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WHY YOU SHOULD ATTEND• Beontheknowonhowthecompetitionwillaffectthecompetitive
market of Hong Kong• Learnstrategiesondraftingasoundcomplianceprogrammewiththe
latest competition regime • NetworkwithHongKong’stopcomplianceexpertsandfirms• Understandkeyconceptsofthethreerulesofthecompetition• Establishyourcompanies’credibilityincomplyingtotherequirementsof
the competition ordinance
KEY TOPIC HIGHLIGHTS• Investigativepowersandpenalties• Implicationsforthetransportandcommoditiesindustries• BusinessIssuesforin-housecounsel• IssuesofcompetitionlawinAsia• Comparativeanalysisofcompetitionregimeinotherregionsand
jurisdictions• Strategiesandproceduresinsubmittingrequiredeconomicevidence• Currentcasesanalysesofbreachesincompetitionaroundtheglobe
Hong Kong’s new competition regulation calls for companies to take careful consideration of their turnover figures andsee how it will affect them. Asian Legal Business, commited to upholding timely and professional discourse of pressingregulatoryupdates,isholdingtheALB Hong Kong Competition Ordinance Forum on7July2015.Thiseventwillhighlightthethreeimportantcompliancerequirementsandwhatcounselandcomplianceexpertsshouldknowabouttheinvestigation,enforcement,andadjudicationprocesses,ensuringfullsecurityforbusinessesinHongKong.Withparticipationfromseveralcomplianceexperts,legalpractitioners,andmembersoftheacademeandthegovernment,the upcomingALBCompetitionOrdinance Forum is set to provide a great platform for discourse on the challenges andopportunitiesoftheHongKongCompetitionOrdinance.
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HK’s Competition Ordinance and its ‘three pillars’ approachReserve your seat at the ALB Competition Ordinance Forum 2015
entire economy of Hong Kong
PROMOTING A COMPETITIVE AND FAIR HONG KONG
PHILIPFRANCISMONAGHANExecutiveDirector(GeneralCounsel)Hong Kong Competition Commission
KNUTFOURNIERChairmanHong Kong Competition Association
KELVINKWOKAssistant Professor of Law and Deputy Director University of Hong Kong
ANTHONYCHIUDeputyGeneralCounselAIA International Limited
MIRANDAYEAPSeniorManager-CouncilServicesConstruction Industry Council
RAYMONDMIN-YAWGOHDirectorAnbang Asset Management
BURTONONGAssociate Professor, Faculty of Law and Director of Competition LawNational University of Singapore
MARTAGARCIAPartner,CompetitionStephenson Harwood
VERONICALOCKYERVicePresident,RegulatoryCompliancePCCW
GARYSOOArbitratorGary Soo’s Chambers
YONGKAIWONGHeadofLegalandComplianceCITIC Capital
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DATE:7JULY2015LOCATION:THEPARKLANEHOTELHONGKONG
PROGRAM AGENDA
08:30
Registration and Networking
09:00
Chair’s welcoming address
09:15
The Competition Ordinance: Why is it needed, what will it do for the market and will it have teeth? • CompetitionLawaroundtheglobe:Whereare
weatandwhataretheprogressivechanges?• Understandingtheimportanceofpromotinga
competitive and fair business environment in Hong Kong
• JurisdictionalscopeoftheOrdinanceandthedefinitionofan‘undertaking’
• TheimportanceoftheinnovationofHongKong’sproducts and services
MARTAGARCIAPartner,CompetitionStephenson Harwood
09:45
Interactive Panel Discussion: Are the draft guidelines effective to battle anti-competitive behavior?• Guideoncomplaints,investigationsand
applications for decisions• Differentiatingbusinessdisputestobidrigging:
Thebusinessofpre-determinedcompetitionagreements
• Marketthreshold:Doesmarketsharedeterminemarketpower?
• Pecuniarypenalty:Isitenoughsanctiontostifleanti-competitivebehavior?
ANTHONYCHIUDeputyGeneralCounselAIA International Limited
MIRANDAYEAPSeniorManager-CouncilServicesConstruction Industry Council
RAYMONDMIN-YAWGOHDirectorAnbang Asset Management
10:45
Refreshment Bre
11:00
First Conduct Rule: Balancing the effects of anti-competitive behavior through the “rule of reason”
• In-depthanalysisofanti-competitiveconduct,iepricefixing,marketallocation,outputcontrolandbidriggingandlesseranti-competitiveconduct
•Howdoyoudistinguishbetweenseriousanti-competitiveconductandlesseranti-competitivetransgressionsinthenewOrdinance?
