Eddie Hsiung, recognized as one of Taiwan’s Top 100 Lawyers by Asia Business Law Journal (2024 and 2025), maintains a balanced practice spanning transactional work (M&A, PE/VC, restructuring, IPOs) and regulatory compliance, with particular expertise in financial services and digital businesses. He is highly engaged in emerging technologies and digital economy, often invited to advise Taiwan's government and legislators on policies related to AI, Web3, blockchain, cryptocurrency, fintech, digital platforms, data protection, and e-signatures.
His transactional experience covers a wide range of corporate deals across industries, including Google’s acquisition of HTC smartphone business, TSMC’s disposal of investment in VisEra, TWSE-listed Epistar-Lextar merger, HH Leasing privatization, NXP’s sale of Standard Products business to Chinese investors, TWSE IPO of Vietnamese Taisun, Japanese DyDo’s investment in TPEx-listed TCI, MediaTek-MStar merger, and restructuring of JPMorgan asset management arm.
Eddie regularly advises leading banks, securities firms, insurers, asset managers, payment service providers, credit card and other financial services companies on transactions, licensing, compliance and investigations. He has extensive experience in advising on the sale of investment products, including offshore funds, and is well-versed in derivatives, AML, digital financial services and virtual assets. He recently assisted with LINE’s application for the "digital-only" bank license.
He is also a core member of the firm’s Digital, TMT, and Data Privacy Practice Group, and is recognized by Chambers as a Band 1 lawyer in FinTech (2025).
LL.M., Columbia Law School (2011)
LL.B. (2003), LL.M. (2007), National Taiwan University
Mergers & Acquisitions; Digital, TMT and Data Privacy; FinTech; Banking & Financial Services; Securities & Capital Markets; Investment Funds & Asset Management; Regulatory Compliance and Investigations
Executive Director of Taiwan FinTech Association
Advisor to Taiwan Artificial Intelligence Association
Executive Supervisor of Taiwan New Economy Association
Executive Director of FinTech Industry Development Association
Adjunct researcher of International Artificial Intelligence and Law Research Foundation
Committee Member, Foreign Securities Business Committee of the Taiwan Securities Association (TSA)
Advisor to Electronic Payment Association of R.O.C.
Advisor to Taiwan Virtual Asset AML Association
Vice Chair, the Platforms, E-commerce & Social Media Subcommittee of the Technology Law Committee, the International Bar Association (IBA)
Member, Inter-Pacific Bar Association (IPBA)
Member, Digital Trust Association in Taiwan
Member, New Media Entertainment Association (NMEA)
Committee Member, Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Law Committee, Taiwan Bar Association
Committee Member, the Financial and Insurance Committee of the Consumers’ Foundation, Chinese Taipei
Committee Member, Investment Review Committee, National Development Fund of the Executive Yuan
Director appointed by the National Development Fund for its start-up investment
Committee Member, Investment Review Committee, Taiwan Creative Content Agency (TAICCA)
Advisor to the Financial Technology Research Center, College of Business of National Chengchi University
Convener, of the Legal Committee of the Blockchain Application Development Research Institute, General Chamber of Commerce of the Republic of China
Associate, Taipei Exchange
Advisor to the TV series "Trade War"
Lecturer: Taiwan Corporate Governance Association, Securities & Futures Institution, Taiwan Academy of Banking and Finance, Taipei Foundation of Finance, Securities Investment Trust & Consulting Association, Taiwan Internet Governance Forum, Taipei Bar Association, Courts, Universities and Colleges, etc. (lectures & topics: corporate governance, directors’ liabilities, securities regulations, derivatives, payment law, credit cards regulations, AML regulations, digital economy, blockchain, cryptocurrency, digital economy, emerging technologies, artificial intelligence (AI), etc.)
