Senior Counsels
Pijan Wu
Biography
- “A Book Review on Katia Fach Gómez 'The Technological Competence of Arbitrators: A Comparative and International Legal Study'” (Springer, Cham, 2023), Contemporary Asia Arbitration Journal, Vol. 17, No. 1, pp. 117-126, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=4849468
- “Book Review: Achieving the Arbitration Dream. Liber Amicorum for Professor Julian D.M. Lew KC, by Stavros Brekoulakis, Romesh Weeramantry & Lilit Nagapetyan (ed.). Kluwer Law International. Netherland.”, (2024), 90, Arbitration: The International Journal of Arbitration, Mediation and Dispute Management, Issue 1, pp. 99-105, https://kluwerlawonline.com/journalarticle/Arbitration:+The+International+Journal+of+Arbitration,+Mediation+and+Dispute+Management/90.1/AMDM2024015
- “UNCITRAL Working Group III Produces First Deliverables on ISDS Reform”, co-written with Caroline Thomas, posted on May 22, 2023 on LinkedIn https://lnkd.in/dj4kNSMK
- “International Investment Law – IIAs and Cases Part I”, book published by Wu Nan in 2023.*
- “Taiwan Chapter” in the INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION 2020 (published by Chambers and Partners, https://practiceguides.chambers.com/practice-guides/international-arbitration-2020/taiwan
- “ICC Climate Change Related Disputes TF revised Draft Report”, CHINESE ARBITRATION ASSOCIATION NEWSLETTER, Feb. 2020 *
- “International Investment Law in Transition”, INDUSTRY MAGAZINE, Vol.576, Mar. 2018 *
- “Corporate Social Responsibility Put to the Test in Global Supply Chain”, presented in the ALFA 2018 INTERNATIONAL CLIENT SEMINAR, AT SCOTTSDALE, ARIZONA, Mar. 2018.
- “First Experience of Investor-State Arbitration: Surfeit v. Taiwan”, ECONOMIC DAILY NEWS, Aug. 8, 2016 *
- “Appointment of Mediation Institution under Taiwan-China BIA and Its Effects on Investors”, paper presented in the 15TH SYMPOSIUM ON CROSS-STRAIT COMMERCIAL ARBITRATION, Nov. 16, 2015 *
- “Enforcement of Arbitral Awards and Provisional Orders – Comparative Study on Commercial and Investor-State Arbitrations”, presented in the 19TH NATIONAL TECHNOLOGY LAW CONFERENCE (National Chiao Tung University, Nov. 19, 2015) *
- “Investor’s Legitimate Expectation vs. Host’s Right to Regulation – When Taiwan “Must” Join TPP”, paper presented in CONFERENCE ON EMERGING ISSUES OF INTERNATIONAL INVESTMENT LAW (Department of Investment Services, Ministry of Economic Affairs, Nov. 18, 2015) *
- “Market Access under New Generation IIAs – Challenges for Taiwan before and after Joining TPP”, paper presented in the CONFERENCE ON TPP INVESTMENT-RELATED ISSUES (jointly sponsored by Soochow University and BOFT, Ministry of Economic Affairs, Oct. 31, 2015) *
- “Functions of the Taiwan-China Investment Agreement”, in the LAW+BUSINESS@LCS (by LCS & PARTNERS, Jan. 2013) *
- “Solving the Problems of Incapacity of Unrecognized Foreign Juristic Persons under Taiwan Law: From the Transnational Legal Perspective”, CHINESE (TAIWAN) REVIEW OF INTERNATIONAL AND TRANSNATIONAL LAW, Vol.7:2, Dec. 2011, pp.293-320 *
- “Investment Protection Issues under ECFA between Taiwan and China”, in the COMMERCIAL ARBITRATION PAPERS (Chinese Arbitration Association, Taipei, Oct. 2011) *
- “Corning (Taiwan) -- Case Study on Corning’s Investment in Taiwan”, in OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES FOR FOREIGN INVESTMENT IN THE APEC REGION (APEC Human Resources Development Working Group Capacity Building Network, Dec. 2008).
- “Study on the Cross-border Mergers and Acquisitions Engaged by Born Globals”, National Taiwan University EMBA thesis, June 2008.
- Pijan Wu and Caroline Thomas, “Taiwan’s Fair Trade Act: Achieving the ‘Right’ Balance?”, NORTHWESTERN JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL LAW & BUSINESS, 26:643 (2006).
- “Taiwan’s Legal Strategies in Response to the Emerging Regional Trading Arrangements – Proposal for WTO Rules”, 17 CHINESE REVIEW OF INTERNATIONAL LAW, 2003, pp.29-67 *
- “Development of International Investment Regulations”, TAIWAN LAW REVIEW, October 1997*
* written in Chinese
Education
National Taiwan University, EMBA
New York University School of Law, J.S.D.
Soochow University, LL.M.
National Taiwan University, LL.B
New York University School of Law, J.S.D.
Soochow University, LL.M.
National Taiwan University, LL.B
Experience
Senior Counsel: LCS & Partners
Adjunct Associate Professor: Soochow University School of Law (since 1996) (International Investment and Arbitration; Transnational Legal Problems; Contracts/Sales; Commercial Laws)
Commissioner: Court of Arbitration, Chinese Arbitration Association (CAA, Taiwan)
Delegate: ICC Commission on Arbitration and ADR
Fellow (FCIArb): Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, U.K.
Fellow (FPD): Prime Dispute, U.K.
Fellow (MIArb): Malaysian Institute of Arbitrators
Arbitrator: Chinese Arbitration Association International (CAAI)
Arbitrator: Beijing Arbitration Commission; Beijing International Arbitration Center
Member: Commission of Arbitration Rules, Chinese Arbitration Association (CAA, Taiwan)
Commissioner: New Taipei City Commission on Cable TV Services
Adjunct Associate Professor: Soochow University School of Law (since 1996) (International Investment and Arbitration; Transnational Legal Problems; Contracts/Sales; Commercial Laws)
Commissioner: Court of Arbitration, Chinese Arbitration Association (CAA, Taiwan)
Delegate: ICC Commission on Arbitration and ADR
Fellow (FCIArb): Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, U.K.
Fellow (FPD): Prime Dispute, U.K.
Fellow (MIArb): Malaysian Institute of Arbitrators
Arbitrator: Chinese Arbitration Association International (CAAI)
Arbitrator: Beijing Arbitration Commission; Beijing International Arbitration Center
Member: Commission of Arbitration Rules, Chinese Arbitration Association (CAA, Taiwan)
Commissioner: New Taipei City Commission on Cable TV Services
Professional Focus
International investment/trade law; Energy (including renewable energies); Construction/ infrastructure (government procurement, public-private-partnership, FIDIC contracts); Telecom, media, technology (TMT); Merger & acquisition; Entertainment/ music; Corporate restructuring/ turnaround; sale of good banks and bad banks (non-performing loans, NPLs); Startup businesses; Social enterprises