Michael WERNER

Of Counsel

Michael is an experienced foreign legal counselor with over 15 years of on-the-ground experience in the Greater China area. He handles international cross-border commercial, taxation, and HR matters for some of the world’s largest companies doing business in Taiwan. Michael also acts in nominee positions and oversees corporate support for entities of foreign clients in Taiwan. With a strong track record in relation to criminal actions and debt collection, he also manages several white-collar crime related matters in various jurisdictions in Asia.

Admitted to the bar in 2004
Registered lawyer in Saxony, Germany
Director of WTS Taiwan

EDUCATION

University of East Anglia Norwich (LL.M)
Superior Court of Justice Berlin (Second State exam)
Humboldt University, Berlin (First State exam)

PRACTICE

Eiger from 2008
Wenger & Vieli/Wenfei, in Taipei 2003-2008
Lecturer in Germany

LANGUAGES

German, English, Chinese

PREFERRED AREAS OF PRACTICE

Corporate & Investment, Employment, Energy & Environment, Health & Life Sciences, Intellectual Property, Private Clients, Restructuring & Insolvency, Tax

PUBLICATIONS

“Prenuptial Agreement in Modern Family Law”, 2001, UEA Norwich

OTHER

Since 2022: Member of the Swedish Chamber of Commerce Taipei
Since 2020: Member of the Swiss Association Taiwan
Since 2014: Member of the German Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (GRUR)
Since 2004: Member of the German-Taiwanese Jurist Society (DTJV)
Since 2004: Member of the European Chamber of Commerce in Taiwan