Tuesday, 21 May
DeHeng Law Offices has hired Ding Liang and Hu Tie as partners in the firm’s Beijing antitrust practice.
ADM and GrainCorp to merge
Friday, 26 April
Archer Daniels Midland (ADM), an American crop company, is buying GrainCorp, an Australian grain processor, for A$3.4 billion.
China clears grain merger with conditions
Wednesday, 24 April
China’s Ministry of Commerce has approved Japanese trading house Marubeni’s US$5.6 billion takeover of US grain trader Gavilon with a hold-separate condition.
Other Headlines
Former Minter partner launches competition boutique
China clears Glencore/Xstrata with conditions
ACCC wins against cable cartelist
Japan imposes new car parts fines
Singapore clears Emirates/Qantas with conditions
China proposes new merger conditions policy
Singapore fines motor traders for bid rigging
ACCC gives final clearance to Qantas/Emirates
Ohlhausen calls for more transparency in China’s merger regime
Features
The watchdog that bites
Country Survey • Tuesday, 6 November
Kazuhiko Takeshima became chairman of Japan’s Fair Trade Commission in 2002, and oversaw the transformation of the authority from a run-of-the-mill authority into a formidable competition enforcer. Takeshima left the JFTC at the end of September, with no permanent replacement. David Vascott paid the JFTC chairman a visit shortly before he left
An interview with Saswata Mukherjee
Journal Feature • Tuesday, 6 November
Title: Corporate Counsel – South East Asia and Australasia, Competition Law – Asia
Age: 35
Firm: Unilever
Previous employment: NoneAiming high
Country Survey • Thursday, 2 August
Following the rapid growth of many south-east Asian economies, Malaysia’s government has decided the time is right to introduce a competition law. But if Malaysia’s Competition Commission is to have an impact, it must persuade both the public and the business community that adhering to competition law principles is the right choice for the country’s economy. David Vascott finds out more
An interview with Shila Dorai Raj
Country Survey • Thursday, 2 August
Shila Dorai Raj, chief executive officer of Malaysia’s Competition Commission, oversaw the implementation of the country’s new competition law earlier this year. She tells David Vascott about her work at the authority
Malaysia's competition bar
Country Survey • Thursday, 2 August
Malaysia’s competition bar is beginning to take shape, although it’s still early days for the country’s handful of competition specialists. David Vascott finds out which firms are leading the way
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IP and competition in China
Tuesday, 4 December
Margaret Wang and Richard Bird of Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer in China examine SAIC’s draft guidelines on the enforcement of competition law in relation to intellectual property rights in China
An interview with Kazuhiko Takeshima
Tuesday, 4 December
Kazuhiko Takeshima has led Japan’s Fair Trade Commission (JFTC) for the past 10 years, overseeing its transformation from a domestically focused authority into one of the world’s leading antitrust enforcers. Takeshima retired at the end of September. David Vascott visited him at the JFTC’s headquarters in Tokyo shortly before he left to find out more about the successes and failures of the past decade
Japan’s competition bar
Tuesday, 4 December
The competition law market in Japan remains mostly split between large Japanese firms that look after domestic clients and international firms that advise foreign companies on Japanese matters. David Vascott finds out which firms dominate the two camps
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