Established since 1998, LIU & CO. has considerable experience of law practice in Taiwan and has zealously provided our domestic and international clients with an extensive range of legal advice and service, particularly in admiralty, maritime, marine insurance, aviation, transportation, non-marine insurance, international business transaction matters, commercial laws, construction laws, civil, criminal, and administrative laws , as well as remedies/appeals and non-contentious matters, etc. Excellent and constant linking with pre-eminent lawyers or leading law firms around the world have also reinforced our commitment to offer a seamless service across jurisdictions or borders to our clientele. In addition, Mr. Vincent W. Liu, LL.M. (LSE, Lond.), who helms
LIU & CO., has been nominated and selected since December, 1999 as one of three leading shipping and maritime (international trade and shipping) lawyers in Taiwan by Euromoney Legal Media Group in its “Guide to the World’s Leading Shipping & Maritime Lawyers” and “Guide to the World’s Leading International Trade and Shipping Lawyers”.
VINCENT W. LIU
born January, 1955, Keelung, Taiwan; admitted in Taiwan.
(Attorney-at-Law, Patent Attorney, Arbitrator & Licensed Conveyancer.)
| Education | Faculty of Law, Fu-Jen Catholic University, Taipei (LL.B., 1978); The London School of Economics and Political Science, University of London (LL.M., 1985). |
| Author | “Maritime Arbitration in the People’s Republic of China” (unpublished); “Marine Cargo Claims under CY/CY Terms”＊ (Trade Weekly, Taipei, December, 1986); “The Legal Effect on Paramount Clause on the Reverse of Bill of Lading”＊ (Trade Weekly, Taipei, January, 1987); “Personal Injury Awards in Taiwan” (unpublished); “The Official Guide to Ship Registries 1998 – The Chapter on Taiwan” (International Ship Registry Review c/o International Marketing Strategies, Inc., 1998); “The Ship Register of Taiwan” (Shipping Finance Annual 1999/2000 & 2000/20001, Euromoney Publication PLC, 1999 & 2000); “New Taiwan Maritime Law, 1999” (The Maritime Advocate – Issue 13, Merlin Legal Publishing, U. K., November, 2000); “Ship Arrests in Practice” (The Chapter on Taiwan- the 8th ed.; Dec., 2013 ~ the 12th ed.; Jan., 2020, www.shiparrested.com) |
| Co-Author | “Licensing of Foreign Technology in Taiwan” (Buttlerworths Journal of International Banking and Financial Law, April, 1987); “Liability of Lawyers and Indemnity Insurance” (National Rapporteur: The Chapter on Taiwan； Kluwer Law International and International Bar Association, 1995). |
| National Rapporteur | “Liability of Lawyers and Indemnity Insurance” (National Rapporteur: The Chapter on Taiwan； Kluwer Law International and International Bar Association, 1995). |
| Interpreter/Translator | Acting as an official interpreter/translator retained by Atomic Energy Council, the Executive Yuan (Cabinet), Taiwan to translate “The Nuclear Materials and Radioactive Waste Management Act”, promulgated on 25th December, 2002; “The Nuclear Reactor Facilities Regulation Act”, promulgated on 15th January, 2003; “The Enforcement Rules for Nuclear Reactor Facilities Regulation Act”, decreed on 27th August, 2003 and the “(Drafted) Statute Governing the Selection of Site for Final Disposal Facilities for Low Level Radioactive Waste” from their Chinese texts into English versions respectively. |
| Experience | Associate: Anthony Su, Attorneys-at-Law (1978~1979); Huang & Partners Law Offices (1979 ~1986); Tsar & Tsai Law Firm (1986~1987); Stephen S. Lee & Associates Law Offices (1987 ~1989). Partner: Lin Liu & Wei Law Offices (1989~1998). Founder: L IU & C O. (1998~ ). Lecturer-in-Law, Fu-Jen Catholic University, Taipei (1986~2006). |
| Honours | Nominated and selected since December, 1999 as one of three leading shipping and maritime (international trade and shipping) lawyers in Taiwan by Euromoney Legal Media Group in its “Guide to the World’s Leading Shipping & Maritime Lawyers” and “Guide to the World’s Leading International Trade and Shipping Lawyers”. Selected and retained by the Small and Medium Enterprise Administration, Ministry of Economic Affairs, Taiwan as the honourable lawyer for small and medium enterprises (2008~2011). President, Rotary Club of Taipei Seven-Star, District 3522 (Formerly 3520), Rotary International ( R.Y. 2010 ~ 2011 ). Vice/Deputy Assistant Governor, Group 6 (Formerly 16), District 3522 (Formerly 3520), Rotary International (R. Y. 2016~2017). General Counsel, District 3522, Rotary International (R. Y. 2019~2020) |
| Arbitrator (Registered in Panel) | The Arbitration Association of the Republic of China (Taiwan); Taiwan Construction Arbitration Association; Chinese (Taiwan) Construction Industry Arbitration Association, and Chinese (Taiwan) Real Estate Arbitration Association. |
| Member | Keelung and Taipei Bar Associations, Taiwan (practice acrossing and extending to Tao-Yuan, Miaoli, Taichung and Kaohsiung, etc.) ; The Chartered Insurance Institute, Lond.; Associate Fellow, The Society for Advanced Legal Studies, Lond.; LSE Lawyers Group; Amnesty International, Taiwan Section; Taiwan Maritime Law Association (Serving as the Standing Supervisor from 21st May, 2019; Taiwan Law Society; Taiwanese Society of International Law; Chinese (Taiwan) Maritime Research Institute; China (Taiwan) Maritime Institute; China (Taiwan) Marine Institute; Taiwan Jurist Association; Taiwan Society of Construction Law; Taiwan Trust Association; Rotary Club of Taipei Seven-Star, District 3522, Rotary International. |
| Languages | English, Mandarin, Hokkien and Taiwanese dialects. |
| Specialty | Admiralty, Maritime and Aviation Law; Marine Insurance; Insurance Law; International Business Transaction, Company & Commercial Law; Construction Law; Administrative Law & General Practice. |