California Lawyers Association
Antitrust, UCL & Privacy Section, International Law Section
Look Back, Look Forward: China’s Anti-Monopoly Law Enforcement
| Credit(s): |
1.5 Participatory MCLE Credits
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| Course Number: |
AN_7-25-18 |
| Original Program Date: |
July 25, 2018 |
| Duration: |
1 hour 30 minutes |
| Access: |
Available for 3 months after purchase |
| Date: |
July 25, 2018
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM (Pacific) |
Description:
China is quickly becoming one of the most important antitrust jurisdictions in the world. On August 1, 2018, China’s Anti-Monopoly Law (AML) will celebrate its tenth anniversary. What’s the story so far, and what’s next? A group of seasoned practitioners from both China and the U.S. will discuss highlights of the competition regime over the past ten years, the challenges lying ahead, and their outlooks into the future of China’s competition law enforcement.
Faculty:
Fei Deng
Dr. Fei Deng is a partner in the San Francisco office of Edgeworth Economics and leads the firm's China Competition Economics practice. Dr. Deng has consulted extensively for clients faced with regulatory merger review, investigations, litigation and commercial disputes in both the United States and in China. In China, Dr. Deng has submitted expert reports to both the regulatory government agencies and the court, and has also testified in court as an economic expert. She served as an outside expert to the Anti-Monopoly Bureau under the Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) in a number of merger review and investigation cases. Dr. Deng has published extensively on China’s competition law enforcement, and has been recognized by GCR’s Who’s Who Legal as one of the “Competition – Future Leaders” in both 2017 and 2018.
Andrew Heimert
Andrew J. Heimert is Counsel for Asian Competition Affairs in the FTC’s Office of International Affairs, responsible for the FTC’s relationships with competition agencies in China, Japan, Korea, and several other Asian jurisdictions. He is also responsible for international intellectual property issues, and works frequently on projects for the International Competition Network’s Unilateral Conduct Working Group. Mr. Heimert previously was the Executive Director and General Counsel of the Antitrust Modernization Commission, and has also worked on a variety of antitrust policy issues and investigations at the FTC as an attorney in the FTC’s Office of Policy and Coordination. Prior to his work in government, Andrew was an attorney at Covington & Burling, and clerked for Richard S. Arnold, Chief Judge for the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit.
Guanbin Xie
Guanbin Xie is a partner and founder of Lifang. Mr. Xie’s major practice areas include intellectual property disputes, antitrust and competition law, acting as legal counsel for hi-tech companies and venture capital, finance and insurance related issues. He has received many rewards including Chambers Band 1 Leading Individual in the IP field and Managing Intellectual Property IP Star. He was the lead counsel in a number of influential antitrust cases in China including Qihoo 360 v. Tencent, and Huawei v. Samsung. He has also served as NDRC’s legal advisor in its investigation of Qualcomm.
Tiana Zhang
Tiana Zhang is a partner in the Shanghai office of Kirkland & Ellis, where she advises clients on complex, cross-border government investigations and dispute resolution. Tiana offers unique capabilities in handling complicated legal and compliance matters for many multinational companies with business in China and Greater Asia. She also regularly represents Chinese companies in their complicated and high-stake US compliance, investigation and litigation matters. Tiana has an intimate understanding of law and culture in both U.S. and China, extensive investigation and litigation experience in both jurisdictions, and a strong track record of handling complicated legal and compliance issues in various forums in both countries. Recognized for her impressive experience in handling complicated cross-border investigations and litigation, Tiana has received many rewards, including “Top Attorneys under 40” for White Collar by Law360 in 2017.
Yizhe Zhang
Yizhe Zhang is a partner at Jones Day’s Beijing office. She has extensive experience advising clients faced with complex antitrust and competition law issues in China.
Her recent merger case experience includes Tokyo Electron's merger with Applied Materials, Baxter's acquisition of Gambro, Gavilon's acquisition by Marubeni, and Goodrich's acquisition by UTC. She also assists clients in conduct investigations by Chinese regulators in the automotive, health care, consumer products, and other industries. Before joining Jones Day, Yizhe worked for China's MOFCOM and was heavily involved in the drafting of China’s Anti-Monopoly Law and other regulations for foreign mergers and acquisitions.
Qianwei Fu, Moderator
Qianwei Fu serves on the Executive Committee of the CLA’s Antitrust Section. She is a partner in the San Francisco Office of Zelle LLP. She has substantial experience in litigating multi-district, high-stakes class actions involving price-fixing and monopolization claims and has played a primary role in all aspects of litigation in some of the nation’s largest antitrust cases. She also has unique practice experience in China and expertise in handling EU private antitrust recovery actions.
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