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Merger Control
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China Law Insight
MOFCOM cleared Glencore’s acquisition of Xstrata with Conditions
By King & Wood
By Susan Ning, Huang Jing and Hazel Yin On April 16, 2013, the Ministry of Commerce ("MOFCOM") cleared the proposed acquisition of Xstrata plc ("Xstrata") by Glencore International plc ("Glencore")…
China Law Insight
Path towards A More Streamlined Merger Control System – MOFCOM Publishes Draft Rules on Merger Remedies
By King & Wood
By Susan Ning, Pulcheria Chung, Kailun Ji and Hazel Yin To increase clarity and transparency on the merger remedy regime under the Anti-Monopoly Law ("AML"), China's Ministry of Commerce ("MOFCOM")…
Antitrust Alert
China’s Merger Control Rules Changing: MOFCOM Publishes New Draft Regulations on Remedies and Simple Cases
by Henry Chen, Frank Schoneveld and Alex An China’s Ministry of Commerce recently issued two new draft regulations. The first provides a wider range of potential remedies to obtain the…
China Law Vision
MOFCOM Speeds Up the Rule-Making Process
By AnJie Broad
Authored by Michael Gu (michaelgu@anjielaw.com) The week before the Chinese Qingming Festival, MOFCOM published two sets of draft rules regarding merger control for public consultation, namely, Provisions on Imposing Restrictive…
China Law Vision
Key Developments of 2012 in Merger Control Enforcement
By AnJie Broad
Authored by Michael Gu (michaelgu@anjielaw.com), Zhan Hao (zhanhao@anjielaw.com) The Ministry of Commerce (“MOFCOM”) continues to play an active role in reviewing merger cases, supervising the concentration applications, and drafting implementing…
Focus on Regulation
COMESA – New Pan-African Merger Control Regime
On 14 January 2013, the Competition Commission for the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa ("COMESA") became operational. This creates a new supranational merger control regime in Africa which…
China Law Vision
Briefing on MOFCOM’s Antitrust Enforcement
By AnJie Broad
Authored by Dr. Zhan Hao (zhanhao@anjielaw.com) With more than four years’ experience, the Ministry of Commerce of PRC (“MOFCOM”) is becoming an increasingly important and high-profile merger review jurisdiction in…
GT London Law Blog
EU merger control: reform with a small ‘r’ (but do not underestimate its value)
By Greenberg Traurig, Greenberg Traurig
Written by Simon Harms | Stephen C. Tupper As many businesses will be acutely aware, the preparation of merger control notifications to the European Commission (the "Commission") under the EU…
Antitrust Alert
China’s Ministry of Commerce Announces Investigations into Failures to Notify a Concentration, Introduces New Transparency Measures
by Henry L.T. Chen, Frank Schoneveld, Jared Nelson and Sean Pan China’s Ministry of Commerce recently announced that it opened four investigations during 2012 into suspected non-compliance with China’s merger…
Global Regulatory Enforcement Law Blog
€ 20M fine upheld for failing to notify JV shareholding change to EU merger authority
By Eric B. Miller, Marjorie Holmes
This post was also written by Angela Gregson and Laura-May Scott. The European General Court has upheld a € 20M fine imposed on the Belgian electricity company, Electrabel, for failing to notify…