Rajah & Tann Asia’s 10th Regional Competition Conference

On 5 October 2023, Rajah & Tann Asia’s Competition & Antitrust and Trade Practice organised the 10th Regional Competition Conference in Bangkok, Thailand. The speakers comprising our practitioners from the members of Rajah & Tann Asia network explored various competition and consumer protection issues and provided their insight from different local perspectives.

Panel 1:   Cartels, Abuse of Dominance and Unfair Trade Practices – Impact on Your Day- to-Day Business and Transactions in Thailand and the Region

Speakers: Ly Sopoirvichny (R&T Sok & Heng Law Office), Berla Wahyu Pratama (Assegaf Hamzah & Partners), Jane Guan (Christopher & Lee Ong), Andrea Katipunan (C&G Law), Supawat Srirungruang (R&T Asia (Thailand)), Que Vu (Rajah & Tann LCT Lawyers)

Moderator: Kala Anandarajah, BBM (Rajah & Tann Singapore

Panel 2:   How to manage a regional M&A transaction from a competition law perspective?

Speakers: Ly Sopoirvichny (R&T Sok & Heng Law Office), Ingrid Gratsya Zega (Assegaf Hamzah & Partners), Jane Guan (Christopher & Lee Ong), Andrea Katipunan (C&G Law), Kala Anandarajah, BBM (Rajah & Tann Singapore), Kittipol Chamsawarng (R&T Asia (Thailand)), Duy Cao (Rajah & Tann LCT Lawyers)

Moderator: Melisa Uremovic (R&T Asia (Thailand))

Panel 3: Regulation of Personal Data, Collection of Data, Usage and Management of Data, and AI and the Cross-over Impact from Competition Laws – How can businesses manage this multi-prong regulatory environment with different regulators?

Speakers: Vovo Iswanto (Assegaf Hamzah & Partners), Jane Guan (Christopher & Lee Ong), Joshua Seet (Rajah & Tann Singapore), Saroj Jongsaritwang (R&T Asia (Thailand)), Que Vu (Rajah & Tann LCT Lawyers)

Moderator: Supawat Srirungruang (R&T Asia (Thailand))

Panel 4: Sustainability and ESG – When trade flows and supply chains are impacted given ESG concerns, how does one work around this?

Speakers: Vovo Iswanto (Assegaf Hamzah & Partners), Tanya Tang (Rajah & Tann Singapore), Piroon Saengpakdee (R&T Asia (Thailand)), Duy Cao (Rajah & Tann LCT Lawyers)

Moderator: Alvin Tan (Rajah & Tann Singapore)

Panel 5: E-commerce meets the reality of moving goods across borders – When trade moves from physical to the e-world, what are the trade, customs, consumer protection and other regulatory issues to deal with?

Speakers: Nazly Parlindungan Siregar (Assegaf Hamzah & Partners), Kala Anandarajah, BBM (Rajah & Tann Singapore), Melisa Uremovic (R&T Asia (Thailand))

Moderator: Tracy Wong (Christopher & Lee Ong)

Click here and here to listen to the podcasts of Panels 1 and 2, respectively. The podcasts for the last three panels will be progressively uploaded here.

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