A dispute resolution powerhouse in Taiwan, Formosa Transnational secures top-Tier spots in the two contentious and copyright rankings this year. The market is full of praise for its litigation capacity. "The firm has got some excellent litigators," admits a competitor. Clients share the same view: "I am very happy with Formosa Transnational. Fan Hsiaoling is very good," says one. Qualified in the US, Taiwan and China, Fan chairs the China Affairs of the Taipei Bar Association and is a key person driving the firm's expansion of its China-related practice.
Headed up by Kuo Yu-Lan, the full-service firm is well versed in various IP issues. Headline cases in the past year include representing a global electric company in closing a Fair Trade Commission investigation the balance between the patent owner's exercise of the IP rights and fair competition in the market, conducting an extensive anti-counterfeiting programme against pirated products for a Japanese entertainment company and handling IP due diligence for a Taiwanese optoelectronic company in a $200 million merger.