Antitrust in Asia Conference: One Size Fits All?

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Agencies: Australian Competition and Consumer Commission, Autorité de la Concurrence, Bangladesh Competition Commission, Central Intellectual Property and International Trade Court of Thailand, Communications Authority of Ghana, Competition and Consumer Commission of Australia, Competition Authority of Kenya, Competition Commisison of Pakistan, Competition Commission of Bangladesh, Competition Commission of Eswatini, Competition Commission of Hong Kong, Competition Commission of India, Competition Commission of Indonesia, Competition Commission of Malaysia, Competition Commission of Spain, Competition Commission of Suriname, Competition Council of Lithuania, Competition Protection Agency of Slovenia, Court of Justice of Thailand, Department of Communications and Digital Technologies of South Africa, European Commission, Greek Council of State, Indecopi Indonesia Competition Commission, International Trade Centre, Ministério Público do Estado do Paraná, Philippine Competition Commission, Sandiganbayan Supreme Court, South African Department of Communications and Digital Technologies, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, The Central Intellectual Property and International Trade Court of Thailand, U.S. Federal Trade Commission, Victims of Unfair Business Competition Legal Aid Institution

Corporations: 3ds, A.S. Watson Retail, Abb Power Grids, Adnoc, Air Liquide, Airbus, Allianz, Amazon, Associated British Foods, Avon, Avril, Bhp, Bnp Paribas, Cargill, Century Software, CLP Power, Delivery Hero, DPDHL, DSSE, EDF, European Committee of the Regions, Facebook, Gategroup, Heineken, Hitachi Abb Power Grids, Infobip, Intel, JC Rus, Khazanah, Leapfrog Investments, Maersk, Mastercard, Microsoft, MSC, NTC, Ocean Network Express, PCCW, Petronas, Philip Morris, Private Rautureau, Apple, Shoes, Shell, Siemens Energy, Tesa Tape, Tetra Pak, Thales, Totalenergies, Vervent Audio

Law firms: Abejo Rosario Tayag & Santos, Accralaw, Akin Gump, Alan Lam, Yam & Pe Solicitors, Albers Consulting, Allen & Gledhill, Allen & Overy, Ashurst, Assegaf Hamzah & Partners, Attis Legal, Axinn, Baker McKenzie, Bondhu, Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner, Chiu & Partners, Christopher & Lee, Clifford Chance, Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas, Delcade Avocats & Solicitors, Dentons, Dla Piper, Freshfields, Gilbert + Tobin, Gleiss Lutz, Gs1, Haeme Lew, Hengki Sibuea & Partners, Herbert Smith Freehills, Hogan Lovells, Ikeda&Someya, Jin Mao Partners, Jones Day, KCO, Kim&Chang, King & Wood Mallesons, Laksmikumaran and Sridharan, Lefosse Advogados, Lifang, Lim Jo Yan & Co, Marek Szczepański Law Firm, Mauricio Velandia, McDermott Will & Emery, Minterellison, Morrison & Foerster, Nanyang Chambers, Nathan Associates, Paraguay International Chamber Of Commerce, PCC, PFI Partnerships, PLMJ, Pokorný, Wagner & Partners, Radboud, Rahmat Lilm & Partners, Rajah & Tann, Russell Mcveagh, Schindler Group, Schoneveld Law, Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co, Shearman & Sterling, Shearn Delamore, Shihui Partners, SK Chambers, Skadden, Stibbe, Sycip Salazar Hernandez & Gatmaitan, Syciplaw, Tay & Partners, Van Bael & Bellis, Van Berings, Webber Wentzel, Weil Gotshal & Manges, White & Case, Wong Beh & Toh, YTL, Yulchon

Economic Consultancies: CIRC, Compass Lexecon, Federal Institute of Telecommunications of Mexico, Fiduciary Automation, Inpi, Payment Systems Regulator, Pública, RBB Economics, Research and Information System for Developing Countries, World Bank

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#1 Merger Control: New Challenges Across Asia-Pacific

1. Australian Competition Authority, The Australian Competition Authority grants interim authorisation to two airlines to continue operating joint ventures in the Asian market for flights (Jetstar / Qantas), 3 March 2023

