Mergers and Acquisitions

Veolia Transport China has entered into a 50-50 partnership with Wharf Transport Investments to operate Hong Kong Tramways. The terms of the agreement…

Clifford Chance partner Kathy Honeywood has relocