Antitrust and Competition

Antitrust and Competition are currently a matter which has and is interested in recent onshore and offshore high-profile and complex M&A transactions. Before conducting and implementing any economic concentration, legal and finance advisors normally consider and advise which transaction to conduct and file a merger filing to the competent authority, as well as whether the proposed transaction is subject to the case that must file a merger filing application to the competent authority or not, the closing of an M&A transaction, including estimating the scheduled time-limit of merger filing in practice to obtain a clearance for the transactions.

Our experienced professionals in Antitrust & Competition Practice normally advise clients on the following:

• Advising on prevailing competition issues under Vietnamese laws and US laws.
• Asistinging in preparing, and reviewing competition law compliance manuals/policies, and guidelines.
• Evaluating business practices and commercial activities to identify and mitigate risks of possible breaches of the competition law.
• Assisting in anti-trust inspections/investigations conducted by competition authorities including responding to information requests and representing clients in meetings and negotiations with the authorities.
• Assisting with anti-monopoly filings at the competition authority.
• Assisting in defending alleged infringements on competition laws including at proceedings before the competition authority.
• Reviewing the structural changes in businesses (including mergers, acquisitions, consolidations, joint ventures, and other arrangements) and the consequent structural changes which may result in changes in market dominance and assisting with merger notifications and obtaining clearance for transactions.
• Rendering legal opinions, and assessing possibilities of violating competition laws in clients’ business transactions.
• Consulting on legal matters related to market entry and expansion.
• Consulting and preparing documents notifying an economic concentration.
• Consulting on drafting agreements to limit competition, abuse of dominant market position, abuse of monopoly position, and unfair competition.
• Determining market share, relevant product market, and relevant geographical market;
• Consulting on procedures and representing parties in complaints and/or lawsuits for violating practices of competition laws at the competition council or in cour

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