Ms Ameera Ashraf > WongPartnership LLP > Singapore, Singapore > Lawyer Profile
WongPartnership LLP Offices
12 MARINA BOULEVARD, LEVEL 28
MARINA BAY FINANCIAL CENTRE TOWER 3
SINGAPORE 018982
Singapore
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Ms Ameera Ashraf
Work Department
Corporate Group; Antitrust & Competition Practice; Corporate Regulatory & Licensing Practice; Mergers & Acquisitions Practice.
Position
Head – Antitrust & Competition Practice
Career
Ameera advises on a wide range of competition laws including merger control, cartels, market dominance, and compliance programmes. She has significant experience in particular in advising on issues involving consumer products, oil and gas, manufacturing, and transport sectors.
Publications
- The Merger Control Review, Singapore Chapter – 2nd to 5th Editions
Work Highlights
Significant transactions that Ameera has been involved in include advising / acting for the following:
- Nachi Fujikoshi Corporation in its successful appeal against the quantum of financial penalty imposed by the (then) Competition Commission of Singapore.
- Singapore Chemi-con (Pte) Ltd, Nachi-Fujikoshi Corporation, and Nishi-Nippon Railroad Co. Ltd. in the first three infringement decisions involving multijurisdictional cartels issued by the CCCS.
- Uber Singapore in the first ever appeal against a merger decision by the CCCS.
- Luxottica Group in its successful Phase 2 clearance without commitments in its merger with Essilor International.
Languages
English.
Memberships
Officer, Antitrust Committee, International Bar Association; Member, Law Society of Singapore; Singapore Academy of Law; American Bar Association’s International Cartel Task Force.
Education
Admitted, 1996, Singapore; 2009, England & Wales; National University of Singapore (LL.B., Hons.); King’s College, University of London (M.A. in EC Competition Law).
Lawyer Rankings
Singapore > Antitrust and competition: local firms
(Leading individuals)Renowned for both its contentious and non-contentious competition expertise, WongPartnership LLP boasts an impressive client list spanning a number of key growth sectors including finance, insurance, energy, and shipping. Practice head Ameera Ashraf’s practice covers the full spectrum of competition issues from complex cartel matters to mergers and issues of dominance, particularly in the transport and food sectors. Another key contact is Chan Jia Hui, regarded as leading authority on the substantive probations under the Competition Act, including anti-competitive arrangements, abuse of dominance, and merger control issues. Clarissa Koh regularly handles the management of corporate dawn raid protocols across various industries including consumer products, healthcare, manufacturing, logistics, and real estate.
Lawyer Rankings
- Antitrust and competition: local firms Singapore
- Leading individuals Singapore > Antitrust and competition: local firms
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Antitrust and competition: local firms
- Banking and finance: local firms
- Capital markets: equity and debt: local firms
- Capital markets: structured finance, derivatives and securitisation: Local firms
- Construction: Local firms
- Corporate and M&A: local firms
- Dispute resolution: local firms
- Fintech and financial services regulatory: local firms
- International arbitration
- Labour and employment: local firms
- Private wealth and family law – local firms
- Projects and energy: local firms
- Real estate: local firms
- Restructuring and insolvency: local firms
- Start-up and venture capital – Local firms