Asia Antitrust and Competition

• Offices in Beijing, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Tokyo, and Singapore position O’Melveny to handle competition matters throughout the region.
• Our China antitrust team includes Chinese and foreign legal professionals who have practiced antitrust law in the United States, completed doctoral studies of competition policy in Japan and Europe, served in the Chinese Ministry of Commerce, and counseled clients on regulatory matters in the region for many years. This robust and diverse team provides the depth and expertise to tackle challenging matters.
• Our Japan antitrust team includes seasoned competition and intellectual property specialists. Our team in Japan submitted the first application under the Japan Fair Trade Commission’s leniency system within three months of its introduction.
• Our Asia antitrust lawyers frequently publish and speak on Asian competition law and policy.  Their work can be found in publications such as The ABA Antitrust Source, Antitrust Bulletin, China Business Review, and The Recorder.

What Others Say About Us

• O’Melveny is recognized as a pioneer in the Asia antitrust field.  Chambers Asia (2011) ranks O'Melveny as a leading firm in its Competition/Antitrust (International Firms): China category, quoting a source who states “I'm always impressed by the lawyers’ ability to give us practical advice in what is a rather theoretical area.” 
• Our lawyers are recognized as leaders in the antitrust and competition arena worldwide:
  • O'Melveny won "Competition Team of the Year" at The Lawyer Awards (2010). O'Melveny's team won the prestigious award on the basis of its tremendously successful work for Advanced Micro Devices in the Intel case. In awarding O'Melveny, The Lawyer wrote, "Working on one of the biggest competition cases of the year was always going to be a feather in the cap for O'Melveny & Myers, but winning it against the odds and securing a record-breaking fine in the process shows what a remarkable job the team pulled off." One judge said the case "has the feel of a David taking on not one but two Goliaths - Intel and the European Commission."
  • Global Competition Review’s 2011 edition of GCR 100―its guide to the world’s leading competition practices―lists O’Melveny’s DC practice in its “Elite” section for the second consecutive year.  In the 2010 edition of GCR 100, GCR comments that the “strength of the firm’s [DC] antitrust team wins praise from rivals,” and lists our California antitrust practice in its “Highly Recommended” category, stating that O’Melveny “boasts one of California’s strongest antitrust practices.”  GCR also highlights O’Melveny’s Brussels practice in its annual “Brussels Competition Bar Survey” in the December 2010 issue, calling the team “renowned on the Brussels circuit,” and lists our New York practice in the “Recommended” category in its December 2011 New York Country Survey, stating that O’Melveny’s “team has made an impressive showing in New York, especially in litigation matters.”
  • O’Melveny’s Antitrust and Competition practice was shortlisted for Chambers USA Awards for Excellence in antitrust for 2010. In addition, practice co-chair Richard Parker was a finalist for the Award for Excellence in Antitrust in 2009.
  • Chambers Global (2011) states that our team “has a high-profile Washington, DC practice and further impresses through its strength in Asia and presence in Brussels and London.”
  • Chambers USA (2010) ranks O’Melveny’s antitrust practice as among the leading practices in California, DC, and Nationwide. Chambers says that “This excellent antitrust group is particularly noted for its expertise in criminal antitrust matters.” Sources are quoted as stating “They are antitrust gods – they have forgotten more than most of us will ever know;” “[O’Melveny] understands the complexity of a case and always assigns the right attorneys;” and “A solid bench of attorneys with deep insight into the agencies and the full range of expertise in merger clearance and litigation.”
  • Chambers Europe (2011) quotes sources that state that our Brussels practice is “serious-minded, offers a practical approach, and instinctively knows how the Commission thinks, which makes its advice cost-efficient and precise.”
  • Competition Law360 named O’Melveny a “Competition Group of the Year" in both 2011 and 2009.
  • Our Washington, DC practice was chosen as Corporate Intl Magazine’s 2009/10 US Legal Awards’ “Best Law Firm in Washington DC for Antitrust Work 2009/10.”
  • Legal 500 USA (2010) says that our “strong and growing reputation in the market is richly deserved as a result of a series of high-profile mandates and impressive bi-coastal coverage,” and that we have “a growing presence for litigation and merger clearance work.”
  • Legal 500 EMEA (2012) writes that O’Melveny’s Brussels team "is appreciated for its ‘solid understanding of client’s business.’"