Ming-WeiLo

Partner

Taipei + 886.2.7712.3224

Ming-Wei Lo is a leading lawyer who offers clients an exceptional combination of litigation experience with keen insight on Taiwan corporate governance, focusing on Investment Company Act and Securities Exchange Act litigation.

Ming-Wei's extensive experience has ranged from the successful representation of clients in highly publicized civil and criminal cases involving insider trading, breach of trust, and financial statement fraud. He also advises Taiwan-listed companies with respect to corporate control battles and legal compliance for shareholder and board meetings.

Ming-Wei actively participates in corporate governance organizations. He sits on the Corporate Governance and M&A Committee of the Taipei Bar Association and serves as a director of the Taiwan Corporate Governance Association and often speaks on and publishes articles related to corporate governance issues.

Ming-Wei has advised clients with merger and acquisitions, overseas investments, and acquisitions or dispositions of important company assets, especially in the financial, high-tech, sports, and media industries.

Additionally, Ming-Wei has assisted Taiwan high-tech companies with their trade secrets protection and litigation cases. He has counseled multiple media companies in their license and permit negotiations with government agencies and has represented clients in government litigation, achieving successful results.

Ming-Wei has been recognized by a number of legal guides including The Legal 500 Asia Pacific and Chambers Asia-Pacific as a leading lawyer in dispute resolution. Chambers Asia-Pacific described him as "regularly engaged by corporate entities and individuals to advise on a broad range of civil and criminal cases" and "experienced." Ming-Wei was also named one of Asia Business Law Journal's "Taiwan's Top 100 Lawyers" in 2019 and 2022.

Experience

  • World Fitness Services raises capitalJones Day represented World Fitness Services Limited, the owner and operator of the largest fitness center chain in Taiwan, in connection with its preferred financing placement to CDIB Capital.
  • The following represents experience acquired prior to joining Jones Day.

    Served as the defense counsel for partners of an international accounting firm in a civil case involving financial statements misrepresentations.

    Won an eminent domain case for a client before the Administrative Supreme Court.

    Won administrative proceedings against the government for reacquiring a broadcast charter of a radio station and for obtaining a permit to provide satellite programs for a Hong Kong satellite broadcast and television company.

    Speaking Engagements

    • April 24, 2020
      董事會運作與決策效力, 中華公司治理協會
    • January 21, 2020
      董監事責任風險與新公司治理藍圖
    • July 5, 2019
      獨立董事職務之監督本質及其合理責任範圍,中華公司治理協會
    • May 23, 2019
      Cross-border Litigation Panel Discussion, The Legal 500: Taiwan Dispute Resolution Forum 2019
    • July 31, 2017
      內線交易, HTC
    • July 14, 2017
      營業秘密, Taiwan Corporation Governance Association
    • October 21, 2016
      營業秘密, ECS Computer
    • September 30, 2016
      金融法規之刑事責任, 勤業眾信會計師事務所
    • May 8, 2015
      內線交易, President Securities Company
    • September 28, 2014
      營業秘密, Taiwan Corporation Governance Association
    • 2011年11月17日
      薪酬委員會之法律規定及相關實務運作
    • 2011年9月16日
      證券交易法下公司與董監之義務與責任
    • 2011年6月17日
      營業秘密保護之攻防戰
    • 2011年2月18日
      內線交易之法律責任
    • 2010
      AU Optronics Corp.
    • 2010
      內線交易, 友達光電
    • 2009
      The Legal Liabilities of Financial Statements Misrepresentation and Insider Trading, Hon Hai Precision Industry Company Ltd.
    • 2009
      The Reinforcement of Corporate Governance During the Financial Crisis, Monte Jade Science & Technology Association of Taiwan
    • 2009
      Taiwan Mobile Co., Ltd.
    • 2009
      金融海嘯下公司治理之強化, 台灣玉山科技協會
    • 2009
      財報不實與內線交易之法律責任, 鴻海精密工業股份有限公司
    • 2008
      The Association of Industries in Hsin-Chu Science Park
    • 2008
      Post-Master International Marketing Program, the Taiwan External Trade Development Council
    • 2008
      Deloitte Touche & Tomatsu, Taiwan
    • 2008
      The Corporate Governance Association in Taiwan
    • 2008
      內線交易之法律責任, 新竹科學工業園區科學工業同業公會
    • 2003
      The introduction of the Chinese commercial law, Taiwan Trade Organization
    • 2003
      財報不實之法律責任, 中華公司治理協會
    • 2003
      大陸經貿法規, 中華民國對外貿易發展協會碩士後國際行銷班

    • 新竹科學工業園區科學工業同業公會, 內線交易

    • 社團法人中華公司治理協會, 財報不實之董監責任

    • 中華民國對外貿易發展協會碩士後國際行銷班, 大陸經貿法規

    • 勤業眾信會計師事務所, 金融法規刑事責任及 財報不實之法律責任