Jacqueline Fu
Jacqueline Fu's practice focuses on general corporate and commercial transactions, labor and employment, mergers and acquisitions (M&A), venture capital transactions, private equity fund investments, and securities laws.
In connection with her general corporate practice, Jacqueline advises Taiwan public companies and subsidiaries of multinational companies on the legal issues encountered in their day-to-day operations, including incorporation and management of foreign-owned entities in Taiwan, company, labor, consumer protection, privacy, antitrust, and anti-corruption laws, and corporate governance and legal compliance.
In connection with her labor and employment practices, she assisted in clients on preparation of employee hiring documentation, company policies, preparation of employee termination documentation and determination of employment termination strategy, response to labor inspection, trade secret protection, employee investigation, workforce restructuring and employee dispute resolution such as mediation and litigation. She also managed overseas employment litigation for Taiwan based clients.
Jacqueline also advises cross border transactions involving acquisition of Taiwan based companies and companies outside Taiwan. She has acted as lead counsel in Taiwan on structuring and successfully completing preferred stock transactions mirroring the Silicon Valley venture capital transactions, within the boundaries of Taiwan company laws and on the unprecedented dual listings of two biotech public companies at the Taiwan stock market and Nasdaq.
Jacqueline served as the Governor of the American Chamber of Commerce in Taiwan and spent 10 years in the Taipei office of another global firm.
- Recognized by Chambers Global for Capital Markets and Corporate/M&A in Taiwan, 2024
- Recognized by Chambers Greater China Region for Capital Markets and Corporate/M&A in Taiwan, 2022-2024
- Named to The A-List: Taiwan’s Top 100 Lawyers, Asia Business Law Journal, 2022
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Recipient of "Outstanding Leadership Award" from the American Chamber of Commerce in Taiwan
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Recognized by The Legal 500 Asia Pacific as a Hall of Fame member for Corporate and M&A in Taiwan, 2024
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Recognized by The Legal 500 Asia Pacific as a Leading Individual in Taiwan
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Corporate and M&A, 2021-2023
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Capital Markets, 2019-2024
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Arbitrator, Arbitration Association of the Republic of China, 1994
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"Environmental Regulatory Systems & Business Environmental in Asian Countries," Government Institutes, Inc. 1995.
- Co-Author, “Taiwan Investment Strategies for Korean Companies,” Asia Business Law Journal, 25 October 2023
- “Employment & Labour Law: Taiwan”, The Legal 500 Country Comparative Guide (2022)
- “Employment & Labor Law: Taiwan”, The Legal 500 Country Comparative Guide (2021)
- “Mergers & Acquisitions Q&A: Taiwan”, The Legal 500 Country Comparative Guide (2021)
- Co-author of "Franchisor’s Intellectual Property Law Protections in Taiwan", International Journal of Franchising Law, 5.1: p.10-18, 2007
- "International Franchise Contracts in Taiwan", International Journal of Franchising Law, 3.4: p.6-12, 2005
- Author, "Taiwan" chapter, International Encyclopedia of Franchising Law
- “Procedures and Documents Required to Establish a Taiwan Company Limited by Shares Incorporated by Only One Corporate Shareholder,” J&J Publication, 1 March, 2002.
- “Law on Gender Equality in the Workplace”, J&J Publication, 18 January, 2002.
- “Environmental Issues Affecting Business Transactions in Taiwan”, Natural Resources & Environment, Vol. 10, No. 4, Spring 1996
- Labor Retirement Pension Act
- Enforcement of Foreign Judgment in Taiwan
- Proskauer on Privacy, Taiwan Chapter
