the Year

Taiwan Firm Profile

Shay & Partners is well known in Taiwan and East Asia for providing high quality legal counsel to TMT (Technology, Media and Telecommunications) clients. The firm has provided services to a wide range of multinational firms seeking to expand in the fast growing Taiwanese market. They also have a significant domestic client base in both the public and private sectors. Their focused approach is something that current and future clients can count on and use to their competitive advantage.

With their deep skills in the areas of TMT, Shay & Partners has advised clients on a wide range of legal and business issues, which allow their clients to grow their business presence in Taiwan and abroad. Their team of professionals has worked closely with high-level local and national government, in order to advise on high level issues and laws affecting TMT industries specifically those involving detailed labour and employment regulations.

Lead by Mr. Arthur Shay, recognized as one of Asia’s leading lawyers in TMT and employment laws, with vast experience serving multinationals, government, and local

clients on a wide variety of legal and management issues. With his complementary team of experts, clients can rest assured that Shay & Partners has the combination of the right skills and contacts to help enable business growth in Taiwan and abroad.

Areas of Expertise Alternate Dispute Resolution

Arbitration

Broadcasting Law Civil Litigation Commercial

Competition/Antitrust Corporate Copyright Criminal Law

Mr. Arthur Shay

Shay & Partners is an active member of Globalaw, a worldwide network of 106 independent law firms with over 4,500 lawyers in 160 cities.

Notable legal work

Shay & Partners have been successfully helping European companies which have operation in cities across China, Hong Kong and Taiwan on reorganization and its follow up lay off . The professional team of Shay & Partners advises their clients the fast changing legal updates on labour and employment regulations and provides services broadly enough to include privacy protection issue in work place as well as suitable measures applied to challenges brought by various requirements set forth from time to time by labour authorities.

Shay & Partners demonstrated last year its strength on litigating for clients in labour

disputes in the court proceedings in a large lay off dispute case. In addition, the firm has utilized its useful network connections in China to help a Taiwanese distribution company on solving difficult issues created under the changing labour law scheme implemented in China.

Shay & Partners currently are advising one of the top 5 consumer electronic manufacturers in the world the changing labour and employment regulations in Taiwan specifically for issues of privacy in work place and intellectual property protection through enforcement of work rules.

Employment/Labour Immigration Information Technology Intellectual Property/Licensing Media/Entertainment Mergers & Acquisitions Real Estates/Construction Taxation Telecommunications Television Law

Contact:

Mr. Arthur Shay Partner

Shay & Partners

17F/B, 167 Tun Hwa North Road, Taipei 105, Taiwan

Tel: +886 2 8773 3600 Fax: +886 2 8773 3611 Email: arthur.shay@elitelaw.com Website: www.elitelaw.com

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Lawyer Monthly Legal Awards 2012