Managing Partner
Wei, Yang-Hung Esq.
Mr. Wei is the managing partner of Apollo Attorneys at Law (“Apollo Law”) in Taipei. Before founding Apollo Law, he served at Lin & Partners Attorneys at Law in Taipei, and was the partner heading Lin & Partners’ cross-border dispute resolution team.
Mr. Wei’s practice primarily focuses on corporate law and commercial/cross-border disputes; corporate, securities and accounting fraud litigations; mergers and acquisitions; administrative and Fair Trade Law. He has plenty of experience in coordinating and working with other domestic and international professionals as well as in managing complicated legal and business projects. Furthermore, due to his intensive experience in handling cross-border cases, he is very familiar with the business and the compliance works of multinational groups, and the operation of foreign companies, including specific purpose vehicles established in Hong Kong, BVI, Bermuda and Cayman Islands.
During his tenure in Lin & Partners, his major clients covered substantial large group companies, including Benq-Qisda group, LITEON group, MiTAC group, Mosel group and UMC group. In the leading case of Benq-Siemens’ bankruptcy trustee v. Benq-Qisda, Mr. Wei successfully represented Benq-Qisda to defend the bankruptcy trustee’s claim at the amount of EUR 342 million. Mr. Wei personally is recognized by Chambers & Partner as one of the Taiwan leading practitioners in Dispute Resolution in 2015.
Education:
- University of Southern California, Gould School of Law, Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A. (LL.M. 2008);
- Fu Jen Catholic University, Law School, New Taipei City, Taiwan (Master of Laws, 2004);
- National Taiwan University, Law School, Taipei, Taiwan (Bachelor of Laws, 1997).
Experience:
- Apollo Attorneys at Law, Managing Partner;
- Lin & Partners Attorneys at Law, Partner, Head of Cross-border Dispute Resolution team
- Military Court of Kinmen Defense Command, Court Clerk, Lieutenant of ROC Army.
Licenses/Qualifications:
- Taiwan Bar Association;
- New York Bar Association;
- Qualified Patent Agent in Taiwan.
Languages:
- Mandarin;
- Taiwanese;
- English.
Publications:
- Research on the Merchant Soliciting Business concerning Private Investments in the Freeway Service Area BOT/OT Cases (Delegated by Ministry of Transportation and Communication);
- Research on the Feasibility of a Consolidated Financial Consumer Protection Law (Delegated by Financial Supervisory Commission);
- Research on the Personal Property Secured Transactions Act (Delegated by Financial Supervisory Commission);
Attorney
Chang, Yu-Hsiu Esq.
Education:
Bachelor of Laws, National Chung Cheng University, Law School, Chiayi, Taiwan;
Master of Laws, National Cheng Chi University, Law School, Taipei, Taiwan.
Experience:
- Apollo Attorneys at Law, Attorney;
- Ministry of Science and Technology, Project ” The Establishment and Reformation of Corporate Financing Regulation: From the Views of Capital Structure Theory”, Research Assistant.
Languages:
- Mandarin;
- Taiwanese;
- English.
Languages:
- Mandarin;
- Taiwanese;
- English.
Publications:
- The Supervision Mechanism of Internet Finance;
- The Legal Construction of Peer-to-Peer Online Lending Platform.
Paralegal
Shelly Li
Education:
Bachelor of Laws, Alethia University, Law School, New Taipei City, Taiwan;
Experience:
- Apollo Attorneys at Law, Paralegal.
Licenses/Qualifications:
- Taiwan Bar Association.