Kunchou Tsai#7939

Kunchou Tsai, Esq

Managing Partner, Enlighten Law Group
Mr. Kunchou Tsai, Esq. has been licensed in Taiwan and mainland China, and engaged in legal career for decades. He specializes in FinTech, financial regulations, corporate finance, securities laws, international investment and arbitration. He received his law degrees from the top tier law schools of University College London and UC Berkeley. In recent years, Mr. Tsai focuses on the resolution of financial investment disputes, such as TRF and complicated high-risk derivative products. He also assisted the Taiwan Bar Association and Chinese Arbitration Association in the design of relevant arbitration mechanism. Mr. Tsai was appointed as an arbitrator of the China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission (CIETAC) since 2017, among the elite legal professionals, for his financial expertise. He has detailed knowledge of FinTech and Blockchain. He actively participates in the Fintech ecosystem and often consults the cross-strait investment and financial affairs.

Enlighten Law Group, founded and managed by Mr. Tsai, is continuously recommended by Legal 500 Asia-Pacific and Asialaw Profiles as a Leading Firm or Notable Firm in Banking and Finance Practice, and Mr. Tsai is recommended as a prominent lawyer with special endorsement in the fields of Blockchain and Cryptocurrencies.

Practice Area

Panel

  • Contributing Author

Qualified Year

  • 2007

Experience

  • Director, Taipei Bar Association (2019 - 2020)
  • Advisor, Hong Kong & Taiwan Securities Companies & Financial Groups (2017 - 2018)
  • Principal Counsel, Yuanta Commercial Bank (2016 - 2016)
  • Partner/Deputy Director, Zoomlaw Attorneys-at-Law (2014 - 2016)
  • Senior Associate, Guo Ju Law Firm (2013 - 2014)
  • Senior Counsel, Financial Supervisory Commission, Department of Legal Affairs (2009 - 2010)
  • Associate, Taipei Exchange (TPEx) Trading Department (2008 - 2009)
  • Assistant Prosecutor, Ministry of Justice, District Prosecutor’s Office (2003 - 2008)
  • Research Assistant, Science & Technology Law Institute of Institute for Information Industry (1999 - 2002)

Membership

  • Arbitrator & Financial Arbitrator, Chinese Arbitration Association, Taipei
  • Chairperson, British Chevening Alumni Taiwan
  • Chair and Legal Advisor, Berkeley Club of Taiwan
  • Chair and Legal Advisor, UCL Taiwan Alumni Association
  • Chair, Taipei Tagala Club, Rotary International
  • Member, International Chamber of Commerce Chinese Taipei
  • Expert Member, FinTech Taiwan

Qualifications

  • Taiwan Bar Admission (2007)
  • Taiwan Patent Agent (2008)
  • Fellow of Charted Institute of Arbitrators Accelerated Route Training (2012)

Education

  • National Chengchi University College of Law, Ph.D. Candidate (Taipei, Taiwan)
  • University of California at Berkeley, School of Law, LL. M. (California, USA), (2012)
  • University College London, Faculty of Laws, LL. M. (London, UK) (2011)
  • Chung Yuan Christian University, Graduate School of Financial Law, LL.M. (Taoyuan, Taiwan) (2003)
  • National Taiwan University, College of Law, LL.B. (Taipei, Taiwan) (1999)

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