Mergers and Acquisitions

Mergers and acquisitions involving material asset reorganisation will be subject to greater scrutiny under new Regulations, which will increase due diligence costs for businesses in China

If, in the process of the CSRC's review of an M&A transaction, the listed company or the transaction counterparty that accounts for 20% or more of the transaction amount is found to have been involved in insider trading, the CSRC will terminate the review process.

The equity of real property enterprises, foreign holding companies, foreign-invested venture capital investment enterprises and foreign-invested private equity enterprises is not allowed to be used for investment in another foreign-invested enterprise.

Zhang Ying of Jun He Law Offices gives a summary of the key trends in China's busy M&A market and assesses the impact of the increasing internationalisation of the renminbi

Anti-monopoly is still a new concept in China, but transactional reviews are increasing in importance as the country ascends to the world stage. But it is still unclear what triggers a review, what the process involves and how reviews are changing

Chinese outbound investment has grown exponentially in the past two years, but as domestic companies become more ambitious, does Hong Kong still have a role to play?

Private capital encouraged to the oil product market.

While the Ministry of Commerce's recent mention of the variable interest equity structure is important, its implications have been exaggerated say counsel

Chinese car maker Jinbei has set up a joint venture in Russia. David Tring spoke with the lawyer who advised Jinbei about the complexities of the deal about why companies are looking across the northern border