Taiwan arbitrator: Chinese Arbitration Association, Taipei (2020)
Bar Admissions: Taiwan (2004); New York State, U.S.A. (2013)
CPA: Washington State, U.S.A.; CFA Level 1 passed (2012)
Mandarin, English
| The A-List: Taiwan's Top 100 Lawyers 2024 & 2025 | Asia Business Law Journal |
| Chambers FinTech Guide 2025: Band 1 Lawyer | Chambers and Partners |
| Government Scholarship for Studying Abroad, the Ministry of Education of Taiwan | Ministry of Education, Taiwan |
| 2025 |
Opportunities and Challenges of Applications of Artificial Intelligence in the Legal Field | Speaker Department of Land Administration, Ministry of the Interior |
| 2025 |
2025 Taiwan Joint International Conference: Stable coin Trends and Cybersecurity in Taiwan and Korea | Panelist Digital Financial Law Forum; School of Law, Soochow University |
| 2025 |
Virtual Asset Lecture | Speaker Taiwan Stock Exchange |
| 2025 |
Global Development Trends of Virtual Assets and Future Directions of Regulation | Speaker MaiCoin Group, Far Eastern International Bank |
| 2025 |
5th Asia-based International Financial Law Conference | Speaker(digital assets session) International Bar Association |
| 2025 |
Regulatory framework for sustainable financial products and markets|Panelist 'Australia-Taiwan Collaboration in Addressing Legal and Regulatory Challenges in Sustainable Finance' (ATLAS Finance) project |
| 2025 |
Supervision of Financial Institutions Engaged in Virtual Asset Services and Future Challenges, 2025 Cathay Digital Asset Trends Forum|Panelist Cathay Financial Holdings |
| 2025 |
Listed Companies and Bitcoin Treasury Strategies (2025 Taiwan Venture Capital Summit) | Panelist Taiwan Venture Capital Association (TVCA) |
| 2025 |
Public Hearing on the "Virtual Asset Service Act" | Panelist Legislative Yuan |
| 2025 |
Taiwan’s Stablecoin Regulation in Progress: From International Practices to Local Standards|Speaker Taiwan FinTech Association, Fu Shen Digital (Taiwan Mobile) |
| 2025 |
Generative AI in the Financial Sector: Use Cases, Legal Issues and Regulatory Considerations (2025 IPBA Annual Meeting and Conference 2025, Chicago)|Panelists The Inter-Pacific Bar Association (IPBA) |
| 2024 |
Taiwan x Singapore x Hong Kong: Insights and Opportunities in Asia's Funds Market | Panelist Bolder Group |
| 2024 |
FinTech's impact on Asian and Latin American financial markets: the regulatory and legislative developments in Security Token Offering / Initial Coin Offering and crypto-assets | Panelist TechLaw Meeting, Singapore |
| 2024 |
Finding a way forward in an evolving regulatory environment | Panelist Asia Blockchain Summit |
| 2024 |
CBDC and Digital Assets: Digitization is Happening | Panelist The Inter-Pacific Bar Association (IPBA), Tokyo |
| 2023 |
Navigating the Legal Maze: Web3 and Blockchain Regulation | Panelist Taipei Blockchain Week |
| 2023 |
AI & Blockchain & Regulation | Panelist NFT Taipei |
| 2023 |
CRYPTOCURRENCIES IN REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS, 36th LAWASIA Annual Conference 2023 | Panelist LAWASIA, The Bar Association of India |
| 2023 |
ESG Developments in Contemporary Asia | Panelist National Chung Hsing University |
| 2023 |
CYBERSECURITY AND DATA INCIDENTS: Recent Cases & Developments in Taiwan | Speaker
Clifford Chance |
| 2023 |
Panel on Investor protection and asset segregation in regulated environments and crypto businesses | Panelist The Inter-Pacific Bar Association (IPBA), Dubai |
| 2022 |
Artificial Intelligence: Law & Governance | Speaker IBM |
| 2022 |
Navigate Inflation and Turbulence by Alternative Investments | Panelist
PineBridge/ American Institute Taiwan |
| 2021 |
FinTech Development in Asia | Panelist National Chung Hsing University |
| 2021 |
The New Dollar: Digital & Crypto Currencies & ICOs | Speaker The Canadian Chamber of Commerce in Taiwan |
| 2020 |
Start-ups and Emerging Digital Technologies | Speaker National ChengChi University, College of Communication |
| 2020 |
COVID-19 and the Acceleration of Digital Payments and Financial Services in Asia-Pacific – Opportunities and Challenges (Webinar) | Panelist RHTLaw Asia LLP / ASEAN Plus Group |
| 2020 |
AI in Financial Services & Ethical Use of AI in Financial Markets (webinar) | Panelist International Business School, Zhejiang University |
| 2018 |
Regulation (Legal), 2018 Asia Blockchain Summit | Panelist Asia Blockchain Summit |
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