Shanthi Kandiah
Asia-Pacific Guide 2025
Band 1 : Competition/Antitrust
Email address
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603 2011 6800Share profile
Band 1
About
Provided by Shanthi Kandiah
Practice Areas
Competition Law/Antitrust
Data Protection
Cybersecurity
Career
Previous firms:
Christopher Lee & Ong
Kadir Andri & Partners
Zaid Ibrahim & Co. – Pupillage
Professional Memberships
Malaysian Bar
International Bar Association
International Association of Privacy Professionals
Publications
Bullen & Leake & Jacob's
Malaysian Precedents of Pleadings, Second Edition
Chapter: Competition Law (co-contributor: Lam Rui Rong);
The Law Reviews: Malaysia -
The Privacy, Data Protection and Cybersecurity Law Review - 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th Editions;
The Merger Control Review - 8th, 9th, 10th Editions;
The Dominance and Monopolies Review - 7th, 8th Editions;
The Financial Technology Law Review - 2nd, 3rd, 4th Editions;
Global Competition Review (GCR): Malaysia -
GCR Insight: Asia-Pacific Antitrust Review - 2019, 2020, 2021;
Getting the Deal Through, Merger Control: Malaysia - 2019,
Lexology/Getting the Deal Through, Merger Control: Malaysia - 2020, 2021, 2022;
Chambers Global Practice Guide - Cartels: Malaysia - 2019
Personal
Shanthi heads the competition law/antitrust practice in the firm, which covers a wide range of sectors (insurance, FMCG, construction, building materials, pharmaceutical, aviation services and other service industries).
She also possesses specific sector expertise in the highly-regulated media and telecommunications sector where competition issues are
inextricably intertwined with sector regulation designed to promote competition in particular access regulations and access pricing. She has also recently been intimately involved in advising on the insurance sector and the interaction of sector regulation and competition law.
Her practice focuses on defending clients against infringement allegations as well as working with her clients when engaging with regulators over issues and regulations impacting their businesses. She has covered issues ranging from defending client when faced with cartel and abuse of dominance allegations, merger submissions, dominance determinations, access list regulations, content regulation including censorship rules, pricing and margin squeeze, competitor collaborations, responses to section 18 notices issued under the Competition Act 2010 and risk-based compliance advice. She also provides local counsel support to ‘Magic circle’ firms.
Chambers Review
Asia-Pacific
Shanthi Kandiah is a pre-eminent competition lawyer in Malaysia, frequently advising clients on MyCC investigations and abuse of dominance claims.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Madam Shanthi is recognised as a leading advisor in the areas of competition and anti-trust regulatory topic."
"Shanthi is the best in the market, bar none. She is extremely bright, creative, and has in-depth understanding of the intricacies of economics and competition law. Top class."
"Madam Shanthi is recognised as a leading advisor in the areas of competition and anti-trust regulatory topic."
"Shanthi is the best in the market, bar none. She is extremely bright, creative, and has in-depth understanding of the intricacies of economics and competition law. Top class."