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Consumer goods: update

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • China, European Union, Indonesia, Netherlands, United Kingdom
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  • February 29 2012

The Ministry of Commerce People’s Republic of China’s (“MOFCOM”) prohibition of CocaCola’s proposed acquisition of Huiyuan in 2009 generated significant controversy and prompted a fear that the Anti-Monopoly Law could be used to prevent foreign-multinational companies from acquiring well-known Chinese brands and businesses

MOFCOM imposes significant remedies in SeagateSamsung: another example of China's divergence from the EU and the US antitrust regimes?

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • China, European Union, USA
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  • February 22 2012

On 12 December 2011, the Anti-Monopoly Bureau of the Ministry of Commerce ("MOFCOM") published its conditional approval decision of the proposed acquisition of the hard disk drive ("HDD") business of Samsung Electronics of Korea ("Samsung") by Seagate Technology of the United States ("Seagate"

Chinese state-owned enterprises under the microscope: increased antitrust scrutiny by the EU and Chinese authorities

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • China, European Union
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  • October 3 2011

The Anti-Monopoly Law ("AML"), China's first antitrust law, was adopted on 30 August, 2007 and it entered into force on 1 August, 2008