Taiwan's energy renaissance: seizing the opportunity
By Fergus Smith and Mikio Kobayashi
Taiwan has recently emerged as an exciting new investment destination for international investors and financiers in the energy sector
Executive Summary
Rapid shifts in global regulatory policies and deal trends are creating challenges and tantalizing cross-border opportunities for Taiwanese investors and companies.
By Noah A. Brumfield, Taiwan Practice Head
Halfway through 2018, the world's policy dramas and other disruptions show no sign of slowing. How will the latest global legal changes and market trends affect cross-border business and Taiwan in particular?
Our Taiwan report this year spotlights two appealing opportunities. First, Taiwan's emergence as an exciting energy investment destination may create new openings for Taiwanese companies far beyond the energy sector. In addition, Taiwanese businesses are poised to spend record amounts on overseas M&A transactions and further increase their presence in global M&A markets.
Even some obvious challenges still contain room for optimism. Prudent investment and supply chain strategies can reduce the impact of international trade upheavals on Taiwan-based exporters facing US and China trade policy changes. And Taiwanese businesses that understand shifting geopolitics and financing trends affecting deals in the Asia-Pacific region can unlock funding and capital opportunities.
Several US-centered developments also may be highly relevant for Taiwanese companies engaged in cross-border business. A rare court decision that clarified US merger control rules for vertical deals has provided judicial guidance for transactions involving companies with complementary businesses. A US clampdown on potential security threats is intensifying the scrutiny of cross-border M&A. And Taiwanese companies, already affected by US enforcement actions in recent years, can benefit from making sure all investment strategies and global operations include an assessment of the latest US economic sanctions and export control policies.
We hope you find this useful, and look forward to seeing Taiwanese businesses flourish worldwide in the months and years ahead.
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Asia-Pacific financing trends: Key issues and opportunities for Taiwan
By David Li and Baldwin Cheng
Changing geopolitics and financing flows impact deals in the region
Rare court decision clarifies US merger control rules for vertical deals
By Noah A. Brumfield and Charles Miller
A recent US district court decision rejecting a US government challenge to the AT&T/Time Warner merger provides judicial guidance for deals involving companies with complementary businesses.
Raising the bar for US security clearance of cross-border transactions
A clampdown on potential security threats has increased the scrutiny of participants seeking clearance for cross-border mergers and acquisitions
Taiwanese companies are not insulated from US export controls and economic sanctions
By Nicole Erb and Cristina Brayton-Lewis
Today’s integrated global supply chains meet enhanced US enforcement against even non-US individuals and entities
