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Outreach: Competition Practitioners






Presentation at Sidley Austin in Singapore. Mr Nakhoda also Outreach at the
Competition Law Seminar presented on CCS’s leniency Legal Roundtable
Mr Adam Nakhoda, Deputy programme, reward scheme for CCS hosted a legal roundtable
Director (Legal & Enforcement), whistle-blowers, developments of competition law practitioners
to discuss topics of mutual
gave a presentation on the in the merger notification
overview of competition law in procedure, and the importance interest and give competition
Singapore at the Sidley Austin of international co-operation with law practitioners an opportunity
Competition Law Seminar on overseas competition authorities to voice concerns and
4 March 2014. The audience and international competition make suggestions on how
of 30 Sidley Austin’s clients networks to cross-border cartel CCS’s practices could be
included in-house counsels investigations. improved. Seventeen lawyers,
from multinational companies representing 13 Singapore law
firms and QFLPs, attended the
roundtable on 3 December
2013. During the session, we
also explained to practitioners
the rationale behind some of
CCS’s procedures. Feedback
from the practitioners indicated
that the event was a resounding
success and that they look
forward to attending the
meetings as and when we
organise them.



Inaugural Meeting CCS economists to highlight issues
Competition Economics relevant to our work. We kicked off
Roundtable the inaugural dialogue session on
The CCS Competition Economics 15 April 2014 with a presentation
Roundtable is a dialogue session on the relationship between
that aims to advance thought competition and productivity.
leadership on competition
This was followed by a lively
economics and policy; discuss the discussion in which roundtable
role of competition policy in the members offered their views on
formulation of government policies areas where CCS and competition
and regulation in Singapore; and policy could play a useful role
serve as a feedback channel for beyond enforcement.
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