Antitrust

As China faces up to the challenges of a global recession, lawyers are calling for changes to the country's regulatory regime for mergers and acquisitions. Proper support for acquisition financing and foreign currency conversion will boost the market and encourage investors. More clarification of joint-venture funding and anti-monopoly rules will also help.

As China faces up to the challenges of a global recession, lawyers are calling for changes to the country's regulatory regime for mergers and acquisitions. Proper support for acquisition financing and foreign currency conversion will boost the market and encourage investors. More clarification of joint-venture funding and anti-monopoly rules will also help.

Zhan HaoGrandall Legal [email protected] the beginning of November 2008, Xi Xiaoming, the vice-chief justice of the Chinese Supreme Court,…

Janet HuiJun He Law [email protected] November 18 2008, the Anti-Monopoly Bureau of the Ministry of Commerce (Mofcom) announced its first conditional…

Threat of litigation against foreign enterprises

Allen & Overy announced that François Renard has joined the firm to spearhead the development of its Asian antitrust practice based in Beijing. François…

Mallesons Stephen Jaques has appointed Competition Partner Martyn Huckerby to its Shanghai office. Huckerby has experience in competition and telecommunications…

Zhan HaoGrandall Legal [email protected] October 11 2008, private oil companies in China began urging one another to take full advantage of…

China's Ministry of Commerce has issued two circulars which delegate power and loosen its grip on approving foreign investment into the PRC. Investors in private equity and retail are the biggest benefactors.