Capital Markets

About

Provided by Baker McKenzie

Widely recognized as having one of the leading securities practices in Taiwan and throughout the Asia Pacific region. Our attorneys work with local/multinational companies, public companies, and regulatory agencies to arrange, facilitate public offerings, and debt registrations on local and foreign stock exchanges. We also have experience in representing foreign companies in listing their stocks on the Taiwan Stock Exchange. Our Securities practice in Taiwan is fully integrated with our Firm's International Corporate & Securities Practice, enabling teams from our Firm's offices in various jurisdictions to provide multi-jurisdictional expertise to clients with global needs. Through our virtual practice group, we have acted as international counsel with our Hong Kong office to structure and arrange overseas offerings. 

Our practice has won particular acclaim in the following areas:

• Representing local companies in listing their stocks, convertible bonds & global depositary receipts/American depositary receipts on European or U.S. stock exchanges.
• Structuring commodities futures transactions.
• Providing regulatory advice on tender offers and share swaps in M&A cases.
• Structuring gold transactions.
• Handling unit trust registrations & sales.
• Representing foreign companies in listing their stocks or depositary receipts on stock exchanges in Taiwan.
• Preparing local applications for stock investments by foreign nationals and legal entities.