• EnforcementoftheOrdinance:Understandingthe administrative proceedings before the Commission,andthejudicialproceedingsbeforethe Tribunal
• Verticalagreements:Isitanti-competitiveorwillitbesubjecttotheruleofreason?
KNUTFOURNIERChairmanHong Kong Competition Association
11:30
Second Conduct Rule: Abuse of market power•WhatistheSecondConductRuleabout• “Substantialdegreeofmarketpower”:acomparativeanalysis
• “Abuse”:acomparativeanalysis• ExamplesprovidedinthreRevisedDraftGuidelineontheSecondConductRule
KELVINKWOKAssistant Professor of Law and Deputy Director University of Hong Kong
12:00
Third Conduct Rule: Merger control in Hong Kong and the dawn of the new competition era.
• Provisionsrelatingtotheestablishment,functionsandpowersofthenewCompetitionCommissionandtherequirementtoissueguidelines on the merger rule
• AreothersectorsandindustriesinHongKonginneedofprotectionfromanti-competitivemeasures?
• Permissiblemonopoliesandoligopoliesinothersectors:Howwilltheseaffectindustriesotherthantelecommunication?
YONGKAIWONGHeadofLegalandComplianceCITIC Capital
12:30
Networking Luncheon
13:30
Interactive Panel Discussion: Assessing Hong Kong’s scope of market investigation powers
• Regulatingunfairtradeagreementandmarketentrybarriers
• Investigatingandprohibitingdeliberateactsofoligopolies, unfair trade agreement and market entrybarriers
• CaseanalysesofcurrentunfairtradepracticesinHongKongandhowthelackofitsinvestigativepoweraffectstheOrdinance
BURTONONGAssociateProfessor,FacultyofLawand DirectorofCompetitionLawNational University of Singapore
KNUTFOURNIERChairmanHong Kong Competition Association
KELVINKWOKAssistant Professor of Law and Deputy Director University of Hong Kong
14:30
The Competition Commission: how will it investigate anti-competitive conduct, enforce the provisions of the Ordinance, and maintain a free and level playing field?• TheCompetitionRules-Overviewofthe
CompetitionRulesandsummaryofthecommssion’sposiionasregardstheapproachitwilltakewithrespecttotheserules
• Theenforcement“tools”availabletotheCommission
• “Remedies”undertheOrdinance• Complaintsandapplicationsfordecisionsand
blockexemptions
PHILIPFRANCISMONAGHANExecutiveDirector(GeneralCounsel)Hong Kong Competition Commission
15:00
Refreshment Break
15:15
Comparative Analysis: Comparing Hong Kong’s Competition Ordinance with the Competition law in Singapore• Enforcementdisparity:AstheHongKongauthoritiesgainexperience,willthecompetitionplayingfieldlevelbeatparwiththemoreestablishedregulationsoftheEUandUS?
•Highlights of the similarities and differences betweenHongKongandtheUS/EU’scompetition regimes, such as the focus on the conceptof‘marketdominance’
•AnalysesofthedifferencesinantitrustconceptsintheHongKong,EUandUSmarkets–approaches and practices in issues such as predatorypricing
BURTONONGAssociateProfessor,FacultyofLawand DirectorofCompetitionLawNational University of Singapore
15:45
Interactive Panel Discussion: Role of the compliance expert• Ensuringcurrentpracticesarecompliant• Assessing audit arrangement and business
practices• Whatyouneedtoknow,andwhatyouneedto
implementinyourcompanytodraftasoundcompliance programme
• Creatingacultureofcompliance:Rollingoutcompliance from top to bottom
VERONICALOCKYERVicePresident,RegulatoryCompliancePCCW
GARYSOOArbitratorGary Soo’s Chambers
MARTAGARCIAPartner,CompetitionStephenson Harwood
16:45
Chairman’s closing remarks
HONG KONG COMPETITIONORDINANCE FORUM DATE:7JULY2015
LOCATION:THEPARKLANEHOTELHONGKONG
