Competition/Antitrust in Southeast Asia Series: No 1 – A Focus on Merger Control and FDIs

On 28 November 2023, Rajah & Tann’s Competition & Trade Practice Group organised an in-person seminar titled “Competition/Antitrust in Southeast Asia Series: No 1 – A Focus on Merger Control and FDIs”.

Effectively two years after COVID now, whilst transactions reduced in 2023 vis-à-vis 2022, the degree of scrutiny by competition regulators seemingly increased considerably across the globe. The number of countries with merger control laws also increased, with Southeast Asia (“SEA“) seeing six of the countries now with robust merger control rules. Competition aside, new laws on foreign direct investment and subsidies also mandated scrutiny of various transactions.

The speakers at this seminar provided updates happening in SEA as well as updates from what we see as critical jurisdictions/regions, including the European Union (EU), China and the United Kingdom (UK). They also dissected a transaction that has multi-jurisdictional implications in a case study approach. The speakers comprised Kala Anandarajah, Head of the Competition & Antitrust and Trade Practice, and Partners Tanya Tang (Chief Economic and Policy Advisor), Joshua Seet and Alvin Tan from the same Practice.

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