1. The most reputable lawyer ranking institution in the world, Chambers & Partners, recommends Lin & Partners as Taiwan¡¦s leading law firm in the areas of Banking & Finance, Capital Market, Corporate/M&A, Dispute Resolution, and Employment consecutively since 2010 until 2012. There are only 6 law firms in Taiwan that have received such an honor. The managing partner, Dr. George C.H. Lin, is recommended as the best Banking & Finance attorney (Band 1) in Taiwan in 2012, and there are only 3 attorneys in Taiwan that have received this recognition.

    In addition, Lin & Partners¡¦ Chief Counsel, Professor Paul Hsu, and Dr. George C.H. Lin are recognized as the best Gaming and Gambling attorney in the Asia Pacific region. They are the only attorneys recognized in this practice area in Taiwan. <Full Contents>

  2. Lin & Partners was awarded as the 2011 Taiwan Dispute Resolution Law Firm of the Year Award by Corporate INTL. The winner was chosen from over 11,500 unique nomination forms from Law Firms, in-house Counsel Teams, Business Directors and Private individuals all over the world.

  3. Chambers Asia ranked Dr. George Lin in the year of 2011 as one of the leading attorneys in Taiwan in the areas of Banking & Finance, Capital Markets, and Insurance. Dr. Lin is also recognized as one of the 100 leading attorneys in Asia Pacific by Lawyer Monthly Magazine.

  4. AsiaLaw, an organization under the umbrella of EuroMoney, ranked Dr. George Lin and Mr. Yang-Hung Wei in 2011 as one of the leading attorneys in Asia in the areas of Banking, Insolvency & Reconstruction, and Dispute Resolution.

  5. Lin & Partners is ranked by Legal 500 as a leading Taiwan law firm in the areas of Banking & Finance and Dispute Resolution. In addition, Lin & Partners received an award by Corporate International in 2011 for its practice in Employment Law, White Collar Law, and Gaming.

  6. Lin & Partners is selected by the Financial Services Commission in the first half of 2011 to study ¡§marketing and sale of financial products by banks of Taiwan and foreign jurisdictions¡¨ and ¡§the qualifications and disqualifications of persons in charge at financial institutions.¡¨

  7. For its professionalism and highly-regarded proposals, Lin & Partners was selected by the Ministry of Transportation and Communications ("MOTC") in April 2010 out of 9 highly competitive consortiums consisting of both foreign and domestic law firms and gaming experts to work on the Ministry¡¦s gaming law project. The project entails the study and draft of a comprehensive legislation of the implementation of integrated resorts on Taiwan's offshore islands. For further information, please see MOTC¡¦s Chinese news release at. http://www.motc.gov.tw/mocwebGIP/wSite/ct?xItem=16757&ctNode=145&mp=1

  8. Lin & Partners was invited by World Bank and International Finance Corporation to be the 2010 Taiwan contributor to the ¡§Investing Across Borders Project¡¨ that provides comprehensive legal counseling and analysis on issues of foreign investments in Taiwan.

  9. Lin & Partners was selected by Taiwan¡¦s Centers for Disease Control as the legal counsel in 2010 to provide dispute-resolution legal services relating to H1N1 vaccinations, procurement of preventative equipment, and legal opinions on the scheme of disease prevention and other disease control.

  10. Lin & Partners was selected by Southern Taiwan Science Park as the legal counsel in both 2010 and 2011 to provide general legal counseling and services.

  11. Lin & Partners was invited by the Institute for Information Industry as part of a major national intellectual property innovative project hosted by the Ministry of Economic Affairs as the legal counsel to provide legal opinions and recommendations in the area of intellectual property legal issues.

  12. Lin & Partners was commissioned in 2009 by the Taiwan Area National Freeway Bureau, MOTC to conduct the ¡§Private Operation of Freeway Service Stations Management Research Project¡¨ to assist in the overall planning of loyalty adjustment, financial supervision and auditing, consumer protection, exit strategies, etc.

  13. The firm was awarded two projects by the Financial Supervisory Committee in 2009 ¡V the ¡§Financial Ombudsman Services Law Project¡¨ and the ¡§Study of Taiwan¡¦s Personal Property Secured Transactions Law ¡V to Improve Taiwan¡¦s Position in the World Bank on Credit Granting Flaws¡¨ to assist the harmony between Taiwan¡¦s financial and credit regulations and practices in advanced countries.

  14. Lin & Partners was selected in 2009 over 10 prestigious law firms by Aerospace Industrial Development Corp (AIDC), a top aircraft manufacturer in Taiwan, as the legal counsel for civil and criminal matters, and was reappointed in 2010.

  15. Lin & Partners was selected in 2009 by the Chinese National Futures Association to study the issues on ¡§Increasing Recognition of Foreign Futures Exchange¡¨ and ¡§Allowing Foreign Investment to use Taiwan Futures Exchange Account to Transact Foreign Commodity Futures¡¨ and to strengthen the harmony between Taiwan¡¦s regulations and foreign commodity transaction practices.

  16. Due to its overarching influence and significance, the acquisition of the Bank of Overseas Chinese by Citibank advised by Lin & Partners was awarded the Deal of the Year Award from Asian Counsel in 2008.