Seminar: Impact of Hong Kong’s Competition Ordinance on the Construction Industry

Organiser: AMC

Co-organiser : CAD and MTD

Date, Time & Venue

11 October 2016 (Tue); 18:30-20.00, HKIE-Chan Yat Mei Sophie Room    

Programme Highlight

The Competition Ordinance, which serves to safeguard and enhance a competitive environment for consumers and businesses in Hong Kong by prohibiting anti-competitive conduct by businesses, has come into full effect. This seminar will look at how the new legislation is impacting on some of the prevailing tendering practices and collective actions (including in the context of trade associations) commonly seen in the construction industry in Hong Kong which is localised and concentrated.

Language

Powerpoint and presentation in English.

Speakers

Alfred Wu and Pearl Yeung of Norton Rose Fulbright Hong Kong

Alfred is a construction lawyer based in Hong Kong who handles an extensive range of

contentious and non-contentious construction matters for clients which variously include

government departments, statutory bodies, employers, engineers, architects, contractors

and subcontractors. Alfred also represents clients in construction-related criminal

investigations and prosecutions.

Pearl Yeung is an antitrust, competition and regulatory lawyer based in Hong Kong. She

advises Asia-based and multi-national companies on international cartel investigations,

multi-jurisdictional merger filings, market abuse issues and general competition

compliance matters in a number of industry sectors such as education, media and

television, telecommunications, multimedia business platforms, oil and gas, transport and

infrastructure, financial services, real estate and fast-moving consumer goods.

Registration & Enquiries

The seminar is free of charge with maximum of participants of 80. Please enroll online via  http://ca.hkie.org.hk. For enquiries, please contact Mr. Benjamin Lam 91522316.  Attendance certificate will be awarded after seminar.