Winkler Partners

Meet The Team

Peter J. Dernbach has been Coordinating Partner since 2016, coordinating the firm’s intellectual property practice and community initiatives. As Coordinating Partner, Peter helps lead the firm’s efforts as a mission-driven law firm to provide the…

Peter J. Dernbach | Partner

Christine has extensive experience assisting international clients with their business interests in Taiwan. She regularly advises clients on issues ranging from initial entity selection to local operational issues and dispute resolution. Christine’s clients span a…

Christine Chen | Partner

Well known in Taiwan for his IP litigation work spanning more than a decade, Gary has argued numerous cases before every level of Taiwan’s courts and has even obtained several landmark decisions before Taiwan’s Intellectual…

Gary Kuo | Partner

Greg started his legal career as a corporate finance attorney in New York. He continued his corporate finance practice with a New York firm in Hong Kong before relocating to Taiwan. Greg’s current practice spans foreign direct…

Gregory A. Buxton | Partner

Jason Yan is a senior consultant and member of Winkler Partners’ IP department, specializing in trademark clearance, prosecution, and registry dispute issues. With more than two decades of experience, he manages trademark portfolios for many…

Jason Yan | Senior Consultant

Ling-ying specializes in handling intellectual property disputes for her clients. She also has an extensive background in general corporate matters such as drafting and revising commercial contracts and advising clients on compliance with Taiwan law.…

Ling-ying Hsu | Partner

George joined Winkler Partners as a paralegal in 2023, working alongside the firm’s corporate, intellectual property, employment, and dispute resolution teams. Before joining the firm, George worked at the British Embassy in Beijing and as…

George Bobyk | Paralegal

Catherine joined Winkler Partners in 2023, working alongside the firm’s corporate, intellectual property, employment, and dispute resolution teams. Prior to joining the firm, Catherine worked with legal aid organizations in Massachusetts, providing translation and interpretation…

Catherine Chen | Paralegal

Yi-Kai joined Winkler Partners in 2020, supporting domestic and international clients with enforcement and dispute resolution matters, often those involving intellectual property. Yi-Kai has assisted a wide range of world's leading brands in navigating complex…

Yi-Kai Chen | Attorney at Law

Niki joined Winkler Partners in 2020, working alongside our transactional, intellectual property, employment and dispute resolution teams. She assists domestic and international clients in connection with corporate matters in Taiwan. Before becoming a member of…

Niki Chen | Paralegal

Betty has been with Winkler Partners since the firm’s founding in 2002, and worked with our predecessor firm, Qi Lin International Law Offices, for seven years, giving her over 20 years of experience in intellectual…

Betty Chen | Associate

Helen has practiced law since 2011 and in 2020 joined Winkler Partners. Her practice focuses on helping clients protect their intellectual property rights, assisting them with dispute resolution, reviewing commercial contracts, assessing insurance coverage, providing…

Helen Chen | Attorney at Law

Autumn Chiu joined Winkler Partners at the beginning of 2018 and supports our intellectual property practice in the prosecution and protection of clients’ IP rights as well as dispute resolution. Prior to joining Winkler Partners,…

Autumn Chiu | Associate

Emma joined Winkler Partners in 2023, working alongside the firm’s corporate, intellectual property, employment, and dispute resolution teams. Before joining the firm, Emma worked as a foreign service officer at the Taiwan Ministry of Foreign…

Emma Chiu | Paralegal

Megan joined Winkler Partners in 2021. Her work focuses on assisting international and domestic investors in establishing entities in Taiwan, handling company registration, and ensuring compliance. She has assisted a broad spectrum of multinational clients,…

Megan Chiu | Compliance Specialist

Tzu-Hsuan Chuang joined Winkler Partners in 2023. She provides domestic and international clients assistance through consultations and dispute resolution related to employment, immigration, and personal data. She also offers legal advice and related services for…

Tzu-Hsuan Chuang | Attorney at Law

The head of Winkler Partners’ Translation Department, Paul Cox, is one of Taiwan’s leading experts in legal translation. Prior to joining Winkler Partners from Qi Lin International, Paul was a translation consultant to Lee and…

Paul Cox | Head of Translation

Sylvia Ho joined Winkler Partners in 2022 as a member of our intellectual property practice specializing in brand protection, trademark portfolio management, and dispute resolution. Before joining the firm, Sylvia served as a trademark examiner…

Sylvia Ho | Associate

Prior to joining Winkler Partners at the beginning of 2015, Sophia Lee worked at another major law firm in Taiwan, handling intellectual property related cases. With a specialization in intellectual property protection and dispute resolution,…

Sophia Lee | Associate

Natalie joined Winkler Partners in 2021 assisting domestic and international clients with intellectual property related protection and dispute resolution, as well as advising on general corporate matters. Before joining the firm, Natalie interned at the…

Natalie Lee | Attorney at Law

Andrew Lei joined Winkler Partners in 2023. His practice focuses on general civil and criminal litigation, intellectual property protection, and dispute resolution. He also assists in contract reviews and advises on general legal matters. Having…

Andrew Lei | Attorney at Law

Trisha Li focuses on trademark and patent prosecution matters in Taiwan and abroad. She assists clients across a broad spectrum of multinational tech companies, ranging from cloud services and e-commerce to semiconductor and smartphone manufacturing,…

Trisha Li | Paralegal

With a specialization in intellectual property protection and dispute resolution for over 10 years, Karen Liu has successfully helped many major domestic and foreign companies safeguard their trademark and patent rights in jurisdictions including Taiwan,…

Karen Liu | Associate

Mark McVicar is a senior paralegal and IP portfolio manager for Winkler Partners. While specializing in intellectual property law, Mark has wide-ranging experience in areas such as corporate, employment, securities and insurance law. He currently…

Mark McVicar | Paralegal

Chi-hsien Nieh joined Winkler Partners in November 2020 as a member of the firm’s corporate and IP teams. His practice focuses on transactions in the media, entertainment, and emerging technologies space, including AI and blockchain.…

Chi-Hsien Nieh | Associate

Jasper joined Winkler Partners at the beginning of 2016. Jasper’s work focuses on the protection, management and licensing of intellectual property. Prior to joining Winkler Partners, Jasper worked in the legal department of a professional…

Jasper Su | Associate

Ming joined Winkler Partners in 2020 focusing on employment law and employer-employee relations, mergers and acquisitions, company formation, restructuring and dissolution. He also advises clients on data protection, telecommunications, and copyright issues as well as…

Ming Teng | Attorney at Law

Brian Wang joined Winkler Partners in early 2018. His practice focuses on resolving disputes arising from intellectual property matters. In practice since 2008, he has significant experience and previously worked at a well-known Taiwanese law…

Brian Wang | Attorney at Law

Oliver Wu worked at Winkler Partners’ translation department for over 9 years before resigning to pursue his academic interests. He rejoined the firm in July 2018. His extensive legal and commercial translation experience includes the…

Oliver Wu | Translator

Jesimy Yu works on intellectual property prosecutions and dispute resolutions, specializing in trademark, patents, and domain names for international clients. She has prosecuted more than 100 trademarks and opposed or invalidated over 50 marks for…

Jesimy Yu | Associate

Virginia Yuan practices intellectual property law. Before joining Winkler Partners, Virginia advised a number of well-known Taiwanese technology firms on strategies for their global trademark protection programs. She based her advice on knowledge of her…

Virginia Yuan | Associate