Competition & Antitrust

We handle the full range of competition matters including merger filings across multiple jurisdictions, filings for guidance or decisions, cartel and abuse of dominance investigations, leniency applications, general compliance and trainings, and strategising on transactions and guiding. This team that has gained a reputation for being at the cutting edge, always looking ahead to ensure the best client outcomes. Chambers Asia-Pacific highlights the Practice as being “… extremely client-focused and are very strong in terms of understanding the clients’ business and needs” with “… a keen sense of the local regulatory framework and provide commercially oriented and practical advice.” The team is also described as one that adds “… value by giving us a sense of […] what the regulators in the region are thinking.”

Numerous members of our Team are highly ranked by key legal ranking journals, and identified as thought-leaders, elite and outstanding. The Team includes Kala Anandarajah BBM of Singapore, who is lauded by clients as having “unrivalled knowledge and understanding of the law and uniquely… able to understand very complicated businesses and their likely reactions”, with clients giving her exceptional praise, deeming her “superbly responsive, very hard-working, solution-oriented and reliable”; Yon See Ting of Malaysia is a “highly regarded competition lawyer who frequently advises on MyCC investigations.” Clients note that “her years of experience put her in an unbeatable position. She is very sharp in spotting issues and always on top of everything”; Melisa Uremovic of Thailand “demonstrates a strong South-East Asia-focused trade practice from her base in Thailand”; Norma Margarita Patacsil of the Philippines is “active in corporate work and recognised for her expertise in competition matters” She is described as “really brilliant”, “very responsive”, and “knows how business works, giving [clients] advice on how to speed things up”; Vu Thi Que of Vietnam is “a well-regarded corporate lawyer who regularly assists foreign clients with acquisitions, as well as general commercial matters.” Que is praised for her “professional knowledge, business acumen, and client orientation in [clients’] business development in Vietnam”; HMBC Rikrik Rizkiyana of Indonesia “has a broad practice encompassing merger control and KPPU investigations.” Chambers Asia-Pacific cites him as “one of the pioneers of antitrust law in Indonesia”; Farid Nasution of Indonesia, whose “background as a member of the government competition body provides out-of-the-box insights that shift the company’s paradigm in managing its competition issues,” is also noted for offering “great support and strong business analysis to provide legal opinions”; and Tanya Tang of Singapore, Principal Economist, who graduated in the US and the UK, brings invaluable regulatory experience having worked with the Competition Commission of Singapore as well as the Infocomm Development Authority.

The Team has international experience, having worked across the world, or worked with the regulators from a number of countries, thus giving us a close understanding of their workings. Our highly qualified lawyers on the ground speak the local language and are duly qualified to advise on local laws. Being local means that we have a unique understanding and ability to approach the local regulators to ensure that the best solutions can be achieved for the benefit of our clients.

The Team has been involved in every major investigation or merger and other notification in Singapore over the last decade, during which time it has achieved many ‘firsts’, including the 1st appeal to the Competition Appeal Board in Singapore, 1st public notification decision in Singapore, and 1st successful leniency involving international cartel in Singapore.

All across Asia, we represent clients in the following areas:

• Merger Control
• Strategising and Defending Competition/Antitrust Investigations
• Competition Advisory & Notifications
• Leniency Applications
• Settlements
• Compliance and Training
• Market Studies & Analyses
• Regulatory/Legislation