Chu-I Cheng (Vivienne Cheng) possesses expertise and experience in banking law, financial law, mergers and acquisitions. Prior to joining Tayhuan, she worked at several international law firms, including the Taipei office of Baker McKenzie, Paris office of Linklaters and Paris office of Clifford Chance, where she accumulated experiences in cross-border financing projects and cross-border mergers and acquisitions.
Practice Areas
- Banking and Finance
- M&A
- Capital Markets
Bar Admissions
- Taiwan (2020)
Education
- ESCP EUROPE Business Institute of International and Comparative Law, 2024 MSC
- National Taiwan University College of Law, 2012 LL.B.
- Sciences Po, 2019 Exchange program
Language
- Mandarin
- English
- French
- Japanese
Chu-I Cheng (Vivienne Cheng) possesses expertise and experience in banking law, financial law, mergers and acquisitions. Prior to joining Tayhuan, she worked at several international law firms, including the Taipei office of Baker McKenzie, Paris office of Linklaters and Paris office of Clifford Chance, where she accumulated experiences in cross-border financing projects and cross-border mergers and acquisitions.
Professional Experiences
- Intern Lawyer, Clifford Chance (2024)
- Intern Lawyer, Squire Patton Boggs (2023)
- Paralegal, Linklaters (2022)
- Intern Associate, Baker & McKenzie (Taipei Office) (2021-2022)
Selected Work
Banking and Finance
- Represented Singapore egnery group Vena Energy in securing a USD 241 million term loan facility for the Yunlin E2 Solar Energy Project in Yunlin County, Taiwan.
- Represented the French Fécamp Offshore Wind Farm in obtaining a EUR 2.95 billion common terms and facilities agreement.
- Represented the French Proxima Railway in securing a EUR 492 million term loan and revolving credit facilities agreement.
- Represented Belgian restaurant franchise Quick Restaurants in a EUR 396.3 million secured cash-pay bond subscription agreement.
- Represented French cybersecurity company Exclusive Networks SA in its EUR 2.2 billion sale to Clayton Dubilier & Rice.
- Represented Dutch mining group Nyrstar Sales & Marketing in a USD 955 million uncommitted borrowing base facility agreement.
- Represented the French Dunkerque LNG Holding in a EUR 500 million common terms agreement and EUR 300 million initial bond subscription agreement.
- Represented U.S. merchant commodities trading firm Hartree Partners in a USD 750 million uncommitted secured borrowing base facility agreement.
- Assisted HowInvest in becoming a licensed financial institution, the first tech company to graduate from Taiwan’s financial sandbox.
Merger and Acquisitions
- Assisted Fubon Financial Holding Co., Ltd. in its USD 1.5 billion acquisition of Jih Sun Financial Holding Co., Ltd.
- Assisted Taiwan energy company ProLogium in its USD 326 million Series E financing.