2. Lawrence Wang, Peter J. Wang, Yichen Wu, Dr. Qiang Xue, Yizhe Zhang, The Chinese State Administration for Market Regulation imposes remedial measures in a landmark domestic merger transaction in the chemical industry (Wanhua Chemical Group / Yantai Juli Fine Chemical), 7 April 2023

3. Papua New Guinea Competition Authority, The Papua New Guinea Competition Authority approves the acquisition of a tyre manufacturing company (BSCAP / BSPN / BMSA), 17 February 2023, e-Competitions February 2023

4. Elizabeth Xiao-Ru Wang, Dennis Beling, China & Mergers: An overview of national case law, 6 October 2022

5. Jim O’Connell, Alexander Wang, The Chinese National People’s Congress passes the amendment to the Anti-Monopoly Law, 24 June 2022, e-Competitions June 2022

#2 Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) & EU Foreign Subsidies Regulation (FSR): Opportunities and Challenges

1. Merit Olthoff, Paul van den Berg, Sarah Erne, Joanna Goyder, Malte Symann, Christopher Sickinger, The EU Commission puts out for consultation a draft Implementing Regulation on proceedings pursuant to the Foreign Subsidies Regulation, 6 February 2023

2. Elvira Aliende Rodriguez, Matthew Readings, James Webber, Jonathan Cheng, Sylvain Petit, Mark Steenson, The EU Parliament and Council see the entry into force of their new Foreign Subsidies Regulation which protects the distortion of competition within the internal market, 12 January 2023

3. Philippe-Emmanuel Partsch, Achet-Billa Saleh, The EU Parliament and Council see their Foreign Subsidies Regulation enter into force, imposing new notification requirements for companies from third countries active in the Union, 12 January 2023

4. European Commission, The EU Commission sees the Foreign Subsidies Regulation enters into force, 12 January 2023

#3 Pharmaceutical Industry: Towards Increasing Enforcement ?

1. Lawrence Wang, Peter J. Wang, Yichen Wu, Dr. Qiang Xue, Yizhe Zhang, The Chinese State Administration for Market Regulation imposes remedial measures in a landmark domestic merger transaction in the chemical industry (Wanhua Chemical Group / Yantai Juli Fine Chemical), 7 avril 2023

2. Australian Competition Authority, The Australian Federal Court sentences a family-owned Australian pharmaceutical company and its former export manager for engaging in criminal cartel conduct, based on an investigation by the Competition Authority (Alkaloids), 29 novembre 2022

3. Japanese Competition Authority, The Japanese Competition Authority issues cease and desist orders and surcharge payment orders against participants in biddings for pharmaceutical procurement ordered by Japan Community Health Care Organization (Alfresa / Toho / Suzuken), 30 mars 2022

4. Australian Competition Authority, The Australian Competition Authority refuses to give an authorisation for the provisions of a settlement and licence agreement between pharmaceutical companies (Celgene / Juno / Natco), 23 mars 2022

#4 In-House Counsel Roundtable: Asian Antitrust Hot Issues

1. Lawrence Wang, Peter J. Wang, Yichen Wu, Dr. Qiang Xue, Yizhe Zhang, The Chinese State Administration for Market Regulation imposes remedial measures in a landmark domestic merger transaction in the chemical industry (Wanhua Chemical Group / Yantai Juli Fine Chemical), 7 April 2023

2. Adrian Emch, Qing Lyu, The Chinese Competition Authority enacts the final implementing regulations for the amended Anti-Monopoly Law, 24 mars 2023

3. Toshio Dokei, Hideo Nakajima, Takako Onoki, The Japanese Competition Authority seeks public comments on proposed guidelines for enterprises aimed at realizing a greener society under the Antimonopoly Act, 13 January 2023

4. Lawrence Wang, Peter J. Wang, Dr. Qiang Xue, Yizhe Zhang, Lillian He, Jerry Ling, The Chinese State Administration for Market Regulation publishes draft amendments to the Anti-Unfair Competition Law for public comment that target the digital economy and companies with "relatively advantaged" market positions, 2 novembre 2022

5. Angie Ng, Adelle Elhosni, The Supreme People’s Court of China issues a judgment which finds that a patent settlement agreement constitutes a horizontal monopoly agreement in violation of Anti-Monopoly Law (Huaming / Taipu), 21 mars 2022