SINGAPORE Trends and Developments
Trends and Developments Contributed by: Lim Chong Kin and Corinne Chew Drew & Napier LLC Drew & Napier LLC is one of Singapore’s lead - ing and largest full-service law firms. Its com - petition law and regulatory practice was es - tablished in 1999, and is the oldest and largest dedicated competition law practice in Singa - pore. Established six years before the enact - ment of the Competition Act in 2005, the expe - rience of the practice has grown in tandem with the development of both national and sectoral competition laws in Singapore. The practice is the preferred competition law counsel of many
regional companies, multinational corporations, associations and government bodies, and regularly assists them on competition matters in Singapore and ASEAN member countries. The practice comprises lawyers that are cross- trained in competition law and economics, who are highly experienced and qualified in handling competition law matters both generally under the Competition Act as well as in the carved-out telecommunications, media, energy and postal sectors.
Authors
Lim Chong Kin is the managing director at Drew & Napier LLC and co-heads the competition law and regulatory practice. Chong Kin has played a key role in the development of sectoral
Corinne Chew is the co-head of Drew & Napier’s competition law and regulatory practice. Corinne’s competition law experience extends to all areas of competition law practice,
competition regulation in Singapore, in particular, in the telecommunications, media and postal industries. Since 1999, he has routinely advised the sectoral competition regulators on liberalisation, market access, licensing, competition regulation, merger reviews and enforcement issues, including successfully defending the regulators in various ministerial appeals. He continues to advise both regulators and industry on competition matters under various sectoral competition codes and is widely acknowledged by peers, clients and rivals as a leading competition lawyer in Singapore.
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 also assisted multinational and local companies in setting up competition law compliance and audit structures, dawn raid and whistle-blowing programmes and conducting audit checks for companies in a wide range of industries in Singapore and other jurisdictions in the ASEAN region. Corinne has also assisted in the drafting of sectoral competition codes and guidelines and has advised regulators and industry on sectoral competition codes in various sectors.
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