Jane Guan

Jane is a Partner with the Competition & Corporate Practice Group of Christopher & Lee Ong.

Jane was called to the Malaysian Bar in 2012. Prior to joining the firm, she was a dispute resolution associate in a reputable firm handling civil and corporate litigation matters. She made a transition to competition and corporate practice when she joined Christopher & Lee Ong in 2015.

She now primarily advises on the Competition Act 2010 and her expertise covers all aspects of competition laws – cartels, vertical restraints, abusive conduct and merger controls.

She has assisted and defended companies against investigations and dawn raids conducted by the Malaysia Competition Commission (MyCC) and acted for companies in appeals and judicial reviews before the Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT) and the Malaysian Courts. She has also represented clients in negotiating settlements with MyCC and assisted clients in merger filings in the aviation and telecommunication sectors.

She has advised clients who come from diverse sectors and has also advised on competition law aspects of various M&A transactions including acting as competition law counsel in M&A exercises by providing advice and assistance on every aspect of Malaysia competition law from advising on the setting up of clean teams, gun jumping protocols, to attending competitor companies’ pre-integration meetings. She also carries out due diligence from a competition law perspective which involves reviewing and auditing of relevant agreements and interviewing key personnel of the seller, and subsequently preparing due diligence report. She also regularly conducts competition law trainings and competition audits and has acted for various companies in their compliance programs.

Aside from competition law practice, Jane is also involved in M&A corporate exercises and she also advises and assists clients in the regulatory areas including on general corporate commercial, consumer protection, employment and restrictive practices.