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Commercial Franchising is a successful business model around the world. It is also a fast growing business trend in China. It is estimated that there are more than 2,600 franchise operations in China (ranking number one in the world) involving more than 168,000 franchise outlets in more than 60 industries in 2006.

The Chinese Ministry of Commerce ("MOFCOM") has published two conditional approvals of proposed transactions under China's Anti-Monopoly Law ("AML").

The automobile industry has been under the radar of China's antitrust enforcement for a number of years.

Following a lengthy review lasting the best part of a year, on 16 April 2013 the Ministry of Commerce of the People's Republic of China gave a conditional green light to the acquisition by Glencore International plc.

On 29 September 2015, the Ministry of Commerce of the People's Republic of China ("MOFCOM") issued four penalty decisions on parties involved in four merger cases that failed to fulfill their notification obligations...

On March 6, 2026, the China Securities Regulatory Commission (“CSRC”) issued the Provisions on the Regulation of Short Swing Trading (“Short Swing Trading Provisions”), which will come into effect on April 7, 2026.

In 2013, three high-profiled internet companies have successively completed their initial public offerings at the main board of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.

A股分拆科创板上市的监管要点探析 ——以A股、港股分拆/类分拆科创板为视角

In practice, the corporate governance of a company in China is established in the utilisation of a company's corporate seals and company seal policies.

The regulator of China’s state owned enterprises (SOEs) recently released guidance on what constitutes a "commercial secret". With judgments being handed down last month in the Stern Hu/Rio Tinto case, this guidance is of great interest to foreign investors in China, as it may help identify the difference between state secrets and commercial secrets when dealing with Chinese enterprises.

This short notes reports some of the information presented at the 2015 China Small and Medium Enterprises (SME) Summit held on October 10 and 11 in Guangzhou.

In Emeraldian Limited Partnership v (1) Wellmix Shipping Limited and (2) Guangzhou Iron & Steel Corporation Limited, the English High Court made a determination on the liability of a Chinese guarantor under a guarantee not approved by China’s State Administration of Foreign Exchange ("SAFE").

This Client Alert looks at some of the recent changes, issues and challenges facing those interested in the derivatives market in the PRC and Hong Kong.

Discussion on Draft Merger Rules published for Comments

Lawsuits against listed companies and stock market intermediaries have surged in recent years in China against the backdrop of intensified...

However, in certain cases this tendency may be wrong. Here, we illustrate that in the case of a foreign company signing a commercial contract with a Chinese party...

On November 18, 2008, the Anti-Monopoly Bureau of the Chinese Ministry of Commerce (“MOFCOM”) published the first merger decision under China’s Anti-Monopoly Law (“AML”) and conditionally approved InBev NV/SA’s (“InBev”) proposed acquisition of Anheuser-Busch Companies, Inc. (“AB”).