Lee & Ko hosts Lex Mundi’s ‘Antitrust and Competition Asia – Pacific Corporate Counsel Event’

On June 22, 2023, Lee & Ko successfully hosted the ‘Antitrust and Competition Asia – Pacific Corporate Counsel Event’ with Lex Mundi, the world’s leading network of independent law firms in over 125 countries, at the Korea Chamber of Commerce and Industry. 

The event held five panel discussions featuring Lee & Ko partners Yong Seok Ahn, Ho Joon Moon, Suruyn Kim, and Jung Myong Park, and leading global antitrust and corporate law experts from Argentina, Australia, China, France, Germany, Hong Kong, India, Japan, Korea, the Netherlands, the Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, the United States and Vietnam.

The topics for the panel discussions were as follows.

- Panel 1: Enforcement Trends in the Regulation of Big Tech Companies
- Panel 2: Recent Trends in M&As
- Panel 3: Enforcement Trends in the Regulation of Online Distribution
- Panel 4: Trends in Cartels and Leniency (ASEAN Focus)
- Panel 5: Trends in Global Merger Control and FDI Enforcement

The legal and/or compliance teams of Korean and subsidiaries of multinational companies attended the event. The event not only provided information on global issues and trends from diverse jurisdictions, but also enabled attendees to gain insight by directly asking questions relevant to their businesses and industries to Lee & Ko and international panelists because of the interactive format.