Lawyer
Professional field
Education
- Columbia Law School (LL.M.)
- National Taiwan University (LL.B)
- National Taiwan University (LL.M)
Qualification
- Commercial Contract Fundamentals Certificate (Berkeley Law Executive Education, December 2023)
- New York Bar Examination Passed
- Taiwan Bar Exam Passed
- Member of Taiwan Bar Association
Experience
- Trainee Lawyer, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP (2023)
- Intern Attorney, Zoomlaw Attorneys-At-Law (2016)
- Research Assistant of Professor for Sheng-Lin Jan, College of Law, National Taiwan University (2013-2016)
- Research Assistant of Research for Professor Yun-Chien Chang, Institutum Iurisprudentiae, Academia Sinica (2015)
- Chambers Global Practice Guide: Data Protection & Privacy, Taiwan Chapter (Co-author, 2020, 2021 and 2023)
- Chambers Global Practice Guide: Cybersecurity, Taiwan Chapter (Co-author, 2020 and 2021)
- Chambers Global Practice Guide: Data Protection & Cybersecurity, Taiwan Chapter (Co-author, 2018 and 2019)
- A Study on Covenants Not to Compete in Franchise Agreements (Master Thesis, 2016)
- Adoption and Promulgation of the Fraud Crime Hazards Prevention Act (2024.8.7)
- Business Judgment Rule and the Crime of Breach of Trust - A Brief Look at the Structured Debt Case of Securities Investment Trust Companies (2024.6.5)
- The Legislative Yuan passed the amendments to the Personal Data Protection Act: Penalties are raised and a dedicated competent authority is to be established (2023.5.24)
- Insider Trading Issues in Tender Offer (2021.5.17)
Meng-Ying Lee handles a broad range of matters, covering litigations and transactional legal work. In addition to general civil and criminal litigations, she also provides services of legal consultation and contract review in both English and Chinese, serving both local and international clients in different fields of area, including consumer litigation, personal data protection, labor disputes and employee stock ownership trust.
Being competent to deal with English requests from clients in a timely manner, Meng-Ying handles foreign company litigation in Taiwan and is experienced in transnational cases. She helped clients solve disputes to their protect rights and interests. Clients Meng-Ying served included a leading domestic food company, an international air conditioner manufacturer and a well-known elevator company. She also advises on local legal compliance to businesses including a world-famous social network company and a foreign pharmaceutical company. Furthermore, she has provided legal opinions regarding processing and use of personal data to several domestic and foreign listed companies and a cosmetics manufacturer.
Meng-Ying pursued her studies in Columbia Law School, majoring in cooperate law, securities regulations, global financial regulations, and law and responsibility for internet platforms. After obtaining her second master degree from the Columbia Law School, in the same year, Meng-Ying passed the New York State bar examination. She also worked as a trainee lawyer at Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP and this experience has fostered her deep appreciation for the interplay of law on a global scale.
With rigorous, attentive attitudes and capability of handling English matters, Meng-Ying will continue to provide both local and international clients with the most satisfying and suitable legal services.