Jeffrey Li (李劍非) is a partner in the Litigation Department of Lee and Li, Attorneys-at-Law in Taiwan. His practice focuses on administrative and constitutional litigation, energy and renewable energy disputes, international and commercial arbitration, and civil and cross-border litigation. He handles disputes involving offshore wind and solar photovoltaic (PV) projects, energy permits, administrative contracts and performance security. His public law practice also covers administrative appeals, state compensation claims and litigation challenging competition and fair trade regulatory decisions. He holds an LL.M. from Harvard Law School and currently chairs the Constitutional Litigation Committee of the Taiwan Bar Association and the Administrative Law Committee of the Taipei Bar Association. He is also an Adjunct Lecturer at Soochow University School of Law.
Core Practice AreasAdministrative and Constitutional Litigation Energy and Renewable Energy Disputes International and Commercial Arbitration Cross-Border Litigation and Dispute Management
Selected Administrative LitigationJeffrey has handled a range of administrative disputes and secured favorable outcomes for clients. His work covers foundation supervision, industry regulation, licensing and environmental regulatory decisions. Selected matters include:
Foundation supervision and government-endowed status. A challenge to the unlawful classification of a newspaper organization as a government-endowed foundation (Supreme Administrative Court, 109-Shang-841).
Funeral services regulation. A challenge to unlawful administrative penalties imposed on a funeral services business (Supreme Administrative Court, 111-Shang-515).
Groundwater contamination and site designation. Challenges to unlawful designations of groundwater pollution control sites (Supreme Administrative Court, 110-Shang-807, 110-Shang-403 and 110-Shang-226).
Television license renewal. Disputes over unlawful television license renewal decisions (Supreme Administrative Court, 109-Shang-260; Taipei High Administrative Court, 111-Su-Geng-Yi-19).
Environmental impact assessment commitments. A dispute over administrative penalties for alleged breaches of environmental impact assessment commitments (Supreme Administrative Court, 111-Shang-299).
Selected Constitutional LitigationJeffrey has assisted clients with constitutional litigation over many years and has participated in oral arguments before the Taiwan Constitutional Court. His experience includes:
Death penalty and the right to life. A case in which the Court limited the death penalty to the most serious cases of completed intentional homicide, subject to the strictest procedural due process safeguards (Taiwan Constitutional Court, 113-Hsien-Pan-8 (2024)).
Public insult and freedom of speech. A case in which the Court narrowed the scope of the public insult offense and provided remedies in the related petitions (Taiwan Constitutional Court, 113-Hsien-Pan-3 (2024)).
Law firm searches and confidential attorney-client communications. A case in which the Court held the relevant provisions unconstitutional insofar as they failed to exclude documents and materials protected by confidential attorney-client communications from search and seizure (Taiwan Constitutional Court, 112-Hsien-Pan-9 (2023)).
Energy and Renewable Energy DisputesJeffrey assists clients with offshore wind, solar PV and other energy law and litigation matters in Taiwan. His work involves energy permits, administrative contracts, performance security, and Indigenous consultation and consent. Selected matters include:
Offshore wind permits. A dispute over the rejection of an offshore wind permit application.
Solar PV performance security. Litigation seeking the return of performance security, with an amount in dispute exceeding NT$100 million (Taiwan Taitung District Court, 112-Zhong-Su-1).
Electricity development assistance funds. Administrative appeals concerning regulatory measures relating to electricity development assistance funds (Executive Yuan Administrative Appeal Decision Nos. 1145025736 and 1145025967).
Local permits for renewable energy plants. Administrative appeals concerning the unlawful revocation or cancellation of local permits (Ministry of Economic Affairs Administrative Appeal Decision Nos. 11317306290, 11317303340 and 11317303400).
Renewable energy obligations for large electricity users. A dispute over an authority's unlawful determination of eligibility for early-bird incentives.
International and Commercial ArbitrationJeffrey handles international and commercial arbitration matters. He is an arbitrator of the Chinese Arbitration Association, Taipei (CAA), teaches arbitrator training courses and chaired the CAA Young Arbitrator Committee from 2018 to 2022. His publications address arbitration procedure in Taiwan, the recognition and enforcement of foreign arbitral awards, and the arbitrability of offshore wind administrative contracts.
Cross-Border Litigation and Dispute ManagementJeffrey assists foreign clients with dispute resolution in Taiwan and helps clients manage cross-border litigation involving multiple jurisdictions. Working with foreign counsel, he evaluates litigation strategies and procedural options across jurisdictions and coordinates the work of overseas lawyers.
TeachingJeffrey has a longstanding involvement in common law and public law education. As an Adjunct Lecturer at Soochow University School of Law, he teaches Introduction to Anglo-American Law and Comparative Constitutional Law.
學歷
LL. M., Harvard Law School, U.S.A. LL. M., National Taiwan University, Taiwan LL. B., Soochow University, Taiwan
專業領域
Administrative Litigation, Constitutional Litigation, and State Compensation; Antitrust Administrative Litigation; Energy Law and Litigation; Commercial Arbitration; Cross Border Dispute Management; Environmental Law and Climate Change Law; Civil Litigation
經歷
Chair, Administrative Law Committee, Taipei Bar Association (2026). Chair, Constitutional Litigation Committee, Taiwan Bar Association (2020-present). Instructor, arbitrator training courses, Chinese Arbitration Association, Taipei. Chair, Young Arbitrator Committee, Chinese Arbitration Association, Taipei (2018-2022). Adjunct Lecturer, Soochow University School of Law (2014-present); Introduction to Anglo-American Law and U.S. Constitutional Law. Lecturer, Civil Service Training Center of Taichung City Government; administrative litigation practice and legal drafting. Lecturer, Lawyers' Training Institute, Taiwan Bar Association; constitutional petition practice. Member, Laws and Regulations Committee and Administrative Appeals Review Committee, Hakka Affairs Council. Adjunct Lecturer, Department of Law, Shih Hsin University; media convergence and regulation, and Introduction to Law.
資格
Arbitrator of the Chinese Arbitration Association, Taipei Admitted to Taiwan Bar Association
Asia Pacific Business Forum on the Rule of Law｜與談人 The World Justice Project (WJP), Microsoft
2025年
Net Zero and Transnational Action Seminar | Speaker Taiwan Bar Association
2025年
Singapore Convention week on Wind Farm Disputes – Global Perspectives | Speaker German Arbitration Institute (DIS)
2024年
2024 Taipei International Conference on Arbitration and Mediation｜ Discussant (Session 2) Chinese Arbitration Association, Taiwan Bar Association, and Asian Center for WTO, NTU
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