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Reflections from an energy and petrochemical M&A transaction: why the value of due diligence lies not in the number of risks identified, but in how effectively those risks are translated into transaction advantages for the buyer.

Earlier this year, China’s Ministry of Commerce implemented new regulations under the Anti-Monopoly Law.

In late June 2022, the 13th National People's Congress Standing Committee adopted the First Amendments to China's Anti-Monopoly Law ("AML"). The amendments will take effect...

On 19 May 2012, the PRC Ministry of Commerce ("MOFCOM") approved the acquisition by Google Inc.

Today the Chinese Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) announced that it had denied antitrust approval of The Coca-Cola Company's proposed acquisition of a famous Chinese Juice manufacturer, China Huiyuan Juice Group Limited ("Huiyuan" ).

The Ministry of Commerce released Interim Rules of the Criteria for Simple Cases of Undertaking Concentrations, which has been effective as of 12 February, 2014.

On 24 January 2009, China's Ministry of Commerce ("MOFCOM") issued a public announcement conditionally approving the proposed acquisition of Lucite International Group Limited ("Lucite") by Mitsubishi Rayon Co., Ltd ("Mitsubishi").

When China’s Ministry of Commerce ("MOFCOM") approved Pfizer’s $68 billion acquisition of rival pharmaceutical company

On 19 May 2011, the European Commission (the "Commission") issued clearance under the EU merger control rules for the proposed joint venture between DSM and Sinochem (the "Proposed Transaction").

Merger filing is obligatory if a PE transaction triggers a concentration of undertakings, while also meeting the turnover threshold.

On July 30, 2024, China's merger control authority, the State Administration for Market Regulation ("SAMR"), released its official statistics on the merger review cases...

The China Insurance Regulatory Commission (CIRC) now permits those insurance companies which are subject to its regulation to diversify their investments into the private equity and real estate sectors pursuant to the "Interim Measures for the Administration of Utilisation of Insurance Funds", effective 31 August 2010.

On 2 March 2012, China's Ministry of Commerce ("MOFCOM") conditioned its approval of Western Digital's acquisition of Hitachi's hard disk drive division (renamed "Viviti Technologies") under the PRC Anti-Monopoly Law ("AML").

China's Antimonopoly Law took effect in August 2008 and is loosely based on the competition regimes in place in the EU and the US.

The acquisition by Western Digital of Hitachi finally received a conditional nod from the Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM).

In summary, under the State Council SR Circular, the National Development and Reform Commission ("NDRC") and MOFCOM, along with other PRC governmental authorities that regulate the relevant industrial sectors, will establish a joint committee ("Joint Committee") to conduct the security review under the leadership and supervision of the State Council. Similar to the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States ("CFIUS"), the Joint Committee will review foreign takeovers of PRC domestic bu

China's State Council has published draft Regulations on Notifications of Concentrations of Undertakings (the "Draft Regulations") for public comment. These are intended to implement the relatively general merger control provisions in China's new Anti-Monopoly Law ("AML"), which goes into effect on August 1 but did not contain any specific notification thresholds.