Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Margaret Wang is a senior associate based in the Hong Kong office of Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer. She is a member of the antitrust, competition and trade practice group. Margaret trained and practised in the firm’s London and Washington, DC offices before relocating to Hong Kong in 2006, when the issue of a general competition law for Hong Kong and also for China came to prominence.
Currently, Margaret advises on all aspects of competition law in China and Hong Kong, including merger control and behavioural competition advice. She has advised multinational companies in successfully obtaining merger clearance in China, including Philips, Wacker and the Cerberus Group. She regularly advises multinationals on the implications of the Chinese competition law on their commercial arrangements. Margaret has also significant experience under the current sector-specific competition law regime in Hong Kong, including handling two merger filings and advising on competition-related disputes.
Educated at the University of Melbourne and King’s College London where she obtained a distinction in an LLM specialising in competition law, Margaret also frequently contributes to publications including Global Competition Review, the Asia-Pacific Antitrust Review series, the Journal of E-Commerce, Technology and Communications and the Getting the Deal Through series.