竞争和外国投资审查
市场领先的反垄断专业知识
东盟经济共同体的总国内生产总值为2.5万亿美元，是世界上第四大出口国/地区，仅次于欧盟、北美和中国/香港。新加坡虽是国内生产总值约为3,200亿美元的小型开放经济体，但在全球总部密度方面排名第五，且经常处于该地区竞争和兼并控制战略的中心。本所的竞争和外国投资审查业务部在新加坡和该地区担任反垄断顾问方面拥有丰富的经验。
最大的专职团队
本所的竞争和外国投资审查业务部始终被《全球竞争评论》评为新加坡领先的竞争业务部，也是该地区最大、最有经验的专职竞争业务部。特别的是，本所的律师全职致力于反垄断法，本所团队包括竞争经济学家以及新加坡竞争委员会（CCS，现称为新加坡竞争和消费者委员会，简称“CCCS”）的前任官员，包括其创始主席。
经验的广度和深度
作为您的战略合作伙伴，本所负责管理您在新加坡和东盟的反垄断风险。本所常协助客户开展跨国并购评估、抢跑和技术备案，在复杂的卡特尔和垄断调查方面拥有未被超越的经验。本所还经常受政府委托起草竞争立法、法规和政策，包括航空、能源、媒体、邮政、电信行业的竞争立法、法规和政策，并担任东盟竞争专家组的培训师。
从一开始，本所竞争和外国投资审查业务部就处理了新加坡最复杂的国际卡特尔、垄断和兼并案件。作为合并控制领域的市场领导者，本所还为约75%的已备案合并控制案件以及CCCS的公开调查案件提供了法律服务。其中具有里程碑意义的事项包括：
- 推翻CCS第一项阻止兼并的临时决定
- 为将由能源市场管理局审理的首项涉及《天然气法》关键设施条款的竞争争议提供咨询
- 就CCCS的大多数第2阶段审查提供建议，并在第二次请求中阐明和协商合并承诺
- 为新加坡第一项国际卡特尔裁决中的赦免申请人和第二项全球卡特尔裁决中的豁免申请人提供咨询
- 就CCCS多项关于滥用支配地位的决定提供咨询，包括首次向竞争上诉委员会提出上诉
- 促成制定地区竞争法，包括在缅甸竞争委员会起草《缅甸竞争法》时担任顾问
Market-leading antitrust expertise
The ASEAN Economic Community, with a combined GDP of US$2.5 trillion, is the fourth largest exporter in the world after the regions of the European Union, North America and China/Hong Kong. Singapore, although a small open economy with a GDP of around US$320 billion, is ranked fifth in density of global headquarters, and is often at the epicentre of competition and merger control strategies for the region. Our Competition & Foreign Investment Practice has unparalleled experience as antitrust advisers in Singapore and the region.
Largest fully-dedicated team
Our Competition & Foreign Investment Practice has been consistently cited as Singapore’s leading competition practice by Global Competition Review, and is the largest and most experienced fully-dedicated competition practice in the region. Uniquely, our lawyers are dedicated to antitrust law full-time, and our team includes competition economists, as well as former officers of the Competition Commission of Singapore (CCS), now known as the Competition and Consumer Commission of Singapore (CCCS), including its founding Chairman.
Range and depth of experience
We are your strategic partners in managing your antitrust exposure in Singapore and ASEAN. We frequently assist clients in cross-border merger assessments, gun-jumping and technical filings, and have unsurpassed experience in complex cartel and monopoly investigations. We are also regularly commissioned by governments to draft competition legislation, codes and policies, including in the aviation, energy, media, postal, telecommunications sectors, and are trainers for the ASEAN Experts Group on Competition.
From the outset, our practice has handled the most complex of international cartel, dominance and merger cases in Singapore. As a market-leader in merger control, we have also advised on approximately 75 per cent. of the merger control cases filed, and public investigation cases engaged, with the CCCS. Our landmark matters include:
- Overturning the CCS’ first provisional decision to block a merger
- Advising on the first competition dispute to be heard before the Energy Market Authority on the essential facilities provisions of the Gas Act
- Advising on the majority of Phase 2 reviews by the CCCS, and clearing and negotiating merger commitments in second requests
- Advising on the amnesty applicant in Singapore’s first international cartel decision, and the immunity applicant in its second global cartel decision
- Advising on multiple abuse of dominance decisions by the CCCS, including the first appeal to the Competition Appeal Board
- Contributing to the development of regional competition law legislation, including being advisers to the Myanmar Competition Commission in the drafting of the Myanmar Competition Act