Antitrust & Merger Control

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  • Simmons & Simmons China TMT Day 2018

    Seminar

    Submitted: 12 December 2018

    The materials from our China TMT Day 2018 are now available.

  • Key risks for Asset Managers and Financial Institutions

    Seminar

    Submitted: 26 January 2018

    Asterisk is an initiative that forecasts the five key risks facing asset managers and financial institutions in 2018. Asterisk is part of a wider campaign to encourage discussion around these highly topical issues and to demonstrate how we can assist our clients navigate these risks going forward. The Hong Kong office will commence a series of roundtables in the coming months to facilitate this process.

  • Can you trust a machine? The evolution of smart contracts and Blockchain technology.

    Seminar

    Submitted: 24 October 2016

    Partners Ian Wood and Jolyon Ellwood-Russell discuss what smart contracts are, what the current realistic applications are for smart contracts and how far could smart contracting go in replacing human decision making.

  • Competition Ordinance - the first month Restricted access

    Article

    Submitted: 15 January 2016

    ​It has been one month since Hong Kong’s Competition Ordinance (Ordinance) came into full force. While it is too soon to assess meaningfully the impact of the competition regime in Hong Kong, and no enforcement action has yet been publicly announced, over the past month there have nonetheless been some interesting developments.

  • Could I be personally liable under Hong Kong's competition law?

    Article

    Submitted: 14 December 2015

    As the Competition Ordinance comes into full force on 14 December 2015, Hong Kong wakes up to the possibility of directors and employees having personal liability to pay fines for breach of the conduct rules.

  • Hong Kong Competition Commission issues leniency policy

    Article

    Last Reviewed: 10 December 2015 / Submitted: 07 October 2015

    In advance of the anti-competitive conduct rules coming into full force in Hong Kong on 14 December 2015, the Competition Commission has issued its leniency policy.

  • Episode 0506: Managing merger uncertainties under Hong Kong's new competition law

    Video Podcast

    Submitted: 04 December 2015

    Simmons & Simmons lawyer Carolyn Bigg talks to partner Peter Broadhurst about the new Hong Kong competition law and how it may affect mergers.

  • Hong Kong’s Competition Commission identifies enforcement priorities

    Article

    Submitted: 25 November 2015

    The Competition Commission has issued its enforcement policy, indicating the key behaviours and abuses which it will prioritise when the Competition Ordinance comes into full force on 14 December 2015, and giving guidance on its discretionary approach when using its enforcement powers.

  • Hong Kong Competition Commission announces a transitional arrangement for applications for decisions and block exemptions

    Article

    Submitted: 05 November 2015

    ​In advance of the Competition Ordinance coming into full force on 14 December 2015, Hong Kong’s Competition Commission has outlined a transitional arrangement to address uncertainty around ongoing activities while applications for exemption/exclusion decisions and block exemptions are considered.

  • Session 4 - What financial institutions and funds need to know about competition law

    Seminar

    Submitted: 29 October 2015

    In this session, we covered the impact of the new Competition Ordinance, which will be introduced in December 2015, on financial institutions and funds. We also discussed practical guidance for the financial services sector on addressing key competition law compliance issues - based on experience and best practice locally and in Europe - including in relation to the recent LIBOR cases.

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