| Philip Francis Monaghan
Executive Director (General Counsel)
Hong Kong Competition Commission Mr. Philip Monaghan was appointed to the position of Executive Director (General Counsel) of the Competition Commission (CC) in June 2014. Immediately prior to his appointment to CC, Mr. Monaghan was in private practice in Hong Kong with an international law firm advising Hong Kong businesses, Asian companies and global multinationals on competition law issues arising under antitrust laws worldwide. Before relocating to Hong Kong in 2007, Mr. Monaghan worked in the competition and economic regulatory departments of international legal practices in London and Brussels. With over a decade of experience in competition law, his private practice work has covered competition compliance, restrictive agreements and cartels, abuse of market power matters and multi-jurisdictional merger control. Mr. Monaghan has represented clients involved in antitrust investigations and reviews conducted by various international competition authorities. He has been legal advisor to one of the United Kingdom's sectoral economic regulators and has assisted UNCTAD, the ASEAN Experts Group on Competition and regional Asian authorities with competition capacity building initiatives. Mr. Monaghan was admitted as a solicitor in Hong Kong in 2009. He is also admitted as a solicitor in England and Wales and in the Republic of Ireland (though currently non-practicing in the Republic of Ireland). Mr. Monaghan graduated with an LLB (Hons) from Queen Mary, the University of London. He also holds a Postgraduate Diploma in EU Competition Law from King's College London and an MA in French literature from the National University of Ireland (Dublin). |
| Miranda Yeap,
Senior Manager - Council Services
Construction Industry Council Ms. Miranda Yeap joined the Construction Industry Council (“CIC”) in April 2014 as Senior Manager – Council Services. Ms. Yeap graduated from the University of Hong Kong with a Bachelors Degree in Law. Ms. Yeap has about 20 years’ experience working with the government as an Administrative Officer and had worked in various government bureau and departments, including the Development Bureau, the Innovation and Technology Commission, Home Affairs Bureau, Security Bureau, etc. Before joining the Council, Ms. Yeap was a Senior Manager – Council Services at Hong Kong Productivity Council. Ms. Yeap will oversee the work of the CIC Secretariat to provide secretariat support to the Construction Industry Council, its Committees and Task Forces. She is also responsible to develop and co-ordinate initiatives for improving the quality and competitiveness of the construction industry. |
 | Knut Fournier
Chairman
Hong Kong Competition Association Prior to moving to Hong Kong, Knut worked as a monitoring trustee for competition authorities in Europe, in the United States, in Brazil and in China. He published extensively on competition law, including recently on merger remedies in Singapore, Hong Kong telecom merger remedies, and on competition policy and the Hong Kong broadcasting sector. He holds law degrees from the University of Paris and from King College London. Last year, Knut was teaching law at the City University of Hong Kong and before that was an Academic Visitor at the University of Oxford. He is finishing a PhD on competition law in Hong Kong at the University of Leiden. He is currently the Chairman of the Hong Kong Competition Association. |
| Kelvin Kwok,
Assistant Professor of Law and Deputy Director of the BBA Law
University of Hong Kong (HKU), Kelvin Kwok is an Assistant Professor of Law and Deputy Director of the BBA Law double-degree programme at the University of Hong Kong (HKU), where he specialises in competition law. A graduate of HKU and the University of Chicago, he taught briefly at the HKU Faculty of Business and Economics before joining the Faculty of Law in August 2012.Kelvin was recently called to the Hong Kong Bar and commenced limited practice in April 2015. He began to advise on competition law matters as an ad-hoc consultant prior to joining the Bar. He has experience dealing with a competition matter under the Broadcasting Ordinance and applications concerning exclusion/exemption under the Competition Ordinance. He has been involved in various commercial and civil matters as a pupil at Des Voeux Chambers. Kelvin serves as an executive committee member of the Hong Kong Competition Association and a co-opted member of the Hong Kong Consumer Council. He was, upon nomination by the Hong Kong Competition Commission, an Non-Governmental Advisor to the International Competition Network (ICN) for the 2014 ICN Annual Conference. He has published internationally on competition law and is regularly interviewed by the local media on competition law issues. |
 | Burton Ong
Associate Professor of Law and Deputy Director
University of Singapore Associate Professor Burton Ong LL.B (NUS), B.C.L (Oxon), LL.M (Harv) is an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Law of the National University of Singapore where he teaches and researches in the areas of Competition Law, Intellectual Property Law and Contract Law. He is a Director at the NUS Centre for Law and Business (CLB) and Deputy Director of the Asia-Pacific Centre for Environmental Law (APCEL). He also serves as the Chairman of the Gas Market Surveillance Panel, the branch of the Energy Market Authority (EMA) responsible for regulating competition in the gas industry. |
 | Marta Garcia, Partner - Competition
