Ruby Hong

Ruby Hong focuses her practice on antitrust and competition law in China, Asia, the EU and a number of other jurisdictions. She has been involved in transactions across a variety of industries, including information technology, semiconductors, airlines, aerospace, gaming, performance materials and others.

Ms. Hong’s recent antitrust experience includes advising:

• Adobe Inc. (U.S.) in its proposed (but terminated) US$20 billion acquisition of Figma, Inc. with respect to merger control reviews in Australia, Japan and South Korea
• DuPont de Nemours, Inc. (U.S.) in its US$11 billion divestiture of a majority of its Mobility & Materials segment to Celanese Corporation with respect to merger control filings in China and South Korea
• SK hynix Inc. (South Korea) in its US$9 billion acquisition of Intel Corporation’s NAND and SSD businesses with respect to merger control filings in China, Singapore, South Korea and Taiwan and post-closing remedy implementation in China
• Air Canada (Canada) in its proposed (but terminated) CA$720 million acquisition of Transat A.T. Inc. with respect to a merger control filing in the EU
• Red Hat, Inc. (U.S.) in its US$34 billion acquisition by IBM with respect to merger control filings in Japan, South Korea, Taiwan and the EU
• Rockwell Collins Inc. (U.S.) in its US$30 billion acquisition by United Technologies Corporation with respect to merger control filings in China, Japan, the Philippines, Taiwan and the EU, including the remedy negotiation with China’s State Administration for Market Regulation
• Brookfield Corporation (U.S.) in its US$13.3 billion acquisition of Triton International Limited with respect to merger control filings in China and South Korea
• DuPont de Nemours, Inc. (U.S.) in its US$2.3 billion acquisition of Laird Performance Materials with respect to merger control filings in China and South Korea
• ByteDance Inc. (China) in its multibillion-dollar acquisition of Moonton Technology with respect to merger control filings in Turkey and Indonesia
• VSPN Group Ltd. (China) in Savvy Games Group’s US$265 million investment in VSPN Group Ltd. with respect to merger control filings in China, the EU, South Korea and Turkey