Lydia Kong is a partner in the Corporate, Commercial & Securities Practice Group of Wong & Partners and focuses on competition law. She has advised various local and multinational clients on all aspects of competition law, such as compliance, internal audits, investigations as well as international merger control. Lydia’s practice is closely aligned with Baker McKenzie’s regional antitrust and competition practice, particularly in the area of merger control. She was named among Asia Pacific’s Next Generation Lawyers in 2019. Prior to returning to the Firm, Lydia worked as in-house counsel of a leading private equity house. Lydia complements her competition practice with her knowhow on complex M&A transactions, where she has extensive experience advising clients on numerous cross-border transactions in various industries and has represented a large number of leading multinationals companies, foreign as well as domestic, on both inward and outward-bound transactions.
138
MAVCOM issues Malaysia’s first merger clearance decision The Malaysian Aviation Commission ("MAVCOM") took into account the failing firm defence for the first time in approving the proposed merger between Korean Air and Asiana Airlines ("Anticipated Merger"), and issued its final decision on (...)
19 avenue Jean Aicard
75011 Paris, France
106 West 32nd Street, Suite 149
New York, NY, 10001, USA
563 Chiswick High Road
W4 3AY London, UK