Ken Ying Tseng

Ken-Ying Tseng specializes in mergers and acquisitions, personal data protection, artificial intelligence, e-commerce, the laws of the Internet, Internet governance, telecommunications, and technology. Having advised on various forms of merger and acquisition, she is experienced in resolving both legal and commercial issues. Ken-Ying's technology practices also cover fintech, OTT, e-payment, P2P lending, sharing economy, domain names, e-signature, cybersecurity, e-trading, ICP, MOD, cable TV, and satellite TV. Furthermore, Ken-Ying advises clients on corporate governance, general compliance, offshore and onshore listing, employment, and pharmaceutical-related matters, etc.

Ken-Ying headed the firm's M&A Practice Group for more than 10 years, while she formed the Personal Data Protection Practice Group at Lee and Li in 2012. In response to recent digitalization requirements and trends, she established the firm's Digital, TMT and Data Privacy Practice Group by combining the firm's relevant practices in 2021 and currently leads the group.

• Assisting a global hypermarket to consolidate its operation in Taiwan
• Assisting global players in establishing data centers in Taiwan
• Advising one of the largest state-own enterprises in the Asia Pacific region to acquire a multinational pharmaceuticals company in Taiwan
• Assisting global/regional PE funds disposing their semiconductor assets in Taiwan
• Advising the largest fast food chain in the world to restructure its local operation
• Advising large tech companies (including VR (metaverse), telecommunications, artificial intelligence, mobile devices, social media, satellite, etc.) on regulatory compliance

• Capital markets
• Competition/antitrust
• Corporate and M&A
• Regulatory
• Private equity

• Consumer goods and services
• Banking and financial services
• Media and entertainment
• Pharmaceuticals and life sciences
• Technology and telecommunications

• Admitted to New York Bar Association (1999)
• Admitted to Taiwan Bar Association (1996)

• Member- Civil Society Representative, "Open Government National Action Plan Taskforce", Executive Yuan, ROC
• Special Advisor (Data Privacy) of the National Development Council, ROC
• Member, Digital Services & Data Protection Committee, Taipei Bar Association
• Managing Director, Taiwan Internet Governance Forum (TWIGF)
• Director, National Information Infrastructure Enterprise Promotion Association (NII)
• Supervisor of Taiwan Internet and E-commerce Association (TiEA)

• Harvard Law School (LL.M., 1998)
• National Taiwan University, Graduate Institute of Law (LL.M., 1995)
• National Taiwan University, Department of Law (LL.B., 1993)