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Recent developments in Chinese merger control: MOFCOM consults on draft regulations and imposes remedies in GlencoreXstrata and MarubeniGavilon mergers

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • China
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  • May 7 2013

The Anti-Monopoly Bureau at the Ministry of Commerce of the People's Republic of China ("MOFCOM") recently published two important draft regulations

Asia M&A developments

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • Asia-Pacific, China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Malaysia
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  • May 2 2013

China reported a disappointing 7.7 GDP growth for the first quarter of 2013, confirming that the Chinese economy is facing headwinds. For foreign

China guides foreign investment for 2013

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • China
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  • April 2 2013

China plans to further open the services sector to foreign investment, and to improve the foreign investment environment generally. Toward this end

Securing IP through employee non-compete obligations

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • China
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  • February 28 2013

IP protection in China requires the implementation of various strategies. The imposition of post-termination non-compete obligations on employees who

Labour dispatch services in China will provide less flexibility from 1 July 2013

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • China
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  • January 17 2013

From 1 July 2013, the use of labour dispatch services will likely be a less attractive means of maintaining a more flexible workforce. Companies

Foreign exchange made easier

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • China
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  • December 12 2012

China has said for many years that it will liberalise its foreign exchange regime at its own pace

Guidance for investors contributing equity to foreign-invested enterprises

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • China
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  • November 7 2012

Recent interim provisions clarify the process and qualifications for investors to inject equity as the registered capital of a foreign-invested enterprise ("FIE"

China's 12th Five-Year Plan for investment

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • China
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  • August 13 2012

The Plan is broadly consistent with Chinas recent investment policies

China looks to tighten labour rules

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • China
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  • July 17 2012

The draft amendment to the Labour Contract Law aims to change labour dispatch practices, under which businesses choose to outsource workers from thirdparty dispatch agencies rather than directly employing the workers themselves

China's MOFCOM clears GoogleMotorola with conditions: another example of China's divergence from the EU and US antitrust regimes?

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • China
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  • May 22 2012

On 19 May 2012, the Chinese Anti-Monopoly Bureau of the Ministry of Commerce ("MOFCOM") announced its conditional approval of the proposed $12.5 billion acquisition by Google Inc. ("Google") of Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc. ("Motorola"