Sherry Tang

Professional Information

Chien-hui (Sherry) Tang is an of counsel at Innovatus Law. Her practice focuses on litigation, arbitration, and dispute resolution.

Sherry Tang formerly served as a judge in the Civil Division of the Taiwan High Court. She was a graduate of the 47th term of the Judicial Officers Training Institute and has 18 years of judicial experience. In February 2025, she resigned from her judgeship at the Taiwan High Court and started her private practice. Sherry Tang was selected as one of the first seven judges of the Commercial Court under the Intellectual Property and Commercial Court system, exclusively handling major commercial cases involving disputes over NT$100 million, listed companies, Securities and Exchange Act matters, and other commercial cases significantly impacting the stock market and investor interests. Cases which she adjudicated included the disputes over corporate control of TeCO Electric & Machinery Co., Ltd., Tang Eng Iron Works, and the contested shareholder meeting of Evergreen International.

Beyond major commercial disputes, Sherry Tang also presided over numerous cases involving public construction projects and intellectual property disputes during her tenure as a judge. She previously handled cases involving significant public infrastructure such as the National Freeway projects, new construction contracted by the Ministry of National Defense’s Political Warfare Bureau, pump station renovation projects tendered by the Taipei City Government’s Public Works Department, retaining wall construction for Taipower’s Linkou Training Center, the Dapeng Bay Road Project, the main structure construction for the National Kaohsiung Center for the Arts (Weiwuying), design-build projects such as Trade Village II in Hsinchu City, and reconstruction and seismic reinforcement of buildings at Xinzhuang Elementary School. She is well-versed in disputes between owners and subcontractors concerning price adjustments and extensions of construction periods, various engineering technical appraisal practices, and holds a certification as a specialty judge in civil engineering matters.

In the field of intellectual property, she has presided over numerous cases involving patent, copyright, and trademark infringement damages, administrative litigation on patent invalidation, criminal litigation for copyright infringement, and evidence preservation / preliminary injunction proceedings between high-tech companies. She also holds a certification as a specialist judge in civil disputes of intellectual property rights. In the area of labor disputes, she handled dismissal disputes between major corporate employers such as Johnson & Johnson, Micron Taiwan, Qun Yi, DuPont Taiwan, and Chun Nan Bus Company and their respective employees, as well as disputes involving differences in pension payments between Taipower and its retired employees. Moreover, Sherry Tang has also adjudicated significant criminal cases involving national security laws, the Pharmaceutical Affairs Act, and other serious offenses; consumer class actions; high-value labor disputes; and contract disputes over electricity rate calculations between Taipower and Ho-Ping Power Company.

Sherry Tang began her career as a judge at the Taipei District Court and served in the Summary, Criminal, and Civil Divisions. She was later seconded to the Ministry of Justice’s Judges Academy as a mentor and later the chief mentor in the Civil Division, a testament to her in-depth practical experience and theoretical knowledge in law . Sherry Tang is also trained in  accounting, as  she is expected to receive her Master’s degree in Accounting from National Taiwan University in 2025.

Sherry Tang’s extensive academic and practical experience enables her to formulate comprehensive litigation strategies, provide feasible and professional legal advice, and secure favorable rulings and negotiation outcomes for clients in all major commercial, construction, and intellectual property disputes.

She is currently a member of the Taipei Bar Association. She is fluent in Mandarin, Taiwanese, and English, and has passed the Japanese Language Proficiency Test (JLPT) N2.

Experience

• A preliminary injunction case concerning the shareholder proposal right at the shareholders’ meeting of TECO Electric & Machinery Co., Ltd. and Creative Sensor Co., Ltd.
• Dispute over the convening of a shareholders’ meeting by Independent Director Wu Chang-Bo of Solar Chemical Co., Ltd
• A preliminary injunction case arising from the shareholder meeting convening dispute related to Jade Colorful CO. and Taiwan Steel Corporation’s acquisition attempt of Solar Chemical Co., Ltd
• A preliminary injunction case over the validity of the 2022 first extraordinary shareholders’ meeting of Evergreen International Corp., arising from shareholding disputes among Evergreen International Corp., Ko Li-Ching, Huang Hsiao-Chung, and the Chang Yung-Fa Foundation and Chang Yung-Fa Charity Foundation.
• A preliminary injunction case regarding the attendance dispute of top-vote Director Duanmu Zheng at the 2022 annual shareholders’ meeting of Chung Shining Textile Co., Ltd.
• A preliminary injunction case over the removal of an independent director at the annual shareholders’ meeting of Chung Fu Co., Ltd.
• Insider trading damages litigation filed by the Securities and Futures Investors Protection Center against Director Wu Tian-Yu of ASE regarding ASE’s acquisition of SPIL.
• Payment dispute litigation between the Political Warfare Bureau of the Ministry of National Defense and Kun-Fu Construction Co., Ltd. over the “Lequn New Village Construction Project” in Taipei; contract performance litigation between contractors Nandi Co., Ltd. and Cheng Long Engineering Co., Ltd. for Phase 3 of the “Shen-Ou Base Construction Project” tendered by the Armaments Bureau of the Ministry of National Defense.
• Contract performance litigation between Taipei Rapid Transit Corporation and United Fiber Optic Communication Co., Ltd. over the “Replacement Project of Transmission Terminal Equipment for Tamsui, Xindian, Nangang, Banqiao, and Tucheng Lines.”
• Payment dispute litigation between Ruifeng Elementary School in Bade District, Taoyuan City and Nianjian Construction Co., Ltd. regarding the seismic reinforcement project for East and North buildings.
• Contract performance litigation between contractor Ming-Ling Construction Co., Ltd. and subcontractor Yang Chun-Mei for the Keelung Coastal Bike Path Connection Project tendered by the Keelung City Government.
• Contract performance litigation between the Taiwan Area National Freeway Bureau and Cheng Sheng Engineering Co., Ltd. regarding the “Dapeng Bay Road Project Contract Sections CH03 and CH04.”
• Contract performance litigation over air-conditioning works jointly undertaken by Chang-Hong Construction Co., Ltd., Gao-Yi Engineering Co., Ltd., and Italian-Thai Development Public Co., Ltd. (Taiwan Branch) for the Railway Reconstruction Bureau’s “Nangang Station Underground Civil and MEP Works (Section Contract).”
• Contract dispute litigation between Sky Heaven International Recreation Co., Ltd., Li-Xin Asset Management Co., Ltd., and others regarding the Sheraton Yilan Resort project.
• Contract performance litigation between Zhong Qin Industrial Co., Ltd. and Zheng-Jia Construction Co., Ltd. over the Zhong Qin factory expansion project.
• Contract dispute over the Ministry of National Defense’s “Bo’ai Sub-project” regarding electrical cable tray equipment (PVC-M1 and GRP) between Yin Li Co., Ltd. and Qi Li Co., Ltd.
• Litigation confirming the existence of employment relationship between Johnson & Johnson Taiwan and a senior executive.
• Wage payment litigation between Micron Technology Taiwan and a former employee.
• Litigation confirming the existence of employment relationship between Qun-Yi Industrial Co., Ltd. and an employee.
• Litigation confirming the existence of employment relationship between DuPont Taiwan and an employee.
• Litigation regarding pension shortfall payments between Taiwan Power Company and multiple retired employees.
• Evidence preservation proceeding concerning patent infringement between Advance Optoelectronic Technology Inc. and Jiu-He Optoelectronics Co., Ltd.
• Preliminary injunction case involving the trademark rights of the well-known luxury brand Louis Vuitton Malletier.
• Administrative litigation concerning a utility model patent invalidation case brought by the Intellectual Property Office against Taishu Technology Co., Ltd.
• Patent infringement case involving spray device technology between Yi-Cheng Industrial Co., Ltd., Anest Iwata Hantong Co., Ltd., and Artisan Factory Co., Ltd.; copyright infringement damages case between Nitto Shoji Co., Ltd. and Jin Yuan Mei Co., Ltd.
• Patent damages litigation between Moenmos Design Co., Ltd. and Chou Yu-Ling for infringement of the “Rake Blade” design patent.

Publications

Journal Article (in Chinese)

• Tang, Chien-Hui, Localization of Securities Class Actions? — Reflections on the Issue of Frivolous Lawsuits in U.S. Law, Master’s Thesis, Graduate Institute of Law, National Taiwan University (June 2005)