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Robert J.Y. Chiu

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Practice description
Jo-Yeh Chiu previously served as legal counsel for a commercial bank and the Small and Medium Enterprise Credit Guarantee Fund. He is currently a special lecturer at several universities and professional associations, and actively participates in government initiatives to advance Taiwan’s energy legal framework. His practice spans administrative appeals and litigation in the energy sector, labor and employment disputes, contests for corporate control, and various commercial dispute cases. He has represented a wide range of clients, including SMEs, publicly listed companies, and government.
Practice focus
Labor and employment disputes; power industry licensing and regulatory compliance; renewable energy law; financial securities; urban renewal; corporate and commercial disputes; contract drafting and review
Education and Work Experiences

Work Experiences

  • Special Lecturer, Taiwan Corporate Governance Association
  • Special Lecturer, Taiwan Securities Association
  • Industry Lecturer, Energy Law, Graduate Institute of Technology Management, NTUST
  • Industry Lecturer, General Education Center, Ming Chuan University
  • Legal Counsel, NTUST EMBA/EDBA Alumni Association
  • Co-Principal Investigator, Bureau of Energy, Ministry of Economic Affairs –National Energy Legal Services
  • Former Legal Counsel, First Commercial Bank / Small and Medium Enterprise Credit Guarantee Fund
  • Former Attorney, Wei & Partners Law Offices

Education

  • EMBA, Business Administration, NTUST
  • LL.M., Graduate Institute of Law, Fu Jen Catholic University
  • LL.B., Soochow University School of Law
     

Representative clients, cases or matters

Administrative appeal and litigation concerning the electricity license for the Offshore Wind Farm demonstration project

Administrative appeal involving CPC Corporation’s production certification requirements

Administrative appeal regarding extension of permits for foreign installation vessels in the Changfang & Xidao Offshore Wind Farms

Administrative appeal and litigation on revocation of solar PV project establishment permits and joint substation licensing

Administrative appeal and suspension of construction permit for ShihFong Fengping River Hydropower Plant

Administrative appeal and litigation concerning Regulations for the Management of Setting up Renewable Energy Power Generation Equipment of Power Users above a Certain Contract Capacity

Criminal defense in Tainan solar PV dispute

Administrative appeals and litigation concerning violations of the Electricity Act by power producers

Administrative appeals concerning violations of the Natural Gas Enterprise Act by gas companies

Administrative appeals and litigation concerning extension of establishment permits for power companies

Series of labor dispute litigations involving First Insurance Company

Labor dispute mediation between bank and union

Gender Equality in Employment Act case involving the Taiwan Foundation for Democracy

Litigation involving airline pilots violating minimum service year requirements

Disputes over non-compete obligations involving senior executives of medical device company

Litigation confirming employment relationships in a well-known listed IC design company

Trade secret litigation involving a leading U.S. memory manufacturer and a major Taiwanese IC company

Trade secret disputes involving a well-known biotechnology company

Cases concerning PRC investments in Taiwan in violation of the Act Governing Relations between the People of the Taiwan Area and the Mainland Area

Corporate control litigation for United Fiber Optic Communication Inc.

Series of corporate control disputes involving a well-known central Taiwan pharmaceutical company

M&A-related disputes involving Eastern Broadcasting Company (EBC)

Preemptive rights litigation involving Eastern Broadcasting Company(EBC)

Criminal defense litigations under the Securities and Exchange Act

Criminal defense litigations under the Banking Act and Securities and Exchange Act

Case under the Anti-Corruption Act involving food safety inspectors at Taoyuan International Airport

Food safety litigation involving Wei Chuan Foods Corporation

Litigation representing Sinyi Realty regarding removal of false advertising billboards

Partnership dispute involving a well-known accounting firm

Commercial dispute involving a Norwegian fertilizer sales agency

Commercial dispute involving a German sportswear company

Series disputes and litigations concerning a well-known Taiwanese electronics company

Partnership disputes involving medical institutions and social welfare organizations

Commercial dispute involving United Renewable Energy Co

Case concerning the appointment of an inspector at a well-known hot spring hotel in Taitung

Litigation confirming debt claims for Hua Nan Bank

Litigation involving dividend repayment for Hua Nan Financial Holdings Co.

Provisional attachment and repayment litigation involving MUJI and a department store group
 

Publications and Presentations

Atypical Growing: L Attorneys-at-law Leverages Its Strength (Master’s Thesis, Excellence Award, EMBA Thesis Competition, Chinese Society for Management of Technology)

The Interpretation and Application of New Company Act – Enhancement of Corporate Governance (Property and Economic Law Journal, Issue 55, March 2019

A Feasible Method to Solve Urban Planning Road by a way of Urban Renewal ( Property and Economic Law Journal, Issue 53, September 2018

Demarcation of Renewal Area ( in Commentaries on Urban Renewal Judicial Decisions I, June 2018

Urban Renewal Business Summaries( in Commentaries on Urban Renewal Judicial Decisions I, June 2018

Applicability of the Business Judgment Rule in Mergers and Acquisitions (Business Judgment Rule: Law and Policy, November 2017)

Legal Rules Applicable to Corporate Mergers and Acquisitions (Mergers and Acquisitions: Law and Policy, August 2017

Judicial Practice of Short-Swing Profit Recapture for Corporate Insiders in Taiwan (Master’s Thesis)

Civil Liability for Unconventional Transactions (Fu Jen Catholic University Financial Law Forum)
 

Admission

Taiwan (2010)

Court Clerk Examination – Passed

Trust Operations Personnel

Qualification Exam for Securities Investment Trust and Consulting Regulations (including professional ethics rules)

Personal Insurance Representative