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Lee and Li is the largest law firm in Taiwan.  Lee and Li exists to care, serve, and excel.  To achieve sustainable operations, it brings together distinguished professionals, create a platform for sharing experience, prize innovation and value teamwork. 

The resourcefulness and performance of Lee and Li have long been recognized and relied on by its clients for years.  The total number of Lee and Li's regular clients has exceeded 10,000, including both transnational conglomerates and clients from the People's Republic of China.  Lee and Li is often named as one of the best law firms in evaluations of international law firms/intellectual property right firms.

Lee and Li is a full-service law firm and understands the need to diversify and specialize. In response to the rapid developments in trade and technology and to satisfy the needs of its clients, it has expanded practice areas. 

   

PwC Taiwan was established in 1970 under the name Chen & Chu. The firm grew rapidly over the ensuing decades and now has 8 offices, 88 partners and more than 2,700 distinguished and dedicated business professionals. We provide industry-focused assurance, tax and advisory services to enhance value for our clients. 

PwC refers to the network of member firms of PwC International Limited. Across this network, more than 180,000 people in 158 countries share their thinking, experience and solutions to develop fresh perspectives and practical advice. With PwC’s global resources at its disposal, PwC Taiwan follows the world’s major industries constantly, helping clients tap into the latest economic trends and industry developments. 

   
Prudential plc is an international financial services group with significant operations in Asia, the US and the UK. It serves over 26 million customers and has £363 billion of assets under management (at 30 June 2012). It is listed on stock exchanges in London, Hong Kong, Singapore and New York

PCA Life is business unit of Prudential plc, is a leading life insurer that spans 13 markets in Asia. With more than 350,000 agents across the region, Prudential has a robust multi-channel distribution platform providing a comprehensive range of savings, investment and protection products. 

PCA Life entered Taiwan life insurance market in November 1999 through the acquisition of Chinfon Life. Providing professional insurance and financial services, PCA life has become the leading brand in retirement, savings, and protection life insurance service. With the multi-channel distributions strategy, PCA Life (Taiwan) has achieved consistently strong growth in Taiwan Market.
   
Founded in 1947, Franklin Templeton Investments is a globally recognized leader in global growth and value strategies, and innovative fixed-income products. Franklin Templeton Investments manages $781 billion in assets (as of Dec.31, 2012), and currently staffs 8,100 personnel, including 173 analysts and 270 portfolio managers. Franklin Templeton Investments truly has a global presence with 60 offices in 30 countries. We offer more than 200 investment vehicles under the Franklin, Templeton, Mutual Series, and Fiduciary Trust names. Investors are provided with the flexibility to choose from a great variety of goals, ranging from value to growth and sector–specific to international, to meet each individual’s investment objectives.
  • First publicly traded mutual fund company listed on S&P500 index; traded on New York Stock Exchange and London Stock Exchange.
  • Ranked as one of the Top 500 US Companies by revenue (Fortune, 2012/7)
  • Receives the honor award for “King of the Decade” from Barron’s Magazine (2009/2/2, 2010/2/1, 2012/2/4)
  • Received Asia Asset Management’s awards for “Most Improved House for Offshore Funds” in 2008 and “Best Retail House ” in 2012
   
  About Visa Inc.:

Visa is a global payments technology company that connects consumers, businesses, financial institutions and governments in more than 200 countries and territories to fast, secure and reliable digital currency. Underpinning digital currency is one of the world’s most advanced processing networks—VisaNet—that is capable of handling more than 20,000 transaction messages a second, with fraud protection for consumers and guaranteed payment for merchants. Visa is not a bank, and does not issue cards, extend credit or set rates and fees for consumers. Visa’s innovations, however, enable its financial institution customers to offer consumers more choices: Pay now with debit, ahead of time with prepaid or later with credit products. For more information, visit www.corporate.visa.com.