Mayer Brown JSM’s Competition Law practice is at the forefront of emerging competition law and antitrust issues in Asia, and closely monitors international developments in this field.

Our Competition Law practice advises on a range of competition law and policy issues including:

• antitrust filings and regulatory clearances
• legal compliance programmes
• policy development and monitoring
• anti-competitive conduct investigations
• joint venture planning
• third party access negotiations
• exclusive distribution agreements
• pricing practices and strategies and
• general strategic advice.

• preparing antitrust filings on behalf of a number of private equity investors relating to international acquisitions required to be notified to China's Ministry of Commerce under the Regulations for Mergers and Acquisitions of Domestic Enterprises by Foreign Investors. Our involvement in these matters also includes pre-filing consultation with representatives of the Ministry of Commerce and other Chinese government departments
• advising a number of key clients regarding application of and compliance with the provisions of China's new Anti-Monopoly Law
• advising leading technology and consumer packaging companies on the application of competition law provisions in China and
• advising and assisting a multinational corporation in rolling out its antitrust and anti-corruption compliance programme in China.

• meeting with the Hong Kong SAR Government's competition law consultants to provide input on the appropriate focus and content of the proposed general competition law
• assisting key clients in the preparation of submissions in relation to the proposed law
• advising business organizations in various industries in Hong Kong regarding competition law compliance activities and providing briefings to those clients regarding competition law issues that have arisen internationally in their industries and
• working with major clients to assess and advise on the competition impact of mergers and acquisitions in the Hong Kong telecommunications industry, advising on investigations into alleged anti-competitive practices involving broadcasting licensees.