Bob Lee Associate

Education

  • EMPA, National Taiwan University Department of Political Science
  • Practicing law since 1991

Experience

  • Managing Partner of Liang & Partners Law Offices
  • Director and Secretary-general of Hua Gan Law Foundation
  • Arbitrator of the Arbitration Association of the R.O.C.
  • Member of the 2nd Arbitration Committee for Labor Disputes, Ministry of Labor
  • Arbitrator of the Chinese Real Estate Arbitration Association
  • Law Clerk at Ban Quiao District Court
  • Legal Consultant of the Rail Engineering Society of Taiwan

Specialized Area

-Industry Investment-

  • “Research and Analysis on Industrial Park related Laws and Regulations and the Impact Review”, Industrial Development Bureau, Ministry of Economic Affairs
  • “Project on the Assistance in and Promotion of the Registration of Unregistered Factories”, Industrial Development Bureau, Ministry of Economic Affairs
  • “Renewal of the Business Environment and Facilities in the Industrial Zones”, Industrial Development Bureau, Ministry of Economic Affairs
  • Application for establishing a representative office for a Mainland China-funded marine transport company
  • Merger of a Taiwan company for a noted foreign company
  • 2015 and 2016 “Specific Areas Industry Value-added Operation Promotion Project” , Industrial Development Bureau, Ministry of Economic Affairs

-Intellectual Property Rights-

  • LED products infringement cases for a leading US high-tech electronics company
  • Optical chip products infringement cases for a leading US high-tech electronics company
  • Phosphor products patent and IP right cases for a leading US high-tech electronics group
  • Negotiation on patent infringement cases for a leading US high-tech electronics group
  • Technology transfer between a high-tech electronics company and the Industrial Technology Research Institute
  • Trade secret and copyright infringement cases for a multinational electronics group
  • Review and draft of electronics component development and purchase agreements for a multinational electronics company

-Medical Treatment and Sanitation-

  • Psychiatric Care Park Preparation and Construction Project
  • Legal consultation and planning for medical tourism
  • Medical disputes
  • Taipei City Hospital Zhongxing Branch ROT Project
  • Hospital and pharmaceutical company civil engineering and medical equipment installation disputes

-Finance and Securities-

  • Medium to long-term loan-to-deposit ratio cases for foreign-funded commercial banks
  • Funding and credit extension cases for foreign commercial banks
  • Cross border financing cases for foreign commercial banks
  • Review of project finance contracts and other commercial financing contracts
  • Securities and Exchange Act related legal services for domestic listed companies
  • Insider trading, fictitious trading and misrepresenting financial statement cases suspected to be involved in by corporate financial managers

-Offshore Investments-

  • Cross border investment and branch company set-up cases
  • Act as an agent of international trading companies for multinational investments
  • Inheritance of foreign assets and execution of testaments

-Electric Power Facilities-

  • Taipower Taichung Plant and Taichung Harbor wind turbine disputes
  • Dispute on electric power company power line crossing high speed rail facilities
  • Mingjian Water Power Plant project financing case for Water Resources Agency of MOEA

-Communication and Infrastructure-

  • Legal services on station travelers’ wireless communication
  • Taipei County public wireless broad band network installation and operation disputes
  • Foreign company’s application for wireless broad band connection business
  • Planning and invitation to tender for High Speed Rail lines
  • Kaohsiung City Multi-functional Commerce and Trade Park Common Duct Designing and Planning for Invitation to Tender Project

-Transportation Construction-

  • Taipei County Light Rail Transportation Development Project
  • Draft of the New Taipei City Cable Cars Management Rules
  • Tamsui MRT Extension Line Comprehensive Planning Project
  • MRT Sanying Line Route Planning and Surrounding Land Overall Development Project
  • General Counsel for the Taoyuan International Airport MRT Project
  • Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport Runway Refurbishment and Navigation Facilities Upgrade Project
  • Contract performance disputes on Taichung International Airport stage one terminal facilities construction
  • Keelung Station and Piers West 2 and West 3 Urban Renewal Planning and Invitation to Tender Project
  • Legal Consultant for the Construction and Operation of the North-South High Speed Rail Construction Project for the Bureau of High Speed Rail, MOTC
  • General Counsel for the First Stage of Taipei MRT Circular Line Project (First Phase)
  • Attorney for the National Expressway Engineering Bureau, MOTC
  • Highway Network Transportation Management System Comprehensive Planning Project
  • Legal Consultant for the invitation to tender for outsourcing the operation of 3 branch lines for Taiwan Railways Administration, MOTC
  • “Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport New Air Traffic Control Tower Construction Management Project”, Air Navigation and Weather Services, Civil Aeronautics Administration of the MOTC
  • “Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport Terminal 3 Area Legal Consultant Service”, Taoyuan Airport Corporation

-Cultural and Education and Sports Facilities-

  • National Taiwan University ChangXing Street and ShuiYuan Campus Student Dormitory BOT Project (The Firm won the “Golden Thumb Award” for this project, awarded by the Public Construction Commission, Executive Yuan)
  • Tamsui Culture and Art Education Center ROT Project
  • Taipei Dome Complex –Large Indoor Stadium Development Project
  • Kaohsiung City K-Arena Construction Project
  • “Taitung Flying School BOT Project Feasibility Assessment and Preliminary Planning”, Taitung County Government
  • “Private Institution applying to Participate under its own planning in historical building- ‘National Taiwan University Public Dormitory’ ROT Project”, National Taiwan University

-Land Development-

  • Contract performance management of the Kinmen County Business and Industry Complexes Recreation Park BOT Project
  • Contract performance management of the Jinhu Township Business Hotel BOT Project
  • Hsinchu City Taiwan Pavilion and Culture and Creation Pavilion Operation and Management Planning Project
  • Hualien Cultural & Creative Industries Park ROT Project
  • Linkou Knowledge Park Development Project
  • National Taiwan University “Knowledge and Innovation Park” Development Project
  • Nanao Recreation Park BOT Project
  • Hualien Stage Six Re-zoning Hotel Zone BOT Project
  • Industrial Development Bureau Taipei Far Eastern Telecom Park (Tpark) BOO Project
  • Taoyuan County Zhuwei Fishing Port and Seashore Recreation Area Development Project
  • Research on the development of Lize, Changpin and Yunlin Industrial Parks

-Law Research-

  • Research and Analysis on the Act for Industrial Innovation and the Impact Review
  • Research on the Mass Rapid Transit Act
  • Research on the Railroad Act
  • Research on the relevant laws of the Common Duct Act
  • Research on Development of Urban Rail Transit System Types, Institute of Transportation, MOTC

-Legal Services-

  • “2013 Legal Service Project on Taiwan Companies Investment Disputes in Mainland China”, Department of Investment Services, MOEA
  • “2016 Legal Service Project on Taiwan Companies Investment Disputes in Mainland China”, Department of Investment Services, MOEA
  • Legal Consultant Services for the contract performance disputes on “Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport Terminal 1 Improvement Construction Project”, Civil Aeronautics Administration of the MOTC

Publications

  • “A Review of Indirect Patent Infringement”, Papers on the Comparison and Research on Legal Systems of Tort Liabilities, 2009 Cross Strait Legal Forum
  • Research report titled “Research on Promotion of Private Participation in Infrastructure – How Can the Government Obtain Long-term Public Service?” delegated by the Public Construction Commission, Executive Yuan
  • Research report titled “Review and Suggestions of High Speed Rail Chiayi Station BRT (Bus Rapid Transit) System” delegated by Bureau of High Speed Rail, MOTC
  • Research report titled “Research on the Applicable Taiwan Laws for Light Rail Transit System”  delegated by Bureau of High Speed Rail , MOTC
  • Research report on the “Resolution to the Trade Disputes between China and Taiwan under the WTO System”