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Yee Chung Seck

Baker McKenzie (Hô Chi Minh-Ville)

Lawyer (Partner)

ee Chung Seck leads the Firm’s Mergers & Acquisitions, IT/C, Pharmaceutical and Healthcare Practices in Vietnam. Chambers Global (2014, 2013) and Chamber Asia (from 2010 to 2015) rank him as a leading lawyer in the field of Corporate M&A and TMT in Vietnam. He is a member of the Singapore Bar Association and serves as vice president of the Singapore Business Group. He also serves as AmCham’s IT/C Sub-Committee Co-Chair. Mr. Seck is fluent in English and conversational in Mandarin. Mr. Seck has dealt with a wide range of investment projects and M&A deals, and advised and assisted on corporate, commercial and regulatory compliance matters. This includes foreign direct investment, market access and licensing, private and public M&A, commercial contracts, competition and anti-corruption compliance, data use and privacy, over a diverse range of industries, including e-commerce, IT services, consumer products, food & beverage, cosmetics, healthcare, manufacturing, property, and aviation.

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432 Bulletin

Yee Chung Seck The Vietnamese Competition Authority reports that 125 merger control notifications have been submitted since the law took effect in 2019

13 September 2021 143

The Vietnam Competition and Consumer Authority ("VCCA") reports that 125 merger control notifications, most of which related to real estate, have been submitted since the law took effect in 2019. In particular, in July 2019 to July 2021: Approximately 10% of deals submitted were subject to (...)

Yee Chung Seck, Le Tuan Minh, Chu Anh Vu The Vietnam Government passes a decree guiding the implementation of a few provisions under the competition law

24 March 2020 82

Over a year after the passage of the Competition Law, the highly anticipated Decree No. 35/2020/ND-CP on detailed regulations of a few provisions of the Competition Law ("Decree 35") was finally passed by the Vietnam Government on 24 March 2020. Decree 35 will take effect on 15 May 2020. This (...)

Yee Chung Seck The Vietnamese Government issues a new decree regulating administrative penalties for acts in violation of competition regulations

26 September 2019 12

On 26 September 2019, Decree No. 75/2019/ND-CP regulating administrative penalties for acts in violation of competition regulations (Decree 75) was issued by the Vietnam Government, taking effect from 1 December 2019. Aside from changes in sanctioning standards, Decree 75 also provides clearer (...)

Frederick R. Burke, Yee Chung Seck The Vietnam National Assembly publishes 5th draft of the new Competition Law

15 September 2017 195

On 15 September 2017, the 5th draft of the new Competition Law (the 5th Draft) was published on the National Assembly Office Portal for public review and comments. The 5th Draft is being reviewed by the Standing Committee of the National Assembly and is expected to be passed in May 2018. The (...)