LCS & Partners is ALFA International’s member firm in Taiwan. LCS is a leading full-service law firm in Taiwan that regularly provides legal solutions to complex cross-border transactions and litigation. The firm is recognized as a top-tier law firm in Taiwan by various international institutions such as EUROMONEY, IFLR, Chambers, Bloomberg, Asia Law, The Legal 500, etc.
Since its founding in 1998, LCS has advised domestic and international clients on the largest and most significant M&A, securitization and commercial real estate deals in Taiwan, and has been a market leader in capital markets, tax, antitrust, PE/VC, cross-border investment and energy law. The firm’s attorneys pride themselves on being able to handle the largest and most complex transactions.
Types of Corporate Transactions in Which Our Firm Has Particular Expertise
LCS regularly advises top-tier domestic and international clients on complex and innovative transactions across the full spectrum of corporate and commercial transactions. Since being founded in 1998, LCS has been a market leader in areas such as M&A, capital markets, cross-border transactions, energy, offshore/onshore wind power and solar power project, real estate, fund formation, anti-trust, intellectual properties, labor and employment, etc.
The Size of Our Firm’s Corporate Transactions Team
More than 30 attorneys work on LCS’s corporate transaction team, including attorneys licensed to practice in Taiwan, China, and the United States, with numerous members having received LL.M., J.D., and/or S.J.D. degrees from law schools in the United States.
Examples of Transactions Our Firm Has Undertaken
- Representation of Tantti (6822) in its share swap acquisition with Repligen (NASDAQ: RGEN).
- Representation of a well-known Taiwanese restaurant reservation platform in acquiring Singapore’s largest restaurant discount reservation platform.
- Representation of Radiant (瑞儀) in the acquisition of Nanocomp Oy Ltd. (Finland).
- Representation of Google in the private placement of Ennoconn (樺漢科技).
- Representation of Auden Techno Corp in selling its Shanghai subsidiary to an international investor.
- Representation of KYMCO, Taiwan’s largest motorcycle manufacturer, in a joint venture and technology licensing in Thailand with Thai’s state-owned oil and gas group (PTT).
- Representation of Taya Electric Wire & Cable Co., Ltd., a listed company in Taiwan, in its acquisition of 100% equity in Infinity Energy Storage Technology Co., Ltd., which constructed a 100MW energy storage system in Taichung.
- Representation of Macquarie Group’s European private equity fund MGREF2 in its acquisition of several onshore wind power plants in Taiwan.
- Acted as Taiwan counsel to Intel on its collaboration with UMC on 12nm semiconductor wafers.
- Representation of LG Innotek in its investment in AOE Optronics Co., Inc., a subsidiary of the listed Taiwanese optical lens manufacturer Asia Optical.
- Representation of Taya Green Energy in its acquisition of 100% shares of Chi Kuang Energy, which holds a 120MW fishery-solar coexistence power plant in Tainan.
- Acted as Taiwan counsel to Mycronic AB in its acquisition of atg Luther & Maelzer GmbH.
- Represented TPG Capital in its acquisition of a leading Contract Research Organization.
- Representation of a leading Taiwanese company in the acquisition of a prominent Indian electric motorcycle startup industry.
- Representation of Kemet’s acquisition by Yageo Corporation (國巨) for approx. US$1.6 billion.
- Representation of Jintex Technology (福盈科技) in its 100% acquisition by CDIB Capital (開發資本) for approx. NT$1.8 billion.
- Representation of Bora Pharmaceutical in connection with its acquisition of GlaxoSmithKline’s Mississauga, Ontario (Canada) facility.
- Representation of Global Wafer (環球晶圓) in its NT$21.4 billion acquisition of SunEdison Semiconductor (a US listed company).
- Representation of Quaser Machine Tools in connection with its US$65 million acquisition of Winbro Group (including managing obtaining CFIUS approval).
