Thursday, October 15, 2026
9:00 AM-9:30 AM
Registration and networking breakfast
9:30 AM-9:35 AM
GCR welcome address
9:35 AM-9:45 AM
Chairs’ opening remarks
Janet Hui
Partner, JunHe
Susan Ning
Partner, King & Wood
Elizabeth Wang
Partner, Econic Partners
9:45 AM-10:15 AM
Keynote address
Carles Esteva Mosso
Former Deputy Director-General, European Commission’s Directorate General for Competition
10:15 AM-11:00 AM
Hot topics in global merger control
- Shifting global merger trends and China’s role in deal review
- How are US and EU merger policies reshaping global transactions?
- Semiconductor and tech deals under heightened regulatory scrutiny
- Remedies, supply chain disruption and deal uncertainty
Sophie Yang
Partner, Econic Partners
Annie Hao
Director, Brunswick Group
Soon Sin Mah
China Head of Legal and Government Relations, Mercado Libre
Kenneth Zhou
Head of Legal & Compliance (Asia Pacific North), SIG Group
11:00 AM-11:30 AM
Networking break
11:30 AM-12:15 PM
Cross-border M&A in an era of regulatory fragmentation
- Increasing scrutiny of cross-border transactions across major jurisdictions
- Foreign investment review, foreign subsidies regulation and other regulatory barriers
- National security, industrial policy and their growing influence on dealmaking
- Conflicting obligations between EU and Chinese law – can companies comply with both?
- If not, where should companies take enforcement risk?
Janet Hui
Partner, JunHe
Heng Ju
Director / Associate Professor, Research Center for Anti-Monopoly and Competition Economics / SUFE Business
Edwin Li
Former Vice President and General Counsel, DSM China
Philip Monaghan
Partner, O'Melveny & Myers
Victor Shen
Chief Legal Officer, Henkel North Asia
12:15 PM-1:00 PM
Antitrust litigation: the next battleground?
- Challenging competition authority decisions
- Legal privilege, disclosure and evidence management
- Follow-on damages claims and private enforcement
- What are the next growth areas in competition disputes?
Adelaide Luke
Partner, Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer
Zhou (Aston) Zhong
Associate Researcher, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences
1:00 PM-2:00 PM
Networking lunch
2:00 PM-2:45 PM
Cartel investigations under geopolitical risk
- Investigations involving Chinese producers in global markets
- Individual liability and cross-border criminal exposure
- US enforcement trends and extraterritorial reach
- Are geopolitical tensions reshaping cartel enforcement priorities?
Susan Ning
Partner, King & Wood
Gang Ji
General Counsel, Streamax
Liyang Hou
Professor of Competition Law, KoGuan Law School, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Sally Yuanyuan Qin
Partner, BakerHostetler
2:45 PM-3:15 PM
Networking break
3:15 PM-4:00 PM
Digital platforms, AI and antitrust enforcement
- Platform exclusivity and "choose one of two" practices
- AI, data and algorithms: emerging antitrust risks
- Enforcement and litigation trends in China's digital economy
- How are regulators approaching competition concerns in AI and digital markets?
Roger Zhang
Vice President for Public Affairs, Tencent Technology (Beijing) Co., Ltd.
Jake Cheng
Senior Principal, Econic Partners
Yongqiang Zhou
Executive Vice President, Legal, SUEZ China
Margaret Butler
Partner, BakerHostetler
4:00 PM-4:10 PM
Chairs’ closing remarks
Janet Hui
Partner, JunHe
Susan Ning
Partner, King & Wood
Elizabeth Wang
Partner, Econic Partners
