Client Satisfaction

A leading firm in the Singaporean antitrust and competition market, Drew & Napier LLC is consistently involved in significant CCCS investigations including acting for multinational companies facing allegations of cartel behaviour, as well as assisting clients during dawn raids and applying for leniency. The practice is also noted for its considerable regulatory expertise and is long-term counsel to key sectoral competition regulators, from telecoms and media to post and energy. The practice is headed up by the vastly experienced regulatory practitioners Lim Chong Kin and Corinne Chew, with the pair having advised a plethora of regulators on liberalisation, market access, competition regulation, merger reviews, and enforcement issues; while senior counsel Cavinder Bull SC leads the dispute resolution and litigation sub-group and represents various clients during investigations in Singapore and overseas.

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Testimonials

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‘The team's experience extends to all areas of competition law practice, including assisting clients with CCCS investigations.’
‘Corinne Chew offers balanced and deep professional knowledge with understanding and empathy for commercial imperatives. She is across all of the detail in a matter with style and class.’
‘Dr. Corinne Chew is extremely competent with her profound knowledge. We really appreciate her prompt attentiveness and her expertise. Corinne always gives us the assuring feeling to be in good hands.’

Key clients

The Hanwha Group
Visa Worldwide Pte. Limited
ADB BVBA and Safegate International AB
Temasek
Heliconia Capital Management
Pathology Asia Holdings
Info-communications Media Development Authority of Singapore
Chevron International Pte Ltd
Volkswagen
Authority for Info-communications Technology Industry of Brunei Darussalam

Work highlights

Advising The Hanwha Group in its notification to the Competition & Consumer Commission of Singapore of its acquisition of Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering.
Assisted the statutory body, Authority for Info-communications Technology Industry of Brunei Darussalam with the drafting of the Competition Code to liberalise the Postal Industry in Brunei.
Supporting the regulator, Info-communications Media Development Authority of Singapore (“IMDA”), in implementing the converged telecoms & media regulatory framework.