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Allen & Gledhill LLP Offices

Allen & Gledhill LLP
ONE MARINA BOULEVARD
#28-00
SINGAPORE 018989
Singapore
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Mr Daren Shiau

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+65 9736 3027 daren.shiau@agasia.law View profile

Work Department

Competition & Antitrust, Corporate & Commercial

Position

Co-Head of the Firm’s Corporate & Commercial Department and Co-Head of the Competition & Foreign Investment Review Practice

Career

Daren Shiau, BBM, PBM, co-heads of the Firm’s Corporate Department, and his specialisation is in an antitrust. He is Co-Head of the Firm’s Regional Co-Head of Competition & Foreign Investment Review.

A leading regional competition law specialist, he has been frequently referred to as “Singapore’s top competition” lawyer and “senior stateman of the Singapore competition bar” who is respected by competitors and clients alike.

He is the only Singapore competition lawyer ranked an ‘Eminent Practitioner’ by Chambers.

Daren’s deal book of ground-breaking transaction practice covers antitrust litigation, international cartels, monopolies and dominance, and global merger control.

He has been a lead advisor in a predominant majority of Singapore’s merger control cases (including the majority of all complex Phase 2 Reviews), successfully represented appellants in a watershed Competition Appeal Board matter which overtured the Singapore competition agency’s decision on liability and successfully defended parties in 100% of Singapore’s international cartel decisions to-date.

He is District Councillor of the Central Singapore District. For his contributions to the nation, Daren was conferred the Public Service Medal (Pingat Bakti Masyarakat) in 2016, and the Public Service Star (Bintang Bakti Masyarakat) in 2022.

Languages

English

Memberships

Singapore’s first appointed non-governmental advisor at the International Competition Network.

Commissioned trainer of the high-level ASEAN Experts Group on Competition.

Also, Principal Examiner on competition law for the Singapore Institute of Legal Education’s Foreign Practitioners Examinations, and the Singapore Bar Examinations.

Education

Graduated on the Dean’s List of the National University of Singapore in 1996 and was awarded the Malayan Law Journal Book Prize.

Lawyer Rankings

Singapore > Antitrust and competition: local firms

(Leading individuals)

Daren Shiau – Allen & Gledhill LLP

Allen & Gledhill LLP is a preeminent firm when it comes to multi-jurisdictional merger control and foreign direct investment advice, servicing numerous high-profile domestic and international clients in their filings outside of Singapore, including jurisdictions throughout the Asia Pacific, Europe and North America. Regional joint head Daren Shiau is a renowned competition law specialist, covering the gamut of antitrust litigation spanning international cartels, monopolies and dominance, and global merger control. Co-head Elsa Chen is also highly regarded in these areas and is the lead partner when advising clients on the antitrust aspects of ESG collaborations, sustainability-focused transactions and greenwashing. Scott Clements is another experienced contact in the team, having regularly assisted clients during dawn raids and on multiple leniency filings made to the CCCS.

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