The Competition Law Committee

IPBA's Competition Law Committee provides a platform for the exchange of information regarding competition laws in jurisdictions on the Pacific Rim. Those jurisdictions include very old established antitrust regimes, such as those of the United States and Canada, well developed competition laws in the Asia-Pacific Region, such as those of Japan, Australia, South Korea and Taiwan, and important new laws, such as those of China, India, Hong Kong, and several ASEAN countries.

Our Mission
 
The Competition Law Committee’s mission is to support the open and collegial discussion of competition law developments particularly as they relate to Asian jurisdictions and to encourage networking within the competition law bar.  The CLC aims to support the growth of IPBA membership by developing annual programming that continues to draw competition law practitioners to the IPBA annual conferences.

Join The Committee

The Committee has grown quickly during recent years, a reflection of the recent adoption of competition laws and increased enforcement of existing laws throughout the Asia-Pacific region. We welcome new members who are willing to contribute their time and talent to improve our programs, publications and other activities. If you are interested in becoming more involved in the Committee's activities, please contact the Chair or any of the Vice-Chairs.


Kuala Lumpur 2016

The Competition Law Committee’s (“CLC”) April, 2016 program at Kuala Lumpur featured an exciting new roundtable format. 
There were six topics of discussion: 

• (i) Dawn Raids (led by HyunAh Kim of Shin & Kim);
• (ii) Leniency Applications (led by Janet Hui of Jun He); 
• (iii)  Cartel Sanctions and their Effectiveness (led by Anand Raj of Shearn & Delamore); 
• (iv) Procedural Fairness and Due Process (led by Atsushi Yamada of Anderson Mori & Tomotsune); 
• (v) Mandatory Supply Remedies (led by Christian Wind of Bratschi Wiederkehr & Buob) and;*
• (vi) Merger Control and Cartel Risk Assessment for Joint Ventures and other Mergers (led by Kala Anandarajah of Rajah & Tann).  

Each topic generated consideration thoughtful and insightful discussion by session attendees.  Steve Harris of Winston & Strawn and Shawn Neylan of Stikeman Elliott acted as moderators.