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Aug 14, 2024 | 
lexology.com | Kala Anandarajah |Khanti Syackhaphom |Tanya Tang |Alvin Tan |Joshua Seet |Min Khi Thein | +9 more
OverviewDear Friends,We are pleased to present our 2nd Regional Competition Bites for 2024. The second quarter has seen extensive enforcement action, increased merger reviews across a larger number of countries and significant regulatory and policy developments across Southeast Asia. Strong enforcement against anti-competitive practices and cartelistic conduct has been the highlight of this quarter.
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May 14, 2024 | 
lexology.com | Kala Anandarajah |Khanti Syackhaphom |Tanya Tang |Alvin Tan |Joshua Seet |Min Kyi Thein | +9 more
OverviewDear Friends,2024 has barely begun and the first quarter is passed. We are pleased to present our first Regional Competition Bites for this first quarter in 2024. There have been various legislative and regulatory changes across Southeast Asia, with regulators enacting new laws and issuing guidelines concerning competition law.
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Apr 11, 2024 | 
lexology.com | Benjamin Cheong |Linda Qiao
IntroductionOn 22 March 2024, the Cyberspace Administration of China ("CAC") published the long-awaited Regulations on Promoting and Regulating the Cross-border Data Flow (《促进和规范数据跨境流动规定》) ("Regulations"), available here, which came into immediate effect. Compared to the draft Regulations earlier issued for comments by CAC on 28 September 2023 (available here), one of the significant changes is the change of the Regulations’ name by moving "promoting" before "regulating".
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Feb 20, 2024 | 
lexology.com | Kala Anandarajah |Lee Hock Chye |Tanya Tang |Joshua Seet |Heng Chhay |Linda Qiao | +6 more
OverviewWe recall stating that 2022 was an interesting year as the world emerged from the pandemic. We had hardly see hard core cartels being investigated, but we did see transactions happening. Lots of transactions. Hence, it was merger control reviews galore in 2022. 2023 was different. It had all the trappings of even more mergers and many an investigation. Yet, the year took an odd turn near the end.
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Feb 19, 2024 | 
lexology.com | Kala Anandarajah |Lee Hock Chye |Tanya Tang |Alvin Tan |Joshua Seet |Heng Chhay | +7 more
OverviewWe recall stating that 2022 was an interesting year as the world emerged from the pandemic. We had hardly see hard core cartels being investigated, but we did see transactions happening. Lots of transactions. Hence, it was merger control reviews galore in 2022. 2023 was different. It had all the trappings of even more mergers and many an investigation. Yet, the year took an odd turn near the end.
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Feb 6, 2024 | 
lexology.com | Chia Kim Huat |Linda Qiao |Chen Xi |Rebecca Chew |Toh Kian Sing |Mark Ming-Cheng Cheng | +1 more
IntroductionThroughout the year, we have been keeping you up to date on noteworthy developments across the region with our Regional Round-up Publications. As we enter 2024, we are pleased to share with you our 2023 year-in-review of the Regional Round-up for our Regional Offices in the Rajah & Tann Asia network. In each jurisdiction, we recount the key milestones in the path that has been travelled in 2023, as well as consider the terrain of the road that lies ahead in 2024.
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Jan 31, 2024 | 
lexology.com | Kala Anandarajah |Tanya Tang |Alvin Tan |Joshua Seet |Heng Chhay |Linda Qiao | +8 more
OverviewHappy 2024! To wrap up the year 2023 and further to our Regional Trade Mid-year Highlights, we are pleased to present an overview of the various trade law related developments in the region. 2023 has been a year of moving onward from the pandemic, though fraught with gloomy growth predictions. In spite of this, trade law has continued to evolve, with legislations, regulations, and policies continuously upgrading to better facilitate the movement of goods across borders.
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Jan 31, 2024 | 
lexology.com | Kala Anandarajah |Tanya Tang |Alvin Tan |Joshua Seet |Heng Chhay |Linda Qiao | +8 more
OverviewHappy 2024! To wrap up the year 2023 and further to our Regional Trade Mid-year Highlights, we are pleased to present an overview of the various trade law related developments in the region. 2023 has been a year of moving onward from the pandemic, though fraught with gloomy growth predictions. In spite of this, trade law has continued to evolve, with legislations, regulations, and policies continuously upgrading to better facilitate the movement of goods across borders.
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Jan 31, 2024 | 
lexology.com | Kala Anandarajah |Tanya Tang |Alvin Tan |Joshua Seet |Heng Chhay |Linda Qiao | +8 more
OverviewHappy 2024! To wrap up the year 2023 and further to our Regional Trade Mid-year Highlights, we are pleased to present an overview of the various trade law related developments in the region. 2023 has been a year of moving onward from the pandemic, though fraught with gloomy growth predictions. In spite of this, trade law has continued to evolve, with legislations, regulations, and policies continuously upgrading to better facilitate the movement of goods across borders.
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Jan 8, 2024 | 
lexology.com | Benjamin Cheong |Chen Xi |Linda Qiao
IntroductionOn 8 December 2023, the People's Republic of China ("PRC") issued the Draft Administrative Measures on Reporting Cybersecurity Incidents (网络安全事件报告管理办法(征求意见稿)) ("Draft Measures") for public consultation. The consultation is open for feedback on the Draft Measures until 7 January 2023.
