Biography

PENG-KUANG CHEN 陳鵬光

Partner, Formosa Transnational, Attorneys at Law

 Specialization

 Construction Law

Joint Development Project

BOT Law

Arbitration

Mediation

Reconciliation

Government Procurement

Disputes arising from Construction Joint Ventures

Corporate Law

Litigation

Education

 University of Washington School of Law, Global Law Program, USA (LL. M., 2014)

National Taiwan University, Department of Law (LL. M., 2002)

National Taiwan University, Department of Law (LL.B., 1997)

 Experience

Director, Civil Procedure Law Research Fund

Member, Committee for the Study on Enactment of a Business Case Adjudication Act, Judicial Yuan

Lecturer, Program of Civil Procedure Practice for Pre-Service Training for Attorneys at theTraining Institute for Attorneys

Chairman, Civil Proceeding Laws Committee, Taiwan Bar Association  

Vice Chairman, Civil Laws Committee, Taiwan Bar Association

Member, Construction Laws Committee, Taiwan Bar Association

Chairman, Civil Proceeding Laws Committee, Taipei Bar Association

Member, Civil Laws Committee, Taipei Bar Association

Member, Judicial Practice Research Committee, Taipei Bar Association

Supervisor, Judicial Reform Foundation

Part-time lecturer on civil procedure law at Tunghai University

Part-time lecturer on civil procedure law at Shih Hsin University

Attended Workshops: “2007 Cross-Strait Arbitration Workshop: Arbitration Law and Practice in China”, “Dispute Resolution Centre of the Chinese Arbitration Association: Arbitrator Training Courses”, “Mega International Commercial Bank Co., Ltd.: Legal Workshop”

Dealing (or dealt) with construction matters and disputes for numerous bureaus and companies, including Taiwan Area National Expressway Engineering Bureau, MOTC, Taiwan Area National Freeway Bureau, MOTC, Railway Reconstruction Bureau, MOTC, Intellectual Property Office, MOEA, Civil Aeronautics Administration, MOTC, Air Navigation and Weather Services, MOTC, Airport Development Engineering Office, Civil Aeronautics Administration, MOTC, Taipei Rapid Transit Corporation, System Wide Electrical & Mechanical Project Office, Department of Rapid Transit System, Taipei City Government, East District Project Office, Department of Rapid Transit System, Taipei City Government, Joint Development Division, Department of Rapid Transit System, Taipei City Government, Kaohsiung Mass Rapid Transit Corporation, Taiwan Power Company, Pacific Engineers & Constructors, Ltd., T.Y. Lin Taiwan Consulting Engineers. Inc., CECI Engineering Consultants, Inc., Taiwan.

Appeared before Taiwan Constitutional Court in oral arguments for Case Nos. 111 Xian Pan Tzu 9 and 10   

Participated in applications for Judicial Yuan Interpretation Case Nos. 585, 603, 732, and 793.

Attending multiple Supreme Court oral arguments

Attending Supreme Administrative Court oral argument

Acted together with foreign attorneys in ICC arbitration (including but not limited to off-shore wind power disputes) as well as providing professional Taiwan law legal services.

Publications

 [Chinese] 

1. Exploring the Construction Law (co-author) (published by Formosa Transnational, Attorneys at Law)

2. Construction Disputes and Practice (co-author) (published by the Arbitration Association of the R.O.C)

3. Temporary Status Quo Injunctions for Commercial Cases One Year On – Focusing on Cases Arising from Exercising Rights to Convene Shareholder Meetings (Contemporary Law Journal 2022)

4. A Brief Comment on Supreme Court Ruling No. 257 (2020) and Its Procedural History: Procedural Participation by Successors in Litigation over Appointment of Ancestor Worship Guild Managers (FT Law Review, 2022)

5. Analysis of Key Points of the Commercial Case Adjudication Act--An Attorney's Perspective (FT Law Review, 2021)

6. Review of Supreme Court Decision 106 Tai-Shang Zi No. 1193—Revisiting the Issue of Whether the Statute of Limitation is Tolled After an Arbitration Award is Vacated—(Law Journal, 2019)

7. Expanding the Grounds for Annulment of the Arbitral Award upon the Agreement of the Parties (Law Journal, 2016)

8. Assessment of Damages (Formosa Law Review, 2012)

9. Assessment of Damages (Law Journal, 2011)

10.  Calculation and Reduction of Liquidated Damages (FT Law Review, 2011)

11.  Comment on Supreme Court Decision 96 Tai-Shang Zi No. 1412—Whether the Statute of Limitation is Tolled After an Arbitration Award is Vacated— (FT Law Review, 2009)

12.  Legal Interests in Demanding Declaratory Judgments, Defendant’s Standing and Res Judicata of the Judgment in Litigation to Claim Annulment in a Shareholders’ Resolution (Law Journal, 2008)

13.  Whether Properties Acquired before 4 June 1985 by Married Couples Should be Included within the Scope of Residual Property Distribution in the Family Law? (FT Law Review, 2002)

 [English]

1. Is an Arbitration Clause Enforceable in Taiwan When Parties Agree to Expand the Grounds for Annulment of the Arbitral Award? What Taiwan Can Learn from the American Experience

 

 

Practice Areas
Location
Taiwan