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Professor Valentine Korah, Emeritus Professor of Competition Law at University College London, will speak on "Does Hong Kong need competition law? What might it control and how?" at the public lecture presented by the Asian Institute of International Financial Law on Thursday, 22 June 2006.
In her lecture, Professor Korah will discuss whether Hong Kong needs a comprehensive competition law regime, and how such a regime should be enforced. Drawing on the experience of other jurisdictions, she addresses a wide range of enforcement issues, including how to tackle cartels, abuses of dominance, vertical agreements, joint ventures and mergers, the need for a leniency regime and criminal sanctions, and the importance of an independent enforcement agency and the economic expertise of enforcement officials.
Professor Korah is Emeritus Professor of Competition Law at University College London, an Honorary Professor of the College of Europe, Bruges, and was a Visiting Professor at the Fordham Law School in New York from 1991 to 2004. She is also an organizing consultant to IBC for two annual conferences on advanced EC competition law in Brussels and London. In addition, she is a barrister in England and Wales and advises on competition law issues, mainly in the European Community.
Members of the press are cordially invited to attend the lecture, details of which are as follows:
Date: 22 June 2006 (Thursday)
Time: 6:30 - 7:30 pm
Venue: Rayson Huang Theatre, HKU
For media enquiries, please contact Miss Ellie Yung of Faculty of Law at 2859 2919.
"Does Hong Kong need competition law? What might it control and how?"
21 Jun 2006
To ensure a business-friendly environment, protect market order and fair competition, the HKSARG established an independent Competition Policy Review Committee as set out in 2005 Policy Address. This Committee was tasked to draw on international experience and discuss the need to introduce in Hong Kong a comprehensive and cross-sector law on fair competition, as well as its scope and application. It has caused heated controversies on its possible impacts, especially among the business sector, ever since it was introduced.
Professor Valentine Korah, Emeritus Professor of Competition Law at University College London, will speak on "Does Hong Kong need competition law? What might it control and how?" at the public lecture presented by the Asian Institute of International Financial Law on Thursday, 22 June 2006.
In her lecture, Professor Korah will discuss whether Hong Kong needs a comprehensive competition law regime, and how such a regime should be enforced. Drawing on the experience of other jurisdictions, she addresses a wide range of enforcement issues, including how to tackle cartels, abuses of dominance, vertical agreements, joint ventures and mergers, the need for a leniency regime and criminal sanctions, and the importance of an independent enforcement agency and the economic expertise of enforcement officials.
Professor Korah is Emeritus Professor of Competition Law at University College London, an Honorary Professor of the College of Europe, Bruges, and was a Visiting Professor at the Fordham Law School in New York from 1991 to 2004. She is also an organizing consultant to IBC for two annual conferences on advanced EC competition law in Brussels and London. In addition, she is a barrister in England and Wales and advises on competition law issues, mainly in the European Community.
Members of the press are cordially invited to attend the lecture, details of which are as follows:
Date: 22 June 2006 (Thursday)
Time: 6:30 - 7:30 pm
Venue: Rayson Huang Theatre, HKU
For media enquiries, please contact Miss Ellie Yung of Faculty of Law at 2859 2919.
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