The European Lawyers Foundation ran a project in Taiwan, financed by the International Bar Association (IBA). Its main goal, in collaboration with the Taiwan Bar Association (TWBA) and the Taipei Bar Association (TBA), was to train Taiwanese lawyers (and lawyers from other countries in the region) on the impact of the globalisation of legal services, and in particular how local lawyers can ensure that they obtain a bigger share of the work related to cross-border international transactions.
The main output of the project was the organisation of a conference in Taipei, which took place on 25 November 2024. The conference was attended by around 100 lawyers, most of them from Taiwan. Bi-khim Hsiao, vice president of Taiwan, welcomed participants, as did Dagmar Yu (president of TWBA), Xavier Chang (president of TBA) and Kimitoshi Yabuki (immediate past chair of the IBA Bar Issues Commission). The keynote speech was delivered (video-recorded) by Dr. Tsai Ing-wen, former President of Taiwan. This was followed by the six sessions, and each included two speakers: an IBA speaker and a local speaker. Whereas the IBA speakers focused on the international framework, the local speakers explained how the international framework applied to local conditions in Taiwan.
