Michael Boyden
Managing Director,
TASC Taiwan Asia Strategy Consulting
12F-4, No. 420, Sec.1 Keelung Rd., Xin-yi District Taipei 11051, Taiwan

Corporate Network Events in Taiwan

TASC Taiwan Asia Strategy Consulting

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Taiwan Business Leaders’ Forum

WOULD YOU LOOK GOOD IN PRISON GARB? Surviving commercial disputes in Taiwan : reducing the risks – or at least seeing them coming A collective presentation by Yang Ming Partners Law Firm The legal process for resolving commercial disputes in Taiwan is fraught with risks for both sides. What is essentially a civil action may come to involve criminal charges and the consequent risk of jail time for company principals – hence our scary, but appropriate, headline. Participate in this session to find out how best to avoid that unpleasant possibility. Yangming Partners is a full-service law firm representing clients in legal matters of a cross-border nature related to Taiwan. Yangming Partners' attorneys have extensive experience in a broad range of practice areas, including cross-border investment, corporate formation and registration, joint ventures, mergers and acquisitions, construction and other infrastructure projects, banking and securities regulation, competition law, intellectual property law and commercial litigation and arbitration (civil and criminal). Informed interaction – only at TBLF Co-hosted by Taipei High-Tech Promotion Center Department of Economic Development Taipei City Government

WEDNESDAY 28 APRIL 2010
CONFERENCE ROOM OF NEIHU TECHNOLOGY PARK
4/F-E, #12 ZHOU ZI STREET, NEIHU (NEIHU SPORTS CENTER)
If you can’t find it, call Emily Chen on 0932 916 086 or Angel Chu on  0960 666 692
                 8.00 am registration        Meeting 8.30 am to 10.30 am
Light refreshments will be served

TBLF Members and guests are invited to raise comments or questions for response during the meeting. Please fax or email them to the TBLF office by 4.00 pm TUESDAY 27 APRIL 2010 at….(02) 8789 1877 for fax or <execasst@economist.com.tw>

Program details are correct at the time of publication but may change before the event.

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AVENUES FOR DISPUTE RESOLUTION 

• Negotiation: Typical Taiwan scenarios for settlement and techniques for handling them.

• Mediation: Taiwan’s system and situations where businesses might use it.

• Arbitration: How arbitration stacks up against litigation in Taiwan.

• Litigation: How Taiwan’s procedures differ from what foreign companies may expect and how criminal law can feature in it . . . for good or ill. 

DISPUTE AVOIDANCE
A few tips for avoiding the need to resort to legal remedies.
You have been warned!

REPLY FORM   You may delegate to a senior colleague if you are unable to attend. You may also invite along one or two senior colleagues if you will be joining us. The session opens at 8.00 am for registration and refreshments. We aim to begin the meeting punctually at 8.30 am; Members and Guests are cordially asked to be ready to take their seats at that time. Dress code : conventional business attire Yes I will attend this meeting Name Company Email Address Contact Phone     I plan to bring 0 1 2 guest(s) with me to the session. Name of Guest 1 Title     Name of Guest 2 Title   A colleague will be attending in my place Name of Colleague Title Email Address Contact Phone   Call ANGEL CHU at (02) 8789 0978 if you have any questions about this event.