Event details
'Unleashing the Tiger? Competition Law in China and Hong Kong' A Melbourne Law School - Gilbert + Tobin Conference, supported by ANZSOG and Asian Competition Forum
Sat 04/10/2008
Time: 8:30 AM - 5:30 PM
Description:
On 4 October 2008, the Melbourne Law School hosted a significant one-day conference on the emergence of competition law in China and Hong Kong. Sponsored by premier competition law firm Gilbert + Tobin, the Australia and New Zealand School of Government, and the Asian Competition Forum, the conference brought together an impressive line-up of speakers from the senior ranks of government agencies, the legal profession, business sector and academia from Australia, China, Hong Kong, India and Washington to explore these major developments. The conference was opened by the new Chief Justice of the High Court of Australia, the Hon. Robert French CJ, and was attended by over 100 guests. Topics covered the background to the Chinese and (proposed) Hong Kong competition legislation; concentration control; implications for foreign business and investment; enforcement challenges; development of the competition law profession; and international, regional and comparative perspectives. The conference was organised by Melbourne Law School's Director of Studies, Competition Law, Dr Caron Beaton-Wells. The program for the conference and the slides used by the speakers are available below:
Conference program
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Presentations
Overview of Chinese Competition Law - Prof. Dr. Xiaoye Wang, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences - (Download slides)
Overview of Proposals for a Competition Law for Hong Kong - Jonathan McKinley, Commerce and Economic Development Bureau, Government of the Hong Kong SAR, China - (Download slides)
Concentration Control - Dave Poddar, Partner, Mallesons Stephen Jaques - (Download slides)
Concentration Control in China and Hong Kong: What Might be the “Relevant” factors? - Ping Lin, Department of Economics, Lingnan University of Hong Kong - (Download slides)
Chinese Antitrust – Act II, Scene 1 - Nate Bush, Counsel, O’Melveny & Myers LLP, OMM Beijing - (Download slides)
From Birdsville to Beijing: The role of institutions, policy consistency and political involvement in competition law - Will Irving, Group General Counsel, Telstra - (Download slides)
Administrative Monopoly: The Nature of Administrative Monopoly, International Approaches and Chinese Law - Professor Allan Fels, AO, Dean, Australia and New Zealand School of Government - (Download slides)
Administrative Monopoly: A big challenge for the courts in China - Mao, Xiaofei, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Beijing - (Download slides)
Involvement of the Australian Competition Law Profession - Nick Taylor, Partner, Gilbert + Tobin; Foreign Consultant, King & Wood - (Download slides)
The Professional Tug of War: the Regulation of Foreign Lawyers in China, Business Scope issues and Insights from Developments in Competition Law - Andrew Godwin, Melbourne Law School - (Download slides)
East Asian Competition Policy: The Current State of Play - Professor Mark Williams, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University - (Download slides)
