Corporate

Does abolishment of the recognition system allow foreign companies to freely obtain property in Taiwan?


Since the amended Company Act came into force, foreign companies that were organized and incorporated in accordance with the laws of a foreign country...

August 12, 2019

Taiwan benefit corporation legislation proposals


We last wrote about benefit corporation legislation in Taiwan back in 2017, and since then there has been some movement on this topic. On 6 July 2018,...

July 11, 2019

Further movement on Taiwan STO regulations


We published an earlier article regarding proposed regulations to be promulgated by the Taiwan Financial Supervisory Commission (the "FSC") concerning...

July 10, 2019

Further liberalization of Taiwan’s foreign investment rules


Taiwan’s Executive Yuan has approved draft bills to amend the Statute for Investment by Foreign Nationals and the Statute for Investment by Overseas...

June 25, 2019

Proposed regulations governing Taiwan STOs


At the end of 2018 we wrote an article regarding crowdfunding in Taiwan. We questioned whether in the future Taiwan might allow companies to raise fun...

May 28, 2019

Taiwan’s regulatory fintech sandbox: one year on


The Financial Supervisory Committee (FSC) announced this week that their application target for the first year of the regulatory sandbox has been achi...

May 10, 2019

Digital currency regulation in Taiwan


Digital currency has been around since currency account balances were first stored on digital machines (i.e., computers). Later, banks effected electr...

February 15, 2019

New reporting requirement for Taiwanese companies


The recently amended Taiwan Company Act (2018) requires most companies to report their board members, registered managers, and major shareholders onli...

December 17, 2018