Foreword

• Author: Brian R. Henry
• Profession: Chair, Antitrust Law Section
• Pages: 5-7

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FOREWORD

Welcome to the Third Edition of Competition Laws Outside the United States

(CLOUS), providing in-depth coverage of the competition laws of 23 jurisdictions

with which U.S. businesses trade extensively. In the years since the publication of the

First Edition of CLOUS in 2001 and the Second Edition in 2011, there has been

dynamic change and expansion of competition laws around the world, and the

emergence of many new antitrust regimes. Reflecting these developments, this Third

Edition contains updated chapters for the twelve jurisdictions originally covered by

CLOUS and the six jurisdictions that were added to the Second Edition. It also adds

new chapters addressing the competition laws of five more jurisdictions: Argentina,

Colombia, Hong Kong, Singapore, and Taiwan, thus now addressing the competition

laws of 23 jurisdictions outside the United States.

As was true for the first two editions of CLOUS, a cautionary statement must be

noted: in most of the jurisdictions covered in this Third Edition, the law, regulations,

and interpretations change rapidly. In some regimes, because of only recent

enactments, there is scant case law or other guidance documents. As with the first

two editions, the reader should use this Third Edition only as a starting point for

understanding the law of another country. For a more refined analysis, the reader

should seek the legal advice of experienced counsel qualified to practice in the

applicable jurisdiction. Despite the efforts of the authors, editors, and reviewers to

ensure the accuracy of the information contained in the Third Edition as of mid-2019,

errors and omissions may remain, and changes surely will occur.

The Third Edition of CLOUS has been prepared by the Competition Law

Outside the United States Editorial Board. The Section is particularly grateful to

former Section Chair Irving Scher, the Editor-in-Chief, for his leadership in bringing

this work to completion. The Section’s special thanks also go to the other members

of the Editorial Board for their exceptional efforts in bringing this publication to

fruition: H. Stephen Harris, Jr., Patrick Kelleher, Paula W. Render, and Barbara H.

Wootton. Special thanks also go to Katherine Clemons of the Section’s Books and

Treatises Committee, who provided exceptional assistance in the publication’s final

stages, including editing and finalizing drafts of all 23 chapters for publication, and

overseeing final text and style editing efforts, and to David B. Rochelson, J. Andrew

Clemons, Michael Kippins, and Brandon Bigelow, who assisted in that major effort.

The Board was also aided by Justine Johnson who, along with David B. Rochelson,

served as the Committee’s Young Lawyers Representatives.

Each of the chapters was authored by leading competition law practitioners in

their respective jurisdictions:

Argentina: Julián Peña, Federico Rossi

Australia: Elizabeth Avery, Rebecca Ponnuthurai, Anna Belgiorno-Nettis,

Neeharika Maddula, Tom Abraham, Marina Yang, Isabella Van

Leer, Jacqueline Reid