Thomas Cheng 鄭建韓
The Department of Law
Associate Professor
Bachelor of Arts, Yale University (1999)
Juris Doctor, Harvard Law School (2002)
Bachelor of Civil Law, University of Oxford (2003)
Member of New York State Bar
Biography
Thomas Cheng, Assistant Professor, joined the Faculty in April 2006 and is currently the Deputy Director of the Asian Institute of International Financial Law. Prior to joining the Faculty, Mr. Cheng was an associate at the New York office of Simpson, Thacher & Bartlett, where he focused in antitrust litigation. His research interests include competition law and policy issues, especially comparative competition law and competition law in East Asia.
Mr. Cheng received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Yale College, and his Juris Doctor degree from Harvard Law School, where he was a co-President of Harvard Asia Law Society, the Executive Editor of Harvard Asia Quarterly, and an Articles Editor of the Harvard International Law Journal. He then furthered his studies at the University of Oxford, where he received his Bachelor of Civil Law degree in European and Comparative Law.
Research Areas
- Competition Law
more details
Public and External Positions
Book editorships
Representative Publications
Member, Business Facilitation Advisory Committee
Member, Advisory Board, American Antitrust Institute
Member, Executive Board, Academic Society for Competition Law
Member, International Advisory Board, Institute for Consumer Antitrust Studies
Member, Academic Steering Committee, Concurrences Antitrust Writing Awards
Member, Advisory Board, Journal of Antitrust Enforcement
Member, Advisory Board, China Antitrust Law Journal
1. Cartels in Asia (with Burton Ong and Sandra Marco Colino), Kluwer Law & Business (2015).
2. Competition Law and Development (with D. Daniel Sokol and Ioannis Lianos), Stanford University Press (2014).
3. Competition and the State (with D. Daniel Sokol and Ioannis Lianos), Stanford University Press (2014).
1. Announcing the Death of Colgate: The Form and Substance of Vertical Price Fixing Agreements, 20(1) University of Pennsylvania Journal of Business Law 1-92 (2018).
2. A Consumer Behavioral Approach to Resale Price Maintenance, 12(1) Virginia Law & Business Review 1-92 (2017) (winner of the Best Vertical Restraints Article in the Jerry S. Cohen Memorial Fund Writing Award 2017 and one of the two finalists for the Concurrences Antitrust Writing Awards 2018 in the Concerted Practices category).
3. Sherman vs. Goliath: Tackling the Conglomerate Dominance Problem in Emerging and Small Economies—Hong Kong as a Case Study, 37 Northwestern Journal of International Law & Business 35-105 (2017) (nominated for the Concurrences Antitrust Writing Awards 2018 in the Asian Antitrust category).
4. A Neglected Theory of Harm: Joint Ventures as Facilitators of Collusion Across Markets (co-authored with Kelvin Kwok), 5(3) Journal of Antitrust Enforcement 434-57 (2017) (one of the two finalists for the Concurrences Antitrust Writing Awards 2017 in the Concerted Practices category).
5. The PRC NDRC Case Against Qualcomm: A Misguided Venture or Justified Enforcement of Competition Law?, 5(1) Journal of Antitrust Enforcement 76-99 (2017).
6. Antitrust Treatment of No Challenge Clauses, 5(2) NYU Journal of Intellectual Property and Entertainment Law 437-512 (2016) (winner of the Best Antitrust and Intellectual Property Article in the Jerry S. Cohen Memorial Fund Writing Award 2016 and one of the two finalists for the Concurrences Antitrust Writing Awards 2017 in the Intellectual Property category).
7. Aggregate Concentration: A Study of Competition Law Solutions(co-authored with Michal Gal), 4(2) Journal of Antitrust Enforcement 282-321 (2016).
8. Regulating Abuse of Superior Bargaining Position under the Japanese Competition Law: An Anomaly or a Necessity? (co-authored with Masako Wakui), 3(2) Journal of Antitrust Enforcement 302-33 (2015) (one of the two finalists for the Concurrences Antitrust Writing Awards 2016 in the Asian Antitrust category).
9. Putting Innovation Incentives Back in the Patent-Antitrust Interface, 11(5) Northwestern Journal of Technology and Intellectual Property 385-439 (2013).
10. A Developmental Approach to the Patent-Antitrust Interface, 33(1) Northwestern Journal of International Law and Business 1-79 (2012).
11. Convergence and Its Discontents: A Reconsideration of the Merits of Convergence of Global Competition Law, 12(2) Chicago Journal of International Law 433-490 (2012).