Recent developments in Chinese merger control - MOFCOM shifts up a gear *

China - May 9 2013
The Chinese Ministry of Commerce ("MOFCOM") has stepped up its merger control activities on many fronts in recent weeks, issuing ground-breaking…

Co-authors: Adrian Emch, Andrew McGinty.

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Antitrust hangover in the liquor industry – Chinese white liquor producers fined for setting distributors' resale prices *

China - March 6 2013
The National Development and Reform Commission ("NDRC") has once again shown that it is an antitrust enforcer to be reckoned with. Less than two…

Co-authors: Xi Liao, Adrian Emch, Andrew McGinty.

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China streamlines Foreign Exchange administrative procedures to facilitate cross-border investments *

China - March 4 2013
China's foreign exchange regulator, the State Administration of Foreign Exchange ("SAFE"), recently issued the Circular on Further Improving and…

Co-authors: Roy Zou, Philip Cheng, Steven Robinson, Liang Xu, Andrew McGinty.

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Antitrust issues continue flaring up in China's IT sector *

China - February 4 2013
On 30 and 31 January 2013, the State Administration for Industry and Commerce ("SAIC") posted a press release and a brief question-and-answer…

Co-authors: Andy Huang, Christopher Thomas, Adrian Emch, Andrew McGinty.

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China relaxes the rules on capital contributions to FIEs to allow contribution of equity interests *

China - January 21 2013
In a long-awaited development by both foreign and domestic investors alike, on 21 September 21 2012, the Ministry of Commerce of the People's…

Co-authors: Kurt Tiam, Liang Xu, Andrew McGinty, Roberta Chang.

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