mARCH 2012 66 Legal Focus www.lawyer-monthly.com


Employment issues in M&A Taiwan


This month, we speak to Arthur Shay, the Partner heading the strategic investment practice group of Shay & Partners in Taiwan. He discusses with us the employment issues surrounding mergers and acquisitions in Taiwan, and his work within this complex field.


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hay & Partners is highly recommended by both Asia Law &


Practice and Asia Legal 500 as a prominent law firm in the fields of Information Technology, Telecommunications& Media, Intellectual Property Rights, Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate Restructuring, Trade Regulation and Dispute Resolution. It is also a long-standing member of Globalaw, a worldwide legal network of 106 independent law firms with over 4,500 lawyers in 160 cities.


Mr. Shay specializes in E-commerce


and Internet, Intellectual Property Rights, Mergers & Acquisitions, Telecommunications, Media and Information Technology. He has been selected as one of Asia's leading lawyer in Information Technology, Intellectual Property, Labor and Employments, Mergers & Acquisitions and Telecommunications (Asia Law &


Practice, Leading Lawyers 2008-2010). Mr Shay explained that Shay &


Partners is experienced in not only advising inbound employment matters for foreign clients, but also assisting them in the complex compliance of labour regulations set forth in Taiwan and China respectively. “We often advise in the cases which a number of expatriates are assigned for duties involving operation across the strait in greater China market,” he said.


Mr Shay pointed out that given the


close economic tie between Taiwan and China, many foreign clients see Taiwan as a good place for recruiting an experienced task force on their expansion into greater China market as well as a spring board to the same.


“It is commonly observed that foreign


companies build up their local workforce here by outsourcing support. The local


“We advise clients doing the right thing in addition to doing the thing right!”


Arthur Shay


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