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ARTICLE · 01 SEPTEMBER 2009

Inside M&A - July/August 2009

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As a country with a civil law tradition, the People's Republic of China has enacted its own written contract law that in large part adopted the UNIDROIT General Principles of International Commercial Contracts (an instrument reflecting the general principles of the international commercial contract law).

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Contents

  • Mergers and Acquisitions in China: Restrictions on Choice of Governing Law
  • China Issues Draft Regulations on Anti-Price-Monopoly for Comments
  • Chinese Government Issues Finalized Guidelines on Relevant Market Definition

Mergers and Acquisitions in China: Restrictions on Choice of Governing Law

McDermott Will & Emery has a strategic alliance with MWE China Law Offices, a separate law firm based in Shanghai. This article was authored by MWE China Law Offices lawyer David Dai.

As a country with a civil law tradition, the People's Republic of China has enacted its own written contract law that in large part adopted the UNIDROIT General Principles of International Commercial Contracts (an instrument reflecting the general principles of the international commercial contract law). However, in the area of Chinese contract law (for the purpose of this article, Chinese contract law refers to the contract law of mainland China, exclusive of

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