- Representation of a private equity consortium, led by Esquarre Capital and Pavilion Capital, in connection with their PIPE financing in Posiflex Corporation (振華), and also the subsequent representation of Posiflex’s equity and debt financing for Posiflex’s 100% share swap of Portwell Inc. (瑞傳).
- Representation of FarEastone （遠傳） in its acquisition of 70% shareholding in Nextlink.
- Representation of Inpaq (佳邦) in connection with its successful defense against a hostile takeover by Yageo.
- Representation of Noratech Pharmaceuticals in connection with its merger acquisition and roll-up with Roaring Success Limited and Abundant Expand Holdings Limited.
- Representation of Syncmold Enterprise Corp.（信錦企業股份有限公司）in connection with its acquisition of China Motor Corporation（中華汽車工業股份有限公司） and its subsidiaries （華菱汽車股份有限公司及群元投資股份有限公司）.
- Representation of Midus Investment Limited of ILI Technology Holding Corporation.
- Representation of Alpha Beta Global Tapes and Adhesives in its sale to Chung Hwa Pulp Corporation (中華紙漿股份有限公司) for approx. NT$2.0 billion.
- Representation of Kwong Fong Industries Corporation（廣豐實業股份有限公司）in its sale of Kwong Fong Plaza to Cathay Life for approx. US$161 million.
- Representation of KY-Coadna (KY-科納) in its merger with IIVI (a US listed company).
- Representation of WW Holding Inc. in its acquisition of a Thailand based manufacturer.
- Representation of JC Capital in its 100% acquisition of Dyna Image Semiconductor Corporation (敦宏科技).
- Representation of Formosalab (台耀化學) in connection with its acquisition of Activus in Japan.
- Representation of Windtree Therapeutics merges with Taiwan-based CVie in all-stock deal.
- Representation of Wintek in its sale of its Vietnam assets via public auction.
- Representation of Minth, a Hong Kong listed company, in its acquisition of a controlling stake in UATC (精確).
- Representation of TPG in its acquisition of OPC CRO Company.
- Representation of Fenghua (廣東風華高科被動元件公司) in its tender offer of 光頡科技, a listing company in Taiwan
- Representation of Summitview (武岳峰資本) in its merger with ISSI (矽成半導體) for app. US$700 million.
- Representation of IML in the tender offer of 100% of its shares (with the amount of US$223 million) by Exar Corp.
- Representation of Xiaomi (小米科技) in its acquisition of a sales channel company in Taiwan.
- Representation of TPG in its sale of HCP Holdings (興中控股) to Baring.
- Representation of CID Group in its tender offer and merger of Entire Technology (穎台科技), a Taiwan listed company.
- Representation of CID Group in its tender offer and private placement subscription of Advanced Power Electronics Corp. (富鼎先進), a Taiwan listed company.
- Representation of GSK, Eli Lilly and Novartis in regard to Taiwan assets and personnel in a series of assets swaps for multiple drug pipelines.
- Representation of DSM in connection with its tender offer and delisting of AGI.
- Representation of JHL in its acquisition of three subsidiaries of SH Materials.
- Representation of Lotus Pharmaceutical in its acquisition of Alvogen Korea and Alvogen Taiwan for approximately US$160 million in cash.
- Representation of TSC, a Taiwan listed company, in its acquisition of Printronix for cash and stock.
- Representation of Photronics, Inc. in its delisting and tender offer for 100% of PSMC (翔準), a Taiwan OTC company, and its joint venture with DNP (日本大印).
- Representation of Lotus Pharmaceutical, Inc., a Taiwan listed company, in its sale of approximately 60% voting shares to Alvogen Group for US$200 million.
- Representation of JinGan Investment Co., Ltd. (菁崗投資股份有限公司) and other major shareholders in the tender offer of selling 51% shares to Prime Express International Limited (優沛國際股份有限公司）(PEIL).
- Representation of PBI Group in its sale to Sandmartin Holdings for approximately US$30.5 million.