Stephenson Harwoood Marta has extensive experience advising international companies on the full spectrum of EU and UK competition law, and in particular, regularly advises clients on global antitrust matters as trends and developments in the antitrust community increasingly become more global. Marta has broad experience advising clients on behavioural matters, in particular, defending clients involved in international cartels, abuse of dominance and resale price maintenance investigations by the European Commission, the European Courts and UK competition authorities. Marta advises companies on all stages of such investigations, from any unannounced dawn raids through to internal investigations/audits, immunity/leniency applications, preparation of defences, settlements and appeals before the courts. She is especially experienced in providing clients with competition law compliance advice and training. Marta has developed, rolled out and delivered competition compliance policies, do’s and don’ts guidance at trade associations/meetings with competitors, pricing guidelines and training to organisations across different regions of the world, such as Asia, including Singapore and Hong Kong; Africa, including Nambia, Zimbabwe and South Africa; Latin America, including Brazil, Argentina and Chile; and Europe. Marta also has significant experience advising on general commercial arrangements such as distribution, agency, selective distribution and franchising systems, joint ventures and strategic alliances. She also regularly advises and has extensive experience advising companies on international merger control issues arising in corporate transactions, M&A, private equity and joint ventures. She advises on the jurisdictional and substantive issues arising in merger control filings, due diligence, data room procedures and clean teams, gun-jumping and information exchange arising in the context of a transaction.Marta’s competition law knowledge and experience spans across various industry sectors, including transportation (rail and shipping), consumer goods & retail, luxury goods, tobacco, energy, mining/commodities, financial services, insurance and construction. |
 | Anthony Chiu Deputy General Counsel AIA International Limited Mr. Anthony Chiu joined AIA International Limited in year 2010 and he is currently the Deputy General Counsel of its Hong Kong and Macau branch. Anthony graduated from the University of Leicester with a Bachelor Degree in Law, and he also obtained a few postgraduate qualifications including a Postgraduate Diploma in EU Competition Laws with King’s College London. He is a contributing editor to several chapters of Hong Kong White Book series. Currently he is serving as a member of few statutory appeal boards and also a taskforce member of Hong Kong Federation of Insurers on Competition Laws. Anthony has some experience in advising his organization on certain competition law issues and is keen to develop himself an expertise in the area of competition laws. |
 | Gary Soo Arbitrator
Gary Soo's Chambers Mr. Gary Soo is a practising Barrister and Chartered Engineer. He has been practising in areas of civil litigation involving commercial and construction disputes and arbitration for some 20 years. From 2008 to 2010, he took up the position to serve as the Secretary-General of the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre. Also, he was the President of the Hong Kong Institute of Arbitrators, from the year of 2006 to 2008 & 2010 to 2011. Mr. Soo is now a Vice-Chairman of the Nansha International Arbitration Centre and the First Chairman of the Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macau Commercial Mediation Alliance. He has served in dozens of international cases involving both ad hoc and institutional arbitrations (including HKIAC, ICC, CIETAC, SCIA etc.) as party-appointed arbitrator, sole arbitrator or presiding arbitrator. Mr. Soo is an CEDR Accredited Mediator as well. He is a Fellow of The Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and The Hong Kong Institute of Arbitrators, a Member of the Institution of The American Society of Civil Engineers, The Institution of Structural Engineers, The Institution of Civil Engineers, The Hong Kong Institution of Engineers and The Chartered Quality Institute. He is also a listed panelist for domain name disputes of the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre, the China International Economic Trade and Arbitration Commission, and the Asian Domain Name Dispute Resolution Centre. He is also on the panel of arbitrators of the World Trade Center Macau Arbitration Center and a number of arbitration commissions in Mainland China. He is also the co is also the cois also the cois also the co is also the co is also the co is also the cois also the co -author of the book author of the book author of the book author of the book author of the book author of the book author of the book author of the book “ConstructionConstruction Construction Construction Law and Practice in Hong KongLaw and Practice in Hong KongLaw and Practice in Hong KongLaw and Practice in Hong KongLaw and Practice in Hong KongLaw and Practice in Hong Kong Law and Practice in Hong KongLaw and Practice in Hong Kong Law and Practice in Hong Kong Law and Practice in Hong KongLaw and Practice in Hong KongLaw and Practice in Hong Kong Law and Practice in Hong Kong Law and Practice in Hong KongLaw and Practice in Hong Kong ”, a contributing contributing contributing authorauthor of of “Construction Construction Construction Construction Arbitration in Hong Kong: |
 | Veronica Lockyer Vice President (Regulatory Compliance) PCCW Limited Ms. Lockyer has been vice president responsible for regulatory compliance at PCCW since September 2013. Based in Hong Kong her role involves advising PCCW Limited group companies on regulatory compliance issues, including competition law issues, in both the telecoms and broadcasting sectors. Prior to working at PCCW, Ms. Lockyer spent more than 10 years in private practice at international law firms working in London, Brussels and Shanghai. Her practice covered a range of commercial and regulatory areas. She has experience in all aspects of competition and antitrust law and covering sectors including retail, groceries and branded goods as well as telecoms and broadcasting. Ms Lockyer is admitted as a solicitor in England and Wales. |
