SINGAPORE Law and Practice Contributed by: Lim Chong Kin and Corinne Chew, Drew & Napier LLC
Drew & Napier LLC is a full-service law firm with one of the oldest and largest dedicated competition law practices in Singapore, which has grown in tandem with the development of national and sectoral competition laws in Singapore. It comprises an experienced and highly qualified team of 12 lawyers who handle competition and regulatory matters both gen - erally under the Competition Act 2004 and in the carved-out sectors, such as telecommuni - cations, media, energy and post; the practice
has worked on every noteworthy competition law-related matter in the telecommunications, media and postal sectors. Drew & Napier is reg - ularly commissioned by the Singapore competi - tion regulators to undertake market studies, and regularly assists regional companies, multina - tional corporations, associations, government bodies and industry regulators on a wide range of matters in Singapore and ASEAN member countries. Corinne Chew co-heads the competition law and regulatory practice at Drew & Napier. Her experience extends to all areas of competition law practice, including assisting clients in the filing of merger notifications to the Competition and Consumer Commission of Singapore (CCCS), leniency applications and assisting clients with CCCS investigations. Corinne has assisted multinational and local companies in setting up competition law compliance and audit structures, dawn raids, whistle-blowing programmes and conducting audit checks in a wide range of industries in Singapore. She has also assisted in the drafting of sectoral competition codes and guidelines, and advised regulators on sectoral competition codes.
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Lim Chong Kin co-heads the competition law and regulatory practice at Drew & Napier, and heads the TMT practice. He practises corporate and commercial law, with a strong
emphasis on TMT, regulatory and competition law. Since 1999, he has played a key role in the liberalisation of various strategic industries in Singapore, including the telecommunications, media and postal markets. Chong Kin assisted in the development of the licensing/regulatory frameworks and the drafting of the sectoral competition laws for these sectors, and continues to routinely advise various sectoral regulators on liberalisation, market access, licensing, competition regulation, merger reviews and enforcement issues, including successfully defending the regulators in Ministerial appeals.
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