Chi Chung Chan

About Chi Chung Chan

Chi Chung is an associate in the firm’s Antitrust, Competition & Trade Group and is based in the Hong Kong office. He advises clients across a range of industry sectors on a broad range of antitrust law issues including merger control, antitrust and market investigations, compliance programmes and general antitrust law issues across Hong Kong, Mainland China and the rest of the Asia-Pacific region.

He graduated from King’s College London and University of Hong Kong with an LLB double degree and completed the PCLL at the University of Hong Kong. He also holds an MSc in Global Finance and Banking from King's College London. He is admitted to practice in Hong Kong.

Chi Chung speaks fluent English, Mandarin and Cantonese.

Recent work

Chi Chung’s experience includes advising: 

Antitrust Investigations

• A global financial institution on an antitrust investigation by the Hong Kong Competition Commission in relation to its securities business
• A global financial institution on its internal investigation into potential antitrust non-compliance in relation to its DCM business spanning multiple jurisdictions in Asia
• A global financial institution on its internal investigation into potential antitrust non-compliance in relation to its DCM business spanning multiple jurisdictions in Asia and Europe  

Merger Control and FDI

• Shenzhen Mindray Bio-Medical Electronics Co., Ltd. on its acquisition of a 75% stake in DiaSys Diagnostic Systems GmbH  
• Affinity Equity Partners on its sale of Trimco Group to Brookfield Asset Management
• A major European private equity fund on a global reorganisation to its group structure 
• A fund consortium on their investment into infrastructure assets in Southeast Asia

Antitrust Advisory and Compliance

• A multinational conglomerate on its ongoing antitrust compliance in Hong Kong 
• A global financial institution on its involvement in an intermediated bond trading platform 
• A global financial institution on its participation in an industry association focusing on ESG and sustainable financing
• A multinational beauty brand on proposed changes to its distribution systems in multiple Asia Pacific markets

Previous experience before joining Freshfields includes advising:

Antitrust and Trade

• The Hong Kong Competition Commission in the first enforcement action for an abuse of substantial degree of market power (Second Conduct Rule) in the Competition Tribunal against a multinational industrial and medical gas manufacturer and engineering group
• An international airline in relation to a global antitrust and regulatory compliance review spanning 100+ jurisdictions
• A multinational biotechnology group on its proposed joint venture in China with a Chinese conglomerate
• Global financial institutions on the potential effects of US-imposed sanctions on their operations

Dispute Resolution and Investigations

• A multinational bank on investigations by the Hong Kong Monetary Authority for misselling of financial products
• Various multinational and regional banks on cross-border insolvency and winding-up matters