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Rajah & Tann Singapore LLP Offices
9 STRAITS VIEW
MARINA ONE WEST TOWER #06-07
SINGAPORE 018937
018937
Singapore
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Ms Tanya Tang
Position
Partner (Chief Economic and Policy Advisor), Rajah & Tann Singapore LLP
Career
Tanya Tang joined Rajah & Tann’s Competition and TMT practice as its Chief Economic and Policy Advisor, giving the practice the unique capability of providing fully integrated legal and economic advice to clients.
Tanya has been recognised as a leading competition economist in the international Who’s Who Legal Competition: Economists and Who’s Who Legal Consulting Experts: Experts – Economics – Competition Economists and as a leading trade consultant in the Who’s Who Legal Trade & Customs – Economists & Anti-Dumping Consultants.
Tanya has extensive competition and regulatory experience, having worked in the policy and competition team at the Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore (IDA), as well as the Competition Commission of Singapore (CCS). At IDA, Tanya’s key responsibilities included implementing the Telecom and Postal Competition Codes, such as assessing M&A applications and investigating alleged anti-competitive practices. She also led key policy and regulatory reviews, such as reviews of the Telecom Competition Code and guidelines, as well as the Quality of Service frameworks for telecom services. At CCS, Tanya was responsible for conducting economic analysis for investigation of competition cases. Her experience includes assessing complex mergers (including conducting two Phase 2 merger reviews) and leading cases involving abuse of dominance. Tanya has also participated in dawn raids to gather information for CCS’ investigations.
Memberships
Member, Phi Beta Kappa Society (honour society for the liberal arts and sciences)
Secretary for the Asia Pacific Carriers’ Coalition (APCC)
Education
Master of Arts in Economics for Competition Law, King’s College London
Post-Graduate Diploma in Economics for Competition Law, King’s College London
Master of Arts in International Policy Studies, Stanford University
Bachelor of Arts in Economics, University of Chicago
Lawyer Rankings
Singapore > Antitrust and competition: local firms
Rajah & Tann Singapore LLP command a strong reputation in the Singapore market for handling complex cross-border merger and investigation mandates. Practice head Kala Anandarajah is one of the most prominent competition and antitrust lawyers in the region, overseeing a practice with experience spanning multiple jurisdictions including Thailand, Vietnam and the Philippines. Tanya Tang is a trusted advisor to a number of major private clients and regulatory bodies in Singapore and the wider region, while Joshua Seet, having rejoined from Fangda Partners in August 2022, significantly bolsters the team’s expertise relating to merger control and corporate distribution and cooperation practices. Alvin Tan Yong Joon brings solid experience advising on anti-competitive arrangements across key sectors including automotives, shipping, pharmaceuticals, consultancy and defence.
Singapore > TMT: local firms
The ‘incredibly responsive and commercial’ team at Rajah & Tann Singapore LLP services its stellar client roster on big-ticket technology and telecoms transactions, disputes, and regulatory mandates, with demonstrable experience advising on fintech and e-commerce developments. Data protection and cybersecurity is another key area of focus for the group. Praised as ‘one of the top lawyers in the field of TMT’, Steve Tan stands out for his experience in data privacy and jointly leads the team alongside Benjamin Cheong, who advises on a range of technology-related transactions, and data protection and cybersecurity expert Rajesh Sreenivasan
. Tanya Tang is ‘extremely knowledgeable’ in regulatory mandates and Lionel Tan handles cases concerning internet defamation and fraud, online security breaches, and confidential information.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Antitrust and competition: local firms
- Banking and finance: local firms
- Capital markets: structured finance, derivatives and securitisation: Local firms
- Construction: Local firms
- Data protection and cyber security
- Dispute resolution: local firms
- Fintech and financial services regulatory: local firms
- Insurance: local firms
- Investment funds: local firms
- 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
- Shipping: local firms
- TMT: local firms
- White-collar crime - Local firms