Bio

Natalie Yeung is Head of our Competition practice in Asia. She is one of the industry’s leading competition and regulatory lawyers and has worked on a wide range of antitrust, merger control and regulatory matters involving Hong Kong, EU and UK competition law. She regularly represents clients on cross-border M&A (with a particular focus on Chinese merger filings) and the new Hong Kong competition legislation and advises on the coordination of Chinese and Asian merger notifications, foreign direct investment and other regulatory matters, in the context of global transactions, working alongside our London/Brussels office. In Hong Kong, Natalie has advised extensively on the Competition Ordinance and has worked on a number of ‘firsts’, including the first block exemption application, the first case involving the use of formal commitments, one of the first cases involving cooperation with the Competition Commission and the first case before the Competition Tribunal that was fully resolved under the Commission’s Cooperation and Settlement Policy. Natalie is referred as “one of the standout lawyers in Hong Kong” and “one of the world’s foremost experts on Hong Kong’s competition legislation.” She is repeatedly recognised as Band 1 lawyer by Chambers Asia-Pacific in 2022 for Competition/Antitrust (International Firms), China and is ranked as a Highly Regarded Lawyer by the IFLR1000 Asia-Pacific 2022 for Competition in Hong Kong. She is also recommended in the Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2022 for Antitrust and Competition and is listed as a Thought Leader in the Who's Who Legal Thought Leaders - Competition 2020 and Thought Leaders - Hong Kong 2020 and as a recommended Global Leader in Competition 2020.