Kathleen Gooi | Lawyers

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Hong Kong SAR, Malaysia, UK (England & Wales)

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Antitrust & Foreign Investment Group

Overview

Kathleen is a managing associate in our global Antitrust & Foreign Investment practice, based in Hong Kong SAR.

She has a wide range of experience based on her work both as a regulator and as a private practitioner, across Asia and in the UK.

Kathleen advises on Asia focused mergers, including advising on transaction structures and coordination of multi-jurisdictional filings. She also advises on on-going cartel and distribution investigations in Hong Kong.

Kathleen spent nearly four years as a case manager at the Hong Kong Competition Commission before joining Linklaters. During that time, she managed a wide range of investigations on cartels, and assisted in the formulation of the Commission’s policies, including leniency and cooperation. She also worked at a major PRC law firm based in Hong Kong, advising on a wide range of complex antitrust matters and assisting on SAMR filings.

Prior to moving to Hong Kong, Kathleen worked at a major Malaysian law firm and UK telecoms regulator, OFCOM.

Work Highlights

Multinational clients on ongoing confidential cartel and antitrust investigations under the Hong Kong Competition Ordinance.
CP Group on the US$10.6bn acquisition of Tesco Thailand and Malaysia
China Merchants on the expansion of its joint venture Terminal Link with CMA-CGM
Various multinational clients in the healthcare, retail, industrial and private equity sectors on competition law issues and compliance across Asia

Education and Qualifications

Kathleen studied law at University of the West of England, Bristol. She also holds an LLM in Competition Law from King’s College London.

Thought Leadership

Kathleen regularly speaks at industry events. Her publications include:

Marcus Pollard and Kathleen Gooi, Getting the Deal Through: Cartel Regulation 2023 – Hong Kong, 28 November 2022
Marcus Pollard and Kathleen Gooi, Getting the Deal Through: Cartel Regulation 2022 – Hong Kong, 7 December 2021
Marcus Pollard, Kathleen Gooi, Jackie Lau and Joshua Chan, Competition Laws Outside the United States, Third Edition, The American Bar Association, 21 July 2020
Marcus Pollard and Kathleen Gooi, Getting the Deal Through: Cartel Regulation 2021 – Hong Kong, 10 December 2020
Marcus Pollard and Kathleen Gooi, "Work in Progress: Hong Kong’s Competition Law Five Years On", Journal of European Competition Law & Practice, 29 September 2020

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