Three years ago, China’s Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) introduced a simplified merger review procedure to reduce the review time for transactions that do not pose significant competitive or industrial policy concerns in...more
On September 3, 2016, the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress (NPC) adopted the Decision on Revising Four Laws, Including the Law of the People’s Republic of China on Wholly Foreign-Owned Enterprises (NPC...more
On September 3, 2016, the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress (“NPC”) adopted the Decision of the Standing Committee of the NPC on Revising Four Laws, Including the Law of the People’s Republic of China on...more
China’s Anti-Monopoly Law requires businesses to notify transactions to the Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) for merger control review, so long as the parties meet certain revenue thresholds and the transaction involves a change...more
The Ministry of Commerce in China (“MOFCOM”) has promulgated a series of implementation regulations as an effort to improve the enforcement of the Anti-Monopoly Law (“AML”), among which two regulations specifically relate to...more
China’s Ministry of Commerce recently issued two new draft regulations. The first provides a wider range of potential remedies to obtain the clearance of a concentration (e.g., a merger, acquisition, joint venture, etc.);...more