​Name: 
Dr Pijan Wu FPD
Location:  
Taiwan
Contact details: 
+886-2-2729-8000 #7771
Detailed CV available on request from Prime Dispute. 

Qualifications: 
Attorney: New York State (since 1995), LL.B., LL.M., J.S.D, EMBA​, FCIArb, FPD

Specialisation: 
International Arbitration; Arbitration; Mediation; Legal Counsel; Teaching and Trainer; Government Advisor

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Languages:
English, Chinese/Mandarin & Taiwanese/Fukien

Regions served: 
United Kingdom, US, Taiwan, China, HK, Singapore, Malaysia, New Zealand and further international regions as requested
Industry Sectors:*​​​​
  • International investment/trade law
  • Energy (including renewable energies)
  • Construction/infrastructure (government procurement, public-private-partnership, FIDIC contracts)
  • Telecom, media, technology (TMT)
  • Merger and acquisition
  • Entertainment and music
  • Corporate restructuring/turnaround; Sale of good banks and bad banks (non-performing loans, NPLs)
  • Startup businesses
  • Social enterprises

Practice Areas: *​​​
  • Arbitration​​
  • Commercial Negotiation 
  • Conciliation 
  • Arb-Med
  • Dispute Boards​
  • Emergency Arbitration 
  • Expert Determination 
  • Med-Arb
  • Mediation

Recent Publications:
  • International Investment Law – IIAs and Cases Part I (2023) Author: Pijan Wu FPD.
  • “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.
  • “ICO in Taiwan’s Regulatory Framework”, in the PRACTICAL LEGAL GUIDE FOR TODAY’S BUSINESS (by LCS & PARTNERS, Jan. 2018) *
  • “First Experience of Investor-State Arbitration: Surfeit v. Taiwan”, ECONOMIC DAILY NEWS, Aug. 8, 2016 *
  • “No One Gains from Uber’s Forced Divestment”, UNITED DAILY NEWS, Aug. 4, 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 *
  • “Execution 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) *
​* written in Chinese

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Background information: 
Pijan Wu is a senior counsel at LCS & Partners and an adjunct associate professor at Soochow University Law School. He practices and teaches mainly in the following areas:
  • International trade and investment, including actual cases and research projects. He has written thesis and articles on the bilateral, regional and multilateral trade/investment issues.
  • Arbitration: He has worked on both commercial and investment arbitration. Especially for investor-state arbitration, he regularly advises and trains government agencies on the implication and enforcement of BIT/FTA containing such mechanism.
  • M&A: While LCS is constantly ranked as top-tier M&A firm in Taiwan, Pijan has also been recognized as the leading lawyer in this area for many times. He is especially active in cross-border M&A involving TMT businesses.
  • ​​Energy: LCS is one of very few law firms in Taiwan which has a prolific energy law practice. Pijan has been the outside legal counsel of Taiwan’s Bureau of Energy, advising on energy law and policies. Pijan received his LLB and EMBA from National Taiwan University, LLM from Soochow University and JSD from New York University. He is admitted in New York State bar and is currently an FCIArb and FPD.​
  • Taiwan Delegate to ICC Commission on Arbitration and ADR.​
Detailed CV available on request from Prime Dispute. 
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