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Edgar Y Chen

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Tsar & Tsai Law Firm

8th Fl., 245 DunHua S. Rd., Sec. 1
Taipei 106, Taiwan, R.O.C.

Tel: 886-2-27814111 or 886-2-66386999
Fax: 886-2-27213834 or 886-2-27315581
edgarchen@tsartsai.com.tw
www.tsartsai.com.tw


Dr Edgar Chen is a partner with Tsar & Tsai Law Firm. Prior to joining Tsar & Tsai, Edgar served as the Public Prosecutor, and then a judge, of Taipei District Court, from 1986 to 1997. Besides, Edgar had served as the Executive Secretary of the Civil Code Amendment commission of the Ministry of Justice responsible for proposing and drafting amendment to the Taiwan Civil Code.

Having served as a Public Prosecutor and a judge, Edgar brought to his private practice his familiarity with the court procedures and prosecution strategies. He has represented numerous internationally renounced high tech companies on patent infringements and licensing related disputes, real estate developers on disputes with consumers, directors and officers of publicly trades companies on criminal allegations, including insider trading, breach of trust and fiduciary duties and investment disputes and various corporations on employee disputes.

Edgar was an associate professor of Fu-Jen Catholic University from 1995 to 2000 teaching Civil Code, Fair Trade Law and securities regulations.

Education: National Taiwan University Law School (PH. D. 1994); University of Michigan Law School (LL.M. 1993); National Taiwan University Law School (LL.M. 1983); Fu-Jen Catholic University Law School (LL.B. 1980)

Languages: Mandarin Chinese, English