Benjamin Yao-Chung Li

Practice Areas

Capital Markets; Corporate and Investment; Merger and Acquisition

Personal

Benjamin Y. Li is a partner at the firm’s Corporate and Investment practice. As a Taiwan Bar member since 2002 (and a New York Bar member since 2005), Benjamin first gravitated toward M&A work, representing one of the true generalist-type practices, and then becomes specialized in brand protection, private equity and securities governance advisory. Benjamin is recognized as a leading individual for Corporate/M&A by Chambers Global and Greater China, praised for his "very solid and practical advice", and described as "a very knowledgeable corporate and M&A lawyer that helped with our overall M&A transaction and the regulatory landscape in Taiwan. I trust him completely". (asialaw Profiles 2019: Client Feedback on Individual Lawyers)

Work Highlights

Morrison Express, a global freight forwarding and logistics service provider, in SG Holdings' acquisition (2025)

Baring Private Equity Asia's take private transaction of Ginko, leading contact lens manufacturer (2022)

Provident Acquisition's de-SPAC merger with Perfect Corp., leading AR and AI SaaS solution provider in beauty and fashion (2022)

Hitachi's tender offer and share swap for shares in Yungtay Engineering (2019-2022)

Chubb's US$5.75 billion acquisition of Cigna's life, accident and supplemental benefits businesses in Asia Pacific (2021)

Hakuhodo's tender offer and share swap for shares in Growww Media (2020)