Antitrust in Asia : One Size Fits All ?

*to be confirmed

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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Webinar #1 : The Development Of Individual and Criminal Sanctions in the Asia-Pacific Region

1. Nathalie Jalabert-Doury, Competition Inspections in 21 Jurisictions, A Practititioner Guide, 22 March 2022

2. Hong Kong Competition Commission, The Hong Kong Competition Authority commences proceedings against four undertakings and an individual for a price-fixing cartel in the travel services sector (Gray Line / Tink Labs), 20 January 2022

3. Australian Competition Authority, The Australian Competition Authority initiates proceedings against two Sydney roof tiling businesses and their sole directors for alleged participation in a cartel (First Class Slate Roofing / Mr. Shingles / Scott Barton / Damian Hand), 25 October 2021

4. Dyah Paramita, The Indonesian Government initiates legal reforms of the antitrust sanctioning guidelines, 7 September 2021

5. Hong Kong Competition Commission, The Hong Kong Competition Authority publishes its policy on recommended pecuniary penalties for anti-competitive conduct, 22 June 2020

Webinar #2 : Merger Control in Asia-Pacific : Hong Kong, Japan, Malaysia, Philippines, China…

1. Wei Han, Yajie Gao, The Chinese National People’s Congress amends the national competition law Act, in the first update in fifteen years and includes a new grading system for merger control, 24 June 2022

2. Mohd Aidil Tupari, Jessica Walch Barton, Merger control in some ASEAN member states : Evolving from the aspirational inception phase towards implementation challenges ?, February 2022

3. Adrian Emch, Gaston Fernandez, Giang Nguyen, The Vietnamese Competition Authority issues a report looking back on the merger control filings 2019-2021 since the entry into force of the new national competition law, 13 September 2021

Webinar #3 : Platform and Technology in Asia-Pacific : What is the State of the Regulation ?

1. Masako Wakui, Japan : Digital platform mergers and the Antimonopoly Act, September 2021

2. Japanese Competition Authority, The Japanese FTC closes the investigation against a Big Tech company for allegedly restricting business activities of digital app developers on its app store after the company agreed to update the store’s guidelines, including on payment methods and app review process (Apple), 2 September 2021

3. Georgina Foster, Lynsey R. Edgar, The Australian Competition Authority reiterates the need for additional regulation to address concerns about the dominance of digital platforms, 19 August 2021

4. Yajie Gao, Wei Han, The Chinese State Administration for Market Regulation publishes anti-monopoly guidelines on platform economy, 7 February 2021

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3. Dyah Paramita, The Indonesian Competition Authority announces end to relaxation of competition rules put in place over the COVID-19 pandemic, 6 April 2022

4. Song Ying, Zhan Hao, The Chinese Supreme Court releases its interpretation on several issues concerning the application of the Anti-unfair competition law, 17 March 2022

5. Toshio Dokei, Hideo Nakajima, Takako Onoki, The Japan Competition Authority publishes a report on potential competition issues in price-setting of IPOs, 28 January 2022

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