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俞伯璋律師的東南亞航海篇章
律師界的創業家與夢想家
2024.10.01 21:07 工商時報 文/謝振寶
#俞伯璋律師#東南亞法律顧問#律師界創業家

俞伯璋律師整併遠東聯合法律事務所, 同時帶領Louis Group萬國萬佳法律顧問集團執行東南亞發展計畫。圖/葉俊宏律師提供

俞伯璋律師是一位真正的法律界連續創業家與夢想家。從2018年開始，他不僅著眼於拓展台灣法律事業，更是將自己的宏大夢想帶入東南亞市場，開創了許多台灣律師未曾涉足的疆域。與大多數律師專注於本土市場不同，俞律師持續經歷各種跨國界、跨文化、跨語言的挑戰，並在東南亞成功建立起法律服務網絡。

跨越國界的創業者精神
自2019年在泰國曼谷成立第一家海外法律事務所以來，俞律師展現了非凡的前瞻性和冒險精神。泰國曼谷作為東南亞的經濟樞紐，擁有複雜的法律體系和高度國際化的商業環境，而俞律師敏銳地抓住了這一機遇。通過在當地設立法律事務所，他不僅幫助台灣企業進入泰國市場，還為泰國企業提供了連接台灣法律和商業規範的橋樑。
但他的雄心並未止步於泰國。2022年底，他將目光投向越南，選擇在河內開設了法律顧問公司。越南的快速經濟增長及其對外資的開放政策為俞律師提供了理想的創業環境。在這裡，他再一次將夢想變為現實，幫助眾多台灣公司在越南落地及協助在越台商處理各項法律問題。

不斷拓展的法律版圖
2024年，俞律師又在越南胡志明市與新的南越律師夥伴們建立了另一個據點，進一步擴大了他在東南亞的法律版圖。胡志明市作為越南的經濟中心，吸引了大量國際企業和投資者，並且法律需求日益增長。俞律師不僅進一步鞏固了他在越南的影響力，也為未來在整個東南亞地區的發展打下了更堅實的基礎。

俞伯璋律師在2024年9月18日泰越創新創業論壇分享東南亞投資經驗。圖/台北創新實驗室提供

台灣律師界的夢想家
俞伯璋律師的連續創業精神與大膽的夢想，讓他成為了台灣律師界的一個特殊案例。大多數律師往往更傾向於在單一市場深耕發展，但俞律師選擇了完全不同的道路——他始終保持著探索與創新的動力，並不斷挑戰自己。在短短幾年內，他的事業從台灣迅速擴展到東南亞，跨越了多個國家的法律和文化界限，逐漸讓台灣律師界找出一條新興的道路。

台灣法律事務所的合併及整併
台灣的律師行業傳統上偏向獨立自主，許多律師更習慣獨立運營事務所。然而，俞伯璋律師卻堅信團隊合作的力量，並大力推動事務所的整併發展。他認為，只有通過合併，事務所才能形成更強大的競爭力，共同應對國際市場的挑戰。2024年8月，俞律師成功促成了兩家台灣法律事務所的團隊整併並擔任新事務所的所長及負責人，這是他推動行業變革的重要一步。這一整併不僅提高了事務所的業務規模與效率，更為其拓展海外市場，尤其是東南亞的新興藍海，奠定了堅實的基礎。未來，俞律師將持續推動台灣法律事務所的整合，因為他相信，唯有通過團隊合作和資源共享，才能在全球化的法律市場中脫穎而出。

左1為美國亞利桑那州台灣代表處處長徐竹先, 左2為泰國台灣商會聯合總會郭修敏永遠名譽總會長, 左3為亞洲台灣商會聯合總會林凱民總會長, 右1為泰國台灣商會聯合總會林育槿理事, 右2為萬國萬佳法律顧問集團執行長俞伯璋律師, 右3為立法委員鄭正鈐, 共同出席由Louis Group主辦的泰越創新創業論壇。圖/黃詩涵提供

東南亞航海計畫的下一站
隨著俞伯璋律師在東南亞的法律版圖逐步擴展，他的下一站可能是吉隆坡或金邊。馬來西亞擁有大量台商，吉隆坡作為商業中心，無疑是一個極具吸引力的市場。該國法律體系成熟，且與台灣經濟往來密切，進軍這裡將為俞律師的法律服務帶來更多機遇。而柬埔寨，雖然市場規模較小，但該國經濟正在快速發展，並且對外資的政策較為開放，未來可能性也極高。無論選擇哪個城市，俞律師的「東南亞航海計畫」都將繼續開創新篇章，帶領台灣法律服務進一步拓展海外市場。

由集團律師所組成的2024年9月18日泰越創新創業論壇工作小組合影。圖/黃詩涵提供

2024/09/18 19:08:56
經濟日報 劉美恩
泰國與越南近年來作為東南亞新興經濟體的雙星，憑藉區位優勢和日益增長的經濟潛力，已成為全球投資者熱衷的市場。兩國的經濟快速發展和政府積極推動的友好投資政策，不僅營造了有利的商業環境，也引來大量國際資金湧入。隨著這些市場的迅速崛起，對專業法律服務的需求也隨之增強。

在此趨勢下，具有54年歷史的萬國萬佳法律顧問集團Louis Group，宣布在整合兩家法律實力強勁的事務所後，正式開闢東南亞法律服務的新航線。此次整併將原「遠東萬佳法律事務所」與擁有超過45年法律實務經驗的「遠東聯合法律事務所」合併為全新品牌「Louis & Charles Attorneys at Law」，以進一步強化集團在亞洲暨東協法律市場的影響力與競爭力。新集團將提供更全面、更精專的法律服務，涵蓋泰國與越南在內的東南亞市場，助力企業客戶在當地開疆拓土。

萬國萬佳法律顧問集團邀請來自東南亞及其他地區的多位律師及合夥人，盛大舉辦「搶攻泰越—創新創業論壇」。萬國萬佳法律顧問集團／提供

為慶祝此次重組成功並與業界分享最新的策略規劃，萬國萬佳法律顧問集團於2024年9月18日在內湖區臺北創新實驗室舉辦了盛大的「搶攻泰越—創新創業論壇」。並邀請了來自東南亞及其他地區的多位律師及合夥人，深入解析泰國與越南的法律實務操作，並分享各類成功案例，特別針對外商及台商在這兩個新興市場的優勢進行了重點講解。論壇內容豐富且實用，旨在協助企業更好地理解和應對當地市場的法律挑戰。

活動現場設有免費法律諮詢專區，除了台灣的遠東聯合法律事務所的律師駐點以外，尚有Louis集團精通中文的國萬泰國法律事務所、國萬越南河內法律顧問公司、國萬越南胡志明法律顧問公司等泰越專家團隊提供即時法律意見，吸引了眾多與會者踴躍參與，反映了近期對東南亞投資興趣高漲的熱潮。

立法委員鄭正鈐表示：持續支持新南向的交流及國際合作，提供更多資源與協助，促進雙邊國會外交與民間交流。萬國萬佳法律顧問集團／提供

亞太地區國會聯誼會會長、立法委員鄭正鈐致詞：「2024 年至今我國對新南向雙邊貿易持續熱絡，貿易總值達835 億美元，較去年同期成長 12.43%，不只如此，雙邊投資、工程輸出、產業連結、人才培育就業、科技交流、創新創業皆互通有無，東南亞各國與台灣產業界已緊密相連，期許雙方繼續推進產業之跨國生態圈，共創互利共榮的未來。」

亞利桑那州在台投資貿易辦事處處長徐竹先、泰國台灣商會聯合總會永遠名譽總會長郭修敏、亞洲台灣商會聯合總會總會長林凱民、新竹市立法委員暨亞太地區國會聯誼會會長鄭正鈐、全國律師聯合會國際事務委員會副主委暨萬國萬佳法律顧問集團執行長俞伯璋律師、泰國台商商會聯合總會理事 林育槿。萬國萬佳法律顧問集團／提供

萬國萬佳法律顧問集團執行長俞伯璋律師在論壇上表示，這次的團隊集結不僅是法律專業力量的強強聯合，更是集團向東協市場邁出的一大步。通過整合多方的資源、專業知識及豐富的法律經驗，集團將為客戶提供更高效、更有深度的法律服務，並致力於成為企業拓展泰國、越南市場的最強後盾。俞律師強調，萬國萬佳集團的目標是幫助每一位想要進軍這些高增長潛力市場的企業，提供他們最值得信賴的法律支持。

非常高興地向您宣布，本法律事務所（原「遠東萬佳法律事務所」）與「遠東聯合法律事務所」已完成團隊整併，並以名稱「遠東聯合法律事務所Louis & Partners」繼續為您提供專業和全面的法律服務。

在此誠摯地通知您，本集團即將於113年9月18日（星期三）10:00-17:10於台北市內湖區洲子街12號2樓舉辦「搶攻泰越-創新創業論壇」，與您分享我們的最新經營策略及外商/台商進軍越南、泰國市場的優勢。請欲參加的貴賓填寫以下Google表單，或回覆告知並由本所代為填寫報名表單，以方便我們統計人數。
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（更多商界領袖及政府長官由主辦單位持續邀請中）
本論壇特色有三:
1.講者包含台灣事務所合夥律師、泰國律師及越南律師，分享專業經驗
2.設有免費法律諮詢站，將有台灣律師及精通中文的泰越法律團隊進行服務(名額有限，需提前預約)
3.多名外國台商會幹部蒞臨，增進商務媒合及深度合作之機會

萬國萬佳法律顧問集團Louis Group執行長 俞伯璋律師 敬邀

Last week was an amazing week! We met with many amazing people at different amazing events! And one of the events is Make in India – Seminar and Interaction with Investors and Business at Shangri-La Hotel. Here, we have a chance to meet with:

1. Secretary, Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade, Ministry of Commerce, and Industry Ms. Sumita Dawra.

2. TAITRA Chairman Mr. James C.F. Huang

3. India-Taipei Association Figure

4. Invest India Association figure

Other than that, we also met with many government figures, businesses, and investors from India.

Here we discuss the possibility of a Taiwan-India partnership in a few key sectors such as:

1. Food Processing

2. Electric Vehicles

3. Renewable Energy (Solar, PV, Green Energy)

4. Machinery, Tools, and Capital Goods

We discuss the possible sector growth, sub-sectors, recent policies, clusters, export potential, domestic demand, etc.

We are very humbled to be invited and hopefully, we can have future collaboration with you!

#greenenergy#business#india#future#startup#growth#people

Last Friday, we were invited to the Networking Reception of the Friends of Thailand, held by the Thailand Trade and Economic Office – TTEO. At the event, we had the opportunity to meet the diplomats from TTEO as well as honored guests from Taiwanese government agencies and outstanding entrepreneurs from both Taiwan and Thailand. It is a celebration of the friendship between two countries and also a great networking opportunity, strengthening the connections and empowering Taiwanese friends who wish to expand in Thailand. We were also served with a buffet of amazing cultured cuisine and had a great time conversing with everyone!

As an incubator focusing on SEA region, STARTBOARD hopes to assist TTEO and contribute our best to the relationship between two countries. We look forward to more amazing events from TTEO and opportunities to help Thai entrepreneurs in Taiwan.

#Thailand#ThaiTradeandEconomicsOffice#NetworkingReception

#STARTBOARD

According to the Ministry of Education, there are around 40,000 students studying abroad in 2019. To compare with that in 2015, the number has increased 8% in these 5 years. Traveling alone overseas itself is not easy let alone studying in a foreign country for a period of time. WillStudy has an insight into some of the problems we might encounter when applying for schools and after studying abroad. Today, WillStudy has successfully helped 2000+ students with the title of the best startup by U-Start, Ministry of Education in 2019.

Good Helper For Studying Abroad

Bill, the founder of WillStudy, found that the information is inadequate for Taiwan students when they prepare for applying to study abroad. Difficulties might be encountered both before and during application preparation, and the services of consultants are unable to meet the specific needs of each student. They anticipate that they could share what they have and what they experienced. Hence, they established WillStudy in 2019, committed to create a domestic study abroad ecosystem. It provides information integration before going abroad, resource matching in preparation, and assistance in arriving in the country you study abroad. WillStudy look forward to becoming a platform which can allow Taiwanese students to get more contact and information to study abroad. 

The Experiences of Predecessors

The official website of WillStudy contains different types of columns, including life of studying abroad, sharing of people with experience abroad, interviews with overseas career figures, and travel selections, the content of each article can bring great help to students planning to go abroad. In addition, WillStudy established one-on-one alumni consultation platform for studying abroad, which includes more than 280+ consultants, students can consult for different discipline clusters, degrees, and industries. With personal experience of specially assigned person, they can much deeply realize how to prepare and what to encounter when they study abroad. 

Talents Are Studying Abroad

In this era, the ways of apply for schools overseas have changed drastically. Instead of facing consultants in an agency, WillStudy has opened our eyes with the new method of online consulting and other self-help access to another dimension of studying abroad. STARTBOARD, also known as a company that helps companies expand their business overseas, is very glad to see more Taiwanese talents going abroad. STARTBOARD definitely has foreseen a bright future with the trend of studying abroad.

While it is relatively harder to travel domestically during the pandemic, some startup companies have come up with the solution for us to enjoy traveling even more than before. At meet Taipei 2022, TT trips (橘子貓) and JaFun showed us how to travel at ease and even have an access to the latest international goods by just clicking on your computers. 

Customized Your Trip With Chartered Tour Service In Taiwan and Southeast Asian Countries

Established in 2016, TT trips started as a chartered tour company, and today branching out to other services including sailing, hiking and yoga classes. TT trips provides customized services for family trips, company trips or friend groups, allowing travelers to tour in their unique ways. Moreover, one of the main obstacles when traveling internationally- transportation now can be taken care of by TT trips. The chartered car service is also available in Vietnam, Thailand, Malaysia and Japan. 

Alternative Yoga Classes In The Mountains

In order to relax more thoroughly, those yoga classes aren’t indoor in aerobics classroom as we are used to, instead, they are in the mountains. Besides yoga classes, the trip provides several dishes, a night in the mountains, night sky viewing and endless chatting with friends. 

Japanese Snacks Online Shopping

JaFun, an online website in cooperation with Japanese business groups, allows us to shop Japanese snacks within just a second. According to the Tourism Bureau of Japan, Taiwanese tourists consume goods of 56.4 billion NTD and 4.7 billion of which are shopped online. This leads to the establishment of JaFun. JaFun has an online platform that customers can shop on, apply for tax-free procedure and  shipping service to airports or hotels. The website provides information such as the best-selling goods, KOL recommendations and what’s hot in Japan. 

 In Cooperation With Other Online Travel Platform

Due to the pandemic, more and more online travel agencies are eager to expand their business by working with JaFun. To be more specific, Internet of Things(IOT), biometrics and online payment are some key factors in terms of making profit for online travel agencies. And JaFun has proficiency and experience in making those modern technology happen.

The Rise of Alternative Travel

Since 2022/6/10, Japan has opened their border. The country rated Taiwan as blue which refers to low risk of COVID and that Taiwanese tourists don’t need to go through PCR test nor quarantine. This news caught STARTBOARD’s attention and it is promising to see some progress in terms of international travel and shopping. Although the need for international flights has shrunken 48% in the past few years, STARTBOARD still see the potential in domestic traveling in Taiwan. Therefore, STARTBOARD is confident in supporting travel related startups despite the situation of this global pandemic. 

In the era of information explosion, the data is all there as long as you type keywords on search engine. However, it is challenging to collect needed information rapidly and correctly. The emergence of matching platform is like serving as a bridge between Bole and Maxima. It not only makes demand sides find the most suitable talent in the fastest situation, but also allows supply sides to have a platform to show themselves.

The Value of Every Citizens of The Planet Deserves To Be Seen

ArtzyPlanet, which gathers creators in the field of design, music, and film, is a co-creation media community founded in 2019. The platform is capable of meeting both the “displaying and exchanging works” on the supply side and “search for suitable talent” on the demand side at the same time. As of 2020, it had accumulated more than 6,000 creators. ArtzyPlanet lets members put their work on the platform, build their own portfolios, and connect with others to get inspired. Moreover, because talents in three fields are putting together, it can efficiently assist in matching suitable talents for entrepreneur or company to decrease the costs of labor and time.

ArtzyPlanet establishes “Planet Lab”, which has a variety of materials that creators can download safely. On the works left by the predecessors, a new creation is mixed and matched through their own skillful hands. In addition, it establishes “Planet Exhibition Hall”, which held competitions or solicitations for papers in cooperation with enterprises from time to time. Not only do help company to find creative works, but also inspire creators and break through themselves.

Create Your Own Family Gym

AcXport is a professional app and a sporty platform with a wealth of sports. Serving as a bridge between coach and consumers, it can help you to find suitable and professional sport service and coach after you choose the sport you want to train. Moreover, the platform not only teaches sports, but also promotes sports. Their official website provides different subject of articles, such as recommended sport places, personal interview of coach, health management, and so on. 

In recent years, there are more restrictions on going out to exercise or going to the gym because of the impact of COVID-19. However, the service of AcXport is committed to transfer multi-sport experiences to entertainment that is easy for the public to start. Not only do allow you to find the fittest sport method to you by easy way, but also create your own gym without expensive expense.

The Advantages and Position of Matching Platform

The matching platform integrates scattered data, and allows users to get complete information by it and connects with others. Like ArtzyPlanet and AcXport above, they act as a bridge between supply and demand side, integrating huge amounts of data and to output the most effective information to entrepreneurs or consumers. With the expansion of the digital economy era, STARTBOARD, which matchs start-up team and enterprise, believes that the mechanism of this platform economy will become a trend in the future. Whether it is the Yourator talent matching platform or the Airbnb transactional platform, it can not only improve the efficiency of market matching, but also reduce the time cost spent in the past.

