Corporate & Securities Law

Chinese Anti-Monopoly Law: a Pretext for Local Protection or an Aspiration to Comply with the International Norm
Chinese anti-monopoly law (?AML?) was enacted on August 30, 2007, which is the first comprehensive competition law in China?s history. [1] The Chinese AML was drafted within the context of three principal competition concerns: regional monopolies (local protection); sectoral monopolies...

Some New Developments after the Coming-into-Effect of Chinese Anti-Monopoly Law
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Liyang Hou of the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven provides some thoughts on Some New Developments after the Coming-into-Effect of Chinese Anti-Monopoly Law...

China Investigating Microsoft For Antitrust Violations. We Don't Think So.
By Steve Dickinson Both the English and the Chinese web have been rife with news of a Chinese government antitrust investigation of Microsoft's pricing of its software products. The reports initially stated the PRC State IP Office was investigating foreign software companies for selling software at higher prices in China than in their home jurisdictions...

Coca-Cola Deal First to Be Blocked Under Chinese Monopoly Law (Bloomberg)
March 18 (Bloomberg) -- China?s rejection of Coca-Cola Co.?s $2.3 billion bid to buy China Huiyuan Juice Group Ltd. is the first denial of an acquisition under an anti-monopoly law that?s been criticized since inception for a lack of openness.

Take A Time Out On Foreign Publishing In China
Nearly every month some non-Chinese company comes to my law firm seeking our help in navigating the legal issues involved in publishing some sort of magazine or website in China. Their initial questions nearly always focus on WFOEs versus Rep...

National Security Review Under China's New Anti-Monopoly Law
By Steve Dickinson China's National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) recently reported on its plans for forming an interagency committee to review the national security impacts of foreign acquisitions of Chinese companies...