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Sung-pin Yu
Taiwan Counselor

irenesung@siwoo-law.com

Taiwan-related, enterprise legal consulting, financial regulations, overseas investment, civil and commercial contracts, labor, international litigation

Irene Sung is a Taiwan attorney at Siwoo whose practice focuses on Taiwan-related matters including international transactions (inbound and outbound deals included) and financial regulations on e-commerce platforms, fintech, digital assets, foreign exchange (F/X), anti-money laundering (AML), etc. She advises across a wide range of clients including Taiwan and China listed companies as well as e-business, start-up, fintech, and virtual asset exchange companies. In addition, she also majors in labor-related legal compliance, civil and criminal litigation for foreign enterprises in Korea, and international divorce litigation.

Experience

  • Law Firm Siwoo ㆍZhongyin Lawyer Firm (Attorney) (2020~2023)
  • Bienchen Law Firm (Trainee Attorney) (2019~2020)
  • Passed the Taiwan Bar Examination (2016)

Education

  • The University of Seoul, Korea Language Courses (2023)
  • National Chengchi University, Taiwan Master in Risk Management and Insurance (2020)
  • Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology Exchange Student Program in TMBA (2019)ㆍNational Taipei University, Taiwan Bachelor in Law (2016)

Case performance

[Consulting for enterprises]

  • Advised on financial regulation issues of international food delivery platforms.
  • Advised on F/X and AML regulation matters of international virtual asset exchanges.
  • Represented a listed semiconductor-related company in construction litigations and arbitrations.
  • Advised general legal issues and financial regulations matters of Taiwan's electronic payment institutions.
  • Served as a long-term legal counsel for the P2P platform.
  • Served as a long-term legal counsel for a crowdfunding platform.
  • Served as long-term legal counsel for a Chinese-invested outbound food delivery platform in Korea.
  • Served as long-term legal counsel for a Chinese-invested outbound listed company in Korea.

[International litigation]

  • Represented Taiwan and China semiconductor component companies in Korea.
  • Represented in international divorce litigations.
  • Represented in international succession litigations.

[Others]

  • Drafted an investment legal report for a Chinese refining cathode materials company provided legal advice on its Korean investment business.
  • Advised on family estate succession plan.

Languages

  • Chinese
  • Korean
  • English
  • Taiwanese