In 2022 Taiwan’s startup community is experiencing constant growth. The startup industry in the nation has been successful in luring venture capital firms and international attention in recent years, despite experiencing various obstacles in the past. With increasing government support and help from many laws that foster innovation, Taiwan is on the route to becoming a new startup hub in Asia as technology and electronics startups are growing there. Since we support this positive growth for many young and brilliant people out there, we will do our best to support and provide our services to them that will be the positive disruptor for our future with their robust innovation and creation. Hence we present the 2022 DEMO DAY that was held on July 26 with the purpose to let investors and startups know about the industry and market potential in Taiwan.

We are also very honored and humbled to invite:

• President of Malaysian Friendship and Trade Centre – Ms. Sharon Ho, 
• XRSpace Founder & Yushan Home Director – Mr. Peter Chou, 
• Manila Economic and Cultural Office – Investment & Business Development Executive Officer – Mr. Terry Lin
• Bank Rakyat Indonesia Relationship Manager – Ms. Jennifer Chien
• BDO Unibank Representative – Mr. Lawrence Lou
• Officer of Thailand Trade and Economic Office & Thailand Business Information Center in Taiwan – Mr. Nutdanai Wongsathitsathaporn
• Deputy General Manager of LOTES CO., LTD– Mr. Tsai

💥[A quick recap of 2022 DemoDay]💥

As the usual rule, 9 chosen teams,  with each team given a 10-minute pitch time.

• By 2035, the value of the mobile ecosystem’s goods and services would reach $13.2 trillion, which predicts that 5G will open up the ecosystem to new businesses. Yesterday TMYTEK discussed the uses of 5G technology and its future applications including agriculture, healthcare, the energy sector, smart cities, and driverless vehicles. He added that two key infrastructures, communication, and energy are crucial if digitization is to be realized in the future.

• Uniigym developed an interactive sports technology platform using AI technology. This is quite unique since most of the gyms now are using the traditional method with any digital technology even AI. The reason why Uniigym decides to open a branch in Taiwan is that Taiwan tend to be more accepting of new ideas and seek out more practical ways to live, but they still value close relationships with one another. Additionally, Uniigym collaborates with the Taiwan gym and even tries to reach the home gym market, assisting it in reaching the Chinese market.

• Sounds Great that create a robust innovation that involved special technology and microchip which able to create a powerful and immersive sound through their conductor special speaker which enables any item to pretty much become a high-quality speaker. 

• Tidyman is a company that magically changes your room from messy into a tidy, clean, nice-looking room that makes you want to stay in your room all day. Although this project sounds very simple, there are so much value and future growth for this company. In yesterday’s presentation, the founder also explains many aspects of their business, such as their business model, target market, their expectation, and company projection.

• Ark Wisdom is the first company in Taiwan that focuses on 3D modeling and is committed to building the museum’s scanned cultural relics that can be seen through mobile phones or tablets. They also aim to create an AI robot that can guide tours in the future so that museums can open 24 hours and be accessed around the globe hence creating a new commercial value.

• Pumpkin VR is a company that focuses on virtual reality content development and system integration. They support many of the previous VR games such as QUANTAAR with their system integration and technology.

• WillStudy is a company that helps students solve their doubt and stress before studying abroad. They help students by solving and bridging the gap between students and the studying abroad information. They also provide consulting services for students to help them choose their subject and university based on their preference of the student and help them by giving important information related to their studies.

• Space Capsule is a robust company that tries to combine textile with technology. By using the non-sensing clothes for motion detection, they can gain data that will benefit medical applications, human behavior, movement, leisure, or even entertainment. Their material can also be used as one of the Metaverse hybrid technology that we can own in real life.

• RobinsTech is a company that uses digital technology to find the right insurance for you. It has the advantages of digital insurance policies, damage prevention, and even quick claims settlement. In this way, the insurance process can be faster and safer for people to use.

🧠 There are many insights from yesterday’s event and contact information were exchanged! we hope we can keep continuing supporting many people that want to start their businesses no matter what stage their businesses are. Our main power and expertise are in company guidance and creation, we also have many connections that can help your business grow & strive even more! We also going to keep continue doing this meaningful and insightful event and we hope to see you guys soon in the future!🔥

👏[Special thanks to supporting us]👏

• Startup Terrace- Providing offices, housing, co-working space, an exhibition center, and other state-of-the-art facilities that make it the ideal place for startups to grow and develop.
• LOTES- LOTES has been designing and manufacturing precision #electronic interconnect components and hardware, supplying quality products at competitive prices to the worldwide industry which creates and develops state-of-the-art electronic products, instruments, and systems.

Thank you to all the participants and attendees, we hope through this event you get valuable insight, connection, and even funding! Cheers!