Marcus Pollard
Linklaters (Hong Kong)
Partner
Marcus heads Linklaters’ antitrust and foreign investment practice in Hong Kong SAR. He has a range of experience based on his work in both Europe and Asia, as well being a former in-house lawyer at the Hong Kong Competition Commission. His focus is assisting clients under investigation under the Hong Kong Competition Ordinance and in Asia Pacific merger control and foreign investment advice. Marcus has taken a lead in merger control aspects of Asian and global transactions, including advice on transaction structure, handling Chinese merger filings and the coordination of other global multi-jurisdictional filings. Prior to moving to Asia, Marcus was based in Brussels and worked on a range of global cartel and antitrust matters – including investigations with complex remedy/commitment processes in the EU and China, leniency applications, and multi-national litigation. He has experience of working with clients in several industries, including the financial services, healthcare, IT, telecommunications, food & beverage, and retail sectors. He regularly supports financial sponsors in their investments across the region. Marcus has previously spent time on secondment to the firm’s Beijing and Milan offices.
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Linklaters (Düsseldorf)
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Linklaters (New York)
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Linklaters (London)
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Linklaters (London)
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Linklaters (Beijing)
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This article has been nominated for the 2022 Antitrust Writing Awards. Click here to learn more about the Antitrust Writing Awards. The Competition Tribunal has delivered its judgment in the first private competition action in Hong Kong SAR. By rejecting the claims of an alleged cartel in (...)
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This article has been nominated for the 2020 Antitrust Writing Awards. Click here to learn more about the Antitrust Writing Awards. The Hong Kong Competition Commission (“HKCC”) recently published its decision relating to a proposed market sales survey by the Hong Kong Association of the (...)
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This article has been nominated for the 2018 Antitrust Writing Awards. Click here to learn more about the Antitrust Writing Awards. Hong Kong Court confirms bar on stand-alone private actions in competition cases* The Hong Kong Court of First Instance rejected a claim that it had (...)
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An attempt by a UK supermarket retailer to shift the burden of a £16.45 million fine for an antitrust infringement onto its former employees was recently defeated in the UK Court of Appeal (Court). This case has raised a novel, but significant question for English law as to extent of the (...)
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Imposing a broad remedy to address competition issues, the European Commission cleared Unilever‘s acquisition of Sara Lee‘s household and body care business on 17 November 2010. This merger decision is a reminder that the EC has the power to seek a remedy from merging parties that goes further (...)
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The UK Court of Appeal recently rejected claims made by BAA that the Competition Commission’s Report into the common ownership of the UK’s main airports was tainted by apparent bias. One member of the Competition Commission’s inquiry group had indirect links to a potential bidder for one of (...)
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Businesses and their advisors are often confronted by situations where the law in relation to their behaviour is either unclear or uncertain. This raises an underlying concern that if their conduct is later deemed illegal, what impact should the uncertainty have on the illegality and/or any (...)
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On 10 June 2009, the European Commission (EC) imposed a fine of € 20 M on Belgian electricity supplier Electrabel for implementing a merger without seeking its prior approval, in breach of the EC Merger Regulation (ECMR). This decision merits attention not only because it is one of only a (...)
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On 14 May 2009, the Office of Fair Trading (OFT), the UK’s competition agency, allowed an application of the « failing firm defence » under UK competition law, thereby clearing the HMV/Zavvi retail store acquisitions to proceed. The UK is one of the few jurisdictions to have explicitly (...)
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