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Thursday 15 June (0845 - 0900)

Welcome remarks

Antitrust Section (Lead)
Asia Pacific Regional Forum

Thursday 15 June (0900 - 0930)

Keynote address

Antitrust Section (Lead)
Asia Pacific Regional Forum

Session/Workshop Chair(s)

Thursday 15 June (0930 - 1045)

Enforcement procedure

Programme details

Procedural fairness is a broad term that can mean different things to different people. This panel will consider the impact which adherence to principles of procedural fairness has on the ability of authorities to avoid erroneous decisions and formulate sound competition policies. Aspects that will be considered include procedural aspects such as:

Granting early access to the file
Respecting legal privileges
Appropriate sharing of information among agencies and the relevance of consent of the parties
Granting access to third-party witness interviews and cross-examination of witnesses at oral hearings
Offering the ability to make oral presentations
Providing detailed Statement of Objections
Offering the ability to adequately comment on all the facts that the authority intends to rely on in its decision
Assuring the ability to be represented by counsel

Antitrust Section (Lead)
Asia Pacific Regional Forum

Session/Workshop Chair(s)

Thursday 15 June (1045 - 1115)

Coffee/tea break

Antitrust Section (Lead)
Asia Pacific Regional Forum

Thursday 15 June (1115 - 1230)

Programme details

There have been many changes to cartel enforcement in Asia over the last few years, including the establishment of new authorities, new regimes, new leniency rules and new approaches to settlement. This session will examine which standards – ICN, OECD, peer review – are important Interaction with anticorruption and other regulatory regimes is always challenging, even for the most developed authorities. This panel will also discuss recent experiences and practices in cartel enforcement in Asia, what lawyers and authorities in this region and elsewhere need to know.

Antitrust Section (Lead)
Asia Pacific Regional Forum

Session/Workshop Chair(s)

Thursday 15 June (1230 - 1415)

Antitrust Section (Lead)
Asia Pacific Regional Forum

Session/Workshop Chair(s)

Thursday 15 June (1415 - 1500)

Interview with Ashok Chawla, Former Chairman of the Competition Commission of India by Michael Reynolds, Allen & Overy, Brussels, Past President of the IBA

Antitrust Section (Lead)
Asia Pacific Regional Forum

Thursday 15 June (1500 - 1530)

Coffee/tea break

Antitrust Section

Thursday 15 June (1530 - 1700)

Multinational mergers with an Asian dimension

Programme details

Many merger cases involve investigations by multiple authorities around the world. For the merging parties, their advisors and regulators alike, this involves cross-border coordination of strategies and review time lines. At the same time, in many instances the competition (and public interest) issues and remedies, while similar across jurisdictions, may also be local in nature. This panel will discuss the interaction between global and local aspects of merger cases, based on a number of real-life cases.

Antitrust Section (Lead)
Asia Pacific Regional Forum

Session/Workshop Chair(s)

Thomas Janssens

Thursday 15 June (1700 - 1900)

Welcome reception provided by the host committee

Antitrust Section (Lead)
Asia Pacific Regional Forum

Friday 16 June (0900 - 1015)

Private litigation

Programme details

What is the future of private litigation in Asia? What can or should Asian authorities do to facilitate claims by those allegedly victimised by cartels or injured by other anti-competitive behaviour? What lessons (good or bad) can be learned from the experience of other jurisdictions, including the US and the UK?

Antitrust Section

Session/Workshop Chair(s)

Friday 16 June (1015 - 1045)

Coffee/tea break

Antitrust Section (Lead)
Asia Pacific Regional Forum

Friday 16 June (1045 - 1215)

Abuse of dominance

Programme details

Asian antitrust enforcers seem united in their resolve to bring high-profile abuse of dominance cases – often targeting the same sectors and imposing large fines. Many of these cases involve IP issues. At the same time, could it be that these agencies are divided in terms of their approach to dominance, what constitutes an abuse, and how to resolve monopoly investigations? The panel will navigate these regional market power complexities and place them in the context of the latest international developments in the area of unilateral conduct.

Antitrust Section (Lead)
Asia Pacific Regional Forum

Session/Workshop Chair(s)

Kyriakos Fountoukakos

Friday 16 June (1215 - 1230)

Closing remarks

Antitrust Section (Lead)
Asia Pacific Regional Forum