Competition Law in Asia Pacific: Highlights from 2016 and what's coming next in 2017

Published

Feb 07 2017

Written By

As a partner in our Competition and Commercial Groups in Sydney, and co-head of the Technology and Communications Group in Australia, I specialise in cross-jurisdictional regulatory issues in technology and communications.

Sandra Seah

Partner
Singapore

I am a corporate lawyer with extensive experience in local and cross-border mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures and collaborations, and other general corporate matters.

Regions

Asia-Pacific

The enactment of competition laws in the Asia Pacific region continues to grow. 2016 saw the newest competition authorities on the block find their feet as they started to educate the community and businesses and enforce their national competition law. Many of the more established competition regimes have strengthened their competition laws and regulators are pushing the boundaries in the enforcement of their laws.

Click here to read "Competition Law in Asia Pacific: Highlights from 2016 and what's coming next in 2017". This comprehensive review of Competition Law across the region covers developments in:

Australia;
China;
Hong Kong;
Malaysia;
The Philippines; and
Singapore.

Compiled by our Asia Pacific Competition Team, the Year in Review is an easily digestible guide covering key developments in 2016 and those forecast for 2017. To discuss any of its content further, or for a wider discussion upon Competition Laws across Asia Pacific, please contact the relevant partner.