Alvin Chen

Associate Partner

聯絡方式

Alvin Chen works at Lee and Li’s Corporate and Investment Department. Alvin regularly assists clients in matters related to corporate investments, M&A transactions, securities, taxation/international taxation, trust/overseas trust, family succession/cross-border succession, foreign inheritance of Taiwan assets, and international trade law.

He has handled various cases, including cross-border reorganizations of a France-based shipping giant, foreign investments in Taiwan high-tech and leisure industries, joint ventures and commercial litigations, holding structure design of exchange-listed family businesses, assets division of a family-owned business conglomerate, will and estate tax disputes of the chairman of a world-famous airline, trust establishment and taxation of overseas trust, application for tax benefits under tax treaties, import goods classifications and customs duties disputes, income tax and withholding issues for foreign individuals and companies, foreign inheritance of Taiwan assets, prenuptial agreement between a Taiwan individual and the foreign spouse, etc. Alvin has also handled many trade remedy cases, including the anti-dumping and anti-subsidy investigations launched respectively by the U.S., the European Union, India, Brazil, Turkey, Thailand, and Malaysia, with excellent results

學歷

New York University (LL.M. in International Taxation, 2012)
Columbia University (LL.M., 2011)
National Taiwan University (LL.M. in Financial and Taxation Laws, 2008)
National Taiwan University (Double Major in Law and Accounting, 2001)

專業領域

Corporate and Investment: Securities Transaction; Mergers and Acquisitions; Tax; Family Heritage Plan and Family Affairs: Succession/Trust; International Trade

經歷

Law Clerk to Justice, Judicial Yuan
Associate, Reason Law Office
Legal Associate, Taiwan Stock Exchange

資格

New York Bar Association
Taipei Bar Association

語言

Mandarin, English, Taiwanese Hokkien

Ranked No.1 in Taiwan Government Sponsorship Scholarship for Overseas Study in Financial and Economic Laws - Corporate Mergers and Acquisitions	The Ministry of Education
Awarded Honorary Membership of the Phi Tau Phi Scholastic Honor Society	The Phi Tau Phi Scholastic Honor Society of the Republic of China

2024	Taiwan Ministry of Finance (MOF) issued new tax ruling on trustee's obligations and procedures to report CFC trust income LEXOLOGY
2023	Lexology Panoramic: Transfer Pricing 2024 \| Taiwan Lexology Panoramic: Transfer Pricing 2024
2023	Legislative Yuan Passed Articles 10-2 of the Statute for Industrial Innovation (Taiwan Chips Act) LEXOLOGY
2023	Legislative Yuan Passed Articles 10-2 of the Statute for Industrial Innovation (Taiwan Chips Act) LEE & LI Bulletin -February 2023
2023	The MOF Released the Reference List of Low-Tax Burden Countries or Jurisdictions as Defined in the Taiwan CFC Rules LEE & LI Bulletin -December 2022
2023	The MOF Released the Reference List of Low-Tax Burden Countries or Jurisdictions as Defined in the Taiwan CFC Rules LEXOLOGY
2019	Problems and Solutions for Family Business Successions Industry Magazine
2018	Taiwan's Response to the Global CRS Trend International Fiscal Association Asia-Pacific Tax Conference
2017	An Introduction to the OECD CRS Developments and the Measures Taken by Taiwan Tax Journal
2016	Exceptions Should be Made to Passive Income Concept for the Recognition of Substantial Business Activities under the CFC Rules Tax Journal
2015	An Introduction to the 2015 Legislation and Amendment on the U.S. Anti-dumping and Anti-subsidy Laws Trade Policy Review
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2020	The Most Important Legal Issues in Family Business Succession New Taipei City Industrial Association
2019	Seminar on the Legal Issues and Practices for the Repatriation of Overseas Capital to Taiwan Lee and Li, Attorneys-at-Law
2019	Tender Offer under the Securities Exchange Act and the Taxation on Securities Transactions Ministry of Finance
2019	Lecture on U.S. Anti-dumping, Anti-avoidance, and Enforce and Protect Act (EAPA) Investigations Chinese National Federation of Industries
2018	How to Respond to U.S. Trade Remedy Investigations - Taking the Anti-dumping Investigation and Safeguard Measures on Solar Cells and Modules as an Example Chinese National Federation of Industries