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China’s merger control rules changing: MOFCOM publishes new draft regulations on remedies and simple cases

  • McDermott Will & Emery
  • -
  • China
  • -
  • April 17 2013

China's Ministry of Commerce recently issued two new draft regulations. The first provides a wider range of potential remedies to obtain the

Private equity firms achieve only partial dismissal of “buying club” antitrust lawsuit

  • McDermott Will & Emery
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • April 12 2013

The U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts recently limited the scope of a proposed shareholder class action against a number of

Notification threshold under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act increased to $70.9 million

  • McDermott Will & Emery
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • January 14 2013

The Federal Trade Commission recently announced higher reporting thresholds for pre-merger notifications filed on or after February 11, 2013

China streamlines antitrust notification process

  • McDermott Will & Emery
  • -
  • China
  • -
  • June 27 2012

The Ministry of Commerce of China recently promulgated a new amended merger notification form along with instructions for completing the form

Recent DOJ obstruction of justice case highlights importance of HSR Item 4 compliance

  • McDermott Will & Emery
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 18 2012

Failing to comply with premerger document disclosure rules can lead to civil and criminal penalties for companies and their executives

Merger regime jurisdiction over minority shareholdings: recent developments in Europe

  • McDermott Will & Emery
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  • European Union, Germany
  • -
  • April 5 2012

Although a growing number of jurisdictions have adopted a merger control regime, there is no uniform approach to the acquisition of noncontrolling minority shareholdings

European General Court confirms parental liability for competition law infringements by 50:50 joint ventures

  • McDermott Will & Emery
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  • European Union
  • -
  • February 28 2012

The European General Court has confirmed a European Commission decision to hold chemical companies EI du Pont de Nemours and Dow Chemical jointly and severally liable for a fine imposed on their 50:50 joint venture for an infringement of European competition law

European Commission blocks proposed merger between NYSE Euronext and Deutsche Börse

  • McDermott Will & Emery
  • -
  • European Union
  • -
  • February 9 2012

The European Commission has blocked the proposed merger between Deutsche Börse and NYSE Euronext

China summarises 2011 AML enforcement, promises action on failures to notify a concentration in 2012

  • McDermott Will & Emery
  • -
  • China
  • -
  • January 23 2012

On 27 December 2011, in its annual end-of-year press conference, the Anti-Monopoly Bureau of China’s Ministry of Commerce gave an overview of the country’s Anti-Monopoly Law enforcement efforts in 2011, as well as stated its clear intention to investigate and sanction parties who fail to submit proper notification of a concentration and have it cleared by the Ministry

MOFCOM issues its eighth conditional clearance - minority shareholders beware

  • McDermott Will & Emery
  • -
  • China
  • -
  • November 18 2011

Before granting its approval of Alpha V’s acquisition of Savio, China’s Ministry of Commerce required the private equity fund to divest its 27.9 per cent stake in Savio’s rival Uster