Jane Guan > Christopher & Lee Ong > Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia > Lawyer Profile
Christopher & Lee Ong Offices
LEVEL 22, AXIATA TOWER NO. 9, JALAN STESEN SENTRAL 5
KUALA LUMPUR SENTRAL, 50470
KUALA LUMPUR
Malaysia
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Jane Guan
Position
Partner, Christopher & Lee Ong, Malaysia
- Competition & Antitrust
- Corporate Commercial
- Consumer Protection
- Sustainability
Career
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 by the Malaysia Competition Commission (MyCC). She has also represented clients in negotiating settlements with MyCC and assisted a client in its merger filing in a sector with merger control.
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 co-counsel in an M&A exercise of a listed company by providing advice and assistance on every aspect of Malaysia competition law from advising on the setting up of clean teams, to attending competitor companies’ pre-integration meetings. She also regularly conducts competition law trainings and has acted for various companies in their compliance programs.
Aside from competition law practice, Jane is part of the sustainability practice, which encompasses the ESG factors (Environment, Social and Governance) and is involved in competition and crisis management, working closely with clients to manage and limit reputational and institutional risks and offering appropriate counter-measures to be undertaken. Jane is also regularly involved in M&A corporate exercises and she also advises and assists clients in the regulatory areas including on consumer protection, employment and restrictive practices.
Memberships
- Member, Malaysian Bar
- Member, Honourable Society of Lincoln’s Inn
Education
- LLB (Hons), Cardiff University, Wales, United Kingdom
- Bar Vocational Course, Cardiff University, Wales, United Kingdom
- Postgraduate Diploma in EU Competition Law, King’s College London, United Kingdom
Lawyer Rankings
Malaysia > Antitrust and competition
(Next Generation Partners)Lauded for its strengths in the antitrust and competition space, Christopher & Lee Ong
offers an established and in-depth practice, regularly advising global multinationals, conglomerates and government-linked companies. The team’s core workflows include assisting on investigations by the Malaysia Competition Commission, merger notifications in regulated sectors, and acting as competition law counsel in M&A transactions. Notably, the group has strong economic expertise and frequently evaluates net economic benefits and immunity considerations. The experienced Yon See Ting
leads the department and is proficient in both transactional and non-transactional advisory work, regularly acting in dawn raids and cartel investigations, in addition to reviewing anti-competitive agreements and securing merger approvals. Jane Guan is well versed in matters relating to the Competition Act 2010, and often handles work pertaining to abusive conduct and vertical restraints.