Competition
Law

The Drew Network Asia Competition Law Practice draws together the highly qualified and experienced dedicated competition law teams from three of the most recognised and reputable firms in the ASEAN region: Drew & Napier (Singapore), Makarim & Taira S. (Indonesia), Shearn Delamore & Co. (Malaysia) and Martinez Vergara & Gonzalez Sociedad (Philippines), and Tilleke & Gibbins (Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam).

We pride ourselves on our responsiveness, practical and client-focused solutions, and providing clients with pragmatic and seamless legal responses across the ASEAN region.

We act for a wide variety of clients in a broad range of industries in regulated as well as non-regulated sectors.

We are proud to be trusted competition law advisors to foreign and domestic corporations as well as competition regulators. Significantly, our lawyers have been instrumental in the formulation of competition policies and laws in our respective jurisdictions and in ASEAN.

The Drew Network Asia Competition Law Practice offers a one-stop-shop in competition law solutions across the ASEAN region.

We regularly assist clients and possess extensive experience in a full range of contentious and non-contentious competition law work in the ASEAN region.

Our experience includes:

  • Competition advisory projects;
  • Defending competition law investigations and regulatory dawn raids and investigations;
  • Merger notifications and other notifications to competition authorities;
  • Conducting market studies;
  • Putting in place multi-jurisdictional compliance and dawn raid programmes;
  • Conducting competition law audits and risk management;
  • Competition litigation; and

Our network of multi-lingual competition lawyers enables us to provide our clients with a full range of competition law services requiring local legal language expertise, including competition law compliance training and audits, notifications to authorities, advisories and defending competition law infringements and investigations.  

With our network of leading competition law practitioners who possess intimate working knowledge of competition regulators and local markets in the ASEAN region, we are uniquely positioned to deliver results in each jurisdiction and work seamlessly across borders to advise and assist our clients on their transactions and in investigations where necessary.

Our competition lawyers are also active in various international fora including in events organised by the Global Competition Review (GCR), the Inter Pacific Bar Association (IPBA), ASIALAW, the American Bar Association (ABA) and the International Bar Association (IBA) Antitrust Committee.

Key Partners

Lim Chong Kin

Managing Director, Corporate & Finance / Head, Telecommunications, Media and Technology (TMT) / Co-Head, Data Protection, Privacy & Cybersecurity / Co-Head, Competition Law & Regulatory /
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Dr Corinne Chew

Co-Head, Competition Law & Regulatory Practice / Director, Corporate & Finance
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Frederick Bonar Simanjuntak

Partner / Banking & Finance / Mergers & Acquisitions / Foreign Investment / Corporate and Commercial /
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Hilton King

Senior Foreign Legal Consultant / Mergers and Acquisitions / Investment and Corporate / Major Projects and Infrastructure / Energy and Mining / Real Estate / Construction / Employment / Transportation
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K. Shanti Mogan

Partner / Head, Arbitration & Mediation / Head, Competition Law & Antitrust / Dispute Resolution / Personal Data Protection & Privacy Laws / Regulatory Compliance & Enforcement / Technology, Media & Telco /
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Anand Raj

Partner / Head, Tax Disputes / Competition Law & Antitrust
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Gwyneth S. Ong

Partner, Corporate and Commercial Group / Co-Head, Capital Markets / Co-Head, Projects & Energy
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Janice L. Co

Partner / Co-Head, Real Estate & Construction / Co-Head, Corporate Services
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Kobkit Thienpreecha

Partner and Director, Corporate & Commercial
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Jay Cohen

Partner and Director, Cambodia
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Accolades

Singapore | Drew & Napier

Chambers Asia-Pacific
Competition/Antitrust 2024 – Band 2; Band 1 practice for 9 consecutive years

Lim Chong Kin – Band 2; Band 1 Leading Individual for 9 consecutive years
Dr Corinne Chew - Band 3 Leading Individual for 4 consecutive years; Up & Coming Individual for 3 consecutive years (2018-2020)

  • "listens to its clients and will go the extra mile, offering commercial and practical views."
  • “in-depth expertise across different areas of competition law, such as corporate, litigation and regulatory.”
  • The team "provides practical and commercially oriented advice" and has been praised for its "very sharp analysis".

The Asia Pacific Legal 500
Antitrust and Competition 2024 - Tier 1 practice for 8 consecutive years

Antitrust and Competition Team of the Year 20/21: Highly Commended

Lim Chong Kin - Leading Individual for 8 consecutive years
Dr Corinne Chew - Leading Individual for 8 consecutive years
Cavinder Bull, SC - Recommended Lawyer for 8 consecutive years
Chia Voon Jiet - Recommended Lawyer for 3 consecutive years

  • "Drew & Napier approaches legal and regulatory issues with a business-centric and practical mindset, their advice is not just based on the law but also practical, from a commercial point of view, not only providing advice on what’s asked, but also considering macro and micro views and incorporating it into sound practical advice. Its leading partners in antitrust & competition have excellent legal knowledge and in-depth understanding of the regulator. With understanding of regulatory thinking, Drew & Napier has differentiated from some other firms and become one of the leading teams in the antitrust area."
  • "Drew & Napier’s antitrust practice has constantly worked on every significant development in the Singapore market."

Best Lawyers
Competition & Antitrust Law 2025

Cavinder Bull, SC - Leading Lawyer
Lim Chong Kin - Leading Lawyer
Dr Corinne Chew - Leading Lawyer; Named Lawyer of the Year for the 2024 edition

Indonesia | Makarim & Taira S.

Asialaw Profiles
Competition & Antitrust 2023 - Highly Recommended Firm from 2017-2023  

  • “Makarim is a good firm – they provide timely and practical advice.”
  • “The advisory opinion has covered all the questions. The work was done in a timely manner. They are very professional.”
  • “The attorneys at the firm are responsive, helpful and knowledgeable. We have been very pleased with their assistance.”

Asia Business Law Journal’s Top 100 Lawyers in Indonesia

Lia Alizia - Indonesia’s A-List Lawyer for 6 consecutive years

Malaysia | Shearn Delamore & Co.

The Legal 500 Asia Pacific
Antitrust and Competition 2022 - Top Tier for 5 consecutive years

Anand Raj - Leading Individual for 5 consecutive years
K. Shanti Mogan - Recommended Lawyer for 4 consecutive years
Lilien Wong - Recommended Lawyer for 2 consecutive years (2020 and 2021)

  • Anand Raj’s advocacy skills make him a force to reckon with when challenging the decisions of the local Competition law regulator.” - The Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2022

asialaw Profiles
Competition/Antitrust 2022 – Highly Recommended
Competition/Antitrust 2021 – Outstanding for 5 consecutive years and Highly Recommended for 3 consecutive years: 2014-2016

Anand Raj - Elite Practitioner for 3 consecutive years; Leading Lawyer for 5 consecutive years (2015-2019)

  • “Shearn had a sound reputation and has been in practice for a very long time, very established.” - Asialaw Profiles 2022

Chambers Asia-Pacific
Competition/Antitrust 2022 – Spotlight Table

Anand Raj – Band 1 Leading Individual for 7 consecutive years

  • One client notes that "they have a good reputation and their partners are leaders."
  • “Anand Raj of Shearn Delamore & Co is recognised by market sources as a leading figure, with extensive experience of MyCC investigations and compliance matters. His expertise includes horizontal agreements and compliance audits, with clients remarking that he is "very knowledgeable and responsive to queries." He advises clients from sectors such as finance and shipping.” - Chambers Asia Pacific 2018-2019

Philippines | MVGS 

The Legal 500 Asia Pacific
Antitrust and Competition – Tier 3 firm in 2021

  • “MVGS advises groups of companies and banks on pre-notification consultations, compliance issues and requests for information by the PCC. The firm was also one of the first to be instructed to act in adjudication proceedings, and has previously been invited to participate in public consultations regarding the development of the legislative framework governing merger control procedures. Head of M&A Elmer Serrano regularly advises BDO Unibank, the largest bank in the country, on various competition matters.”

Asialaw Profiles
“Philippines Firm of the Year”  Nominee, Asialaw Awards 2021
Competition/Antitrust 2021 – Notable firm (new MVGS Practice Group)

Thailand | Tilleke & Gibbins

Chambers Asia Pacific
Competition & Antitrust 2023 – Band 2 for 2 consecutive years

Nutavit Sirkan – Associate to Watch

In-House Community
Antitrust/Competition Law Firm of the Year 2022 – Winner

Who’s Who Legal Awards
Thailand Firm of the Year 2022 – Winner

Vietnam | Tilleke & Gibbins

Leading publications and rating agencies have yet to introduce rankings in respect of Competition legal practice in Vietnam.

Tilleke & Gibbins is ranked in the following related practice areas.

Chambers Asia Pacific
Corporate/M&A 2023 – Band 4 for 5 consecutive years

Chuyen Huu Hong Le – Associate to Watch for 2 consecutive years
Kien Trung Trinh – Band 5 for 3 consecutive years

The Legal 500 Asia Pacific
Corporate/M&A 2023 – Tier 2 for 16 consecutive years

IFLR 1000: The Guide to the World’s Leading Financial Law Firms
M&A 2024 – Tier 3 for 13 consecutive years

Cambodia | Tilleke & Gibbins

Leading publications and rating agencies have yet to introduce rankings in respect of Competition legal practice in Cambodia.

Tilleke & Gibbins is ranked in the following related practice areas.

Chambers Asia Pacific
General Business Law 2023 – Band 2 for 3 consecutive years

The Legal 500 Asia Pacific
General Business Law 2023 – Tier 2 for 6 consecutive years

IFLR 1000: The Guide to the World’s Leading Financial Law Firms
Financial and Corporate 2024 – Tier 2 for 4 consecutive years

Laos | Tilleke & Gibbins

Leading publications and rating agencies have yet to introduce rankings in respect of Competition legal practice in Laos.

Tilleke & Gibbins is ranked in the following related practice areas.

Chambers Asia Pacific
General Business Law 2023 – Band 2 for 2 consecutive years

The Legal 500 Asia Pacific
General Business Law 2023 – Tier 1 for 6 consecutive years

IFLR 1000: The Guide to the World’s Leading Financial Law Firms
Financial and Corporate 2024 – Tier 2 for 3 consecutive years

Myanmar | Tilleke & Gibbins

Leading publications and rating agencies have yet to introduce rankings in respect of Competition legal practice in Myanmar.

Tilleke & Gibbins is ranked in the following related practice areas.

Chambers Asia Pacific
General Business Law 2023 – Band 4 for 4 consecutive years

The Legal 500 Asia Pacific
Corporate/M&A 2023 - Tier 2 for 8 consecutive years

IFLR 1000: The Guide to the World’s Leading Financial Law Firms
Financial and Corporate 2024 – Tier 3 for 6 consecutive years