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Merger Control
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China Law Vision
Coming out after a Long Wait
By AnJie Broad
The Provisional Measures on Investigating and Penalizing Violation of Notification Obligations for Concentrations of undertakings (hereinafter referred to as “Provisional Measures”) was officially published on 30th December 2011 by MOFCOM…
China Law Vision
MOFCOM’s Anti-Monopoly Investigation on Google/Motorola Mobility Concentration in the Process
By AnJie Broad
MOFCOM hosted a press conference on Feb 16th, 2012, in which it announced updates and news on Chinese business affairs for the previous month of January 2012. MOFCOM hosted a…
China Law Vision
MOFCOM Conditionally Cleared Samsung and Seagate Hard Disk Drive Deal
By AnJie Broad
On 12th December 2011, MOFCOM publicly disclosed its decision to clear Samsung and Seagate hard disk deal by imposing several conditions. According to the Asset Purchase Agreement, Seagate Technology intends…
China Law Vision
MOFCOM Announced the Another Conditional Clearance on Concentration
By AnJie Broad
On 31st October 2011, MOFCOM posted the No.73 Notice in its website, announcing to clear proposed concentration between Penelope Co., Ltd and (referred to as “Penelope” hereinafter) and Savio Macchine…
Antitrust Alert
China Law Alert: Focus on Competition – March 2012
by Henry L.T. Chen, Frank Schoneveld, Alex An, Brian Fu and Angel Wang McDermott Will & Emery has released the latest China Law Alert: Focus on Competition, which provides insight…
China Law Insight
Western Digital/Hitachi Received Conditional Nod from MOFCOM
By King & Wood
By Susan Ning, Ji Kailun and Hazel YinOn March 2nd, 2012, the acquisition by Western Digital ("WD") of Hitachi Global Storage Technologies ("Hitachi") finally received conditional nod from the Ministry…
China Law Insight
CSRC’s Guidance on Merger Control of Listed Chinese Companies
By Susan Ning, Liu Jia and Hazel Yin China Securities Regulation Commission ("CSRC") is the authority in charge of supervising Chinese listed companies. In August 2010 and November 2011, CSRC…
Corporate & Financial Weekly Digest
FTC Announces New Filing Thresholds for Hart Scott Rodino Notifications
The Federal Trade Commission has announced new notification thresholds for Premerger Notification Reports that must be filed under the Hart Scott Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act (HSR). The notification thresholds are…
China Law Insight
MOFCOM Getting Tough on Failure to Notify a Concentration
By Susan Ning, Ji Kailun and Hazel Yin On 30 December 2011, the Ministry of Commerce ("MOFCOM") promulgated the Interim Measures on Investigation and Punishment of Failure to Duly Notify…
Antitrust Alert
China’s MOFCOM Now Fully Armed to Prosecute Companies Failing to Notify a Concentration
by Henry L. T. Chen, Frank Schoneveld and James Jiang China’s Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM), following six months of public comment on and consideration of Draft Regulations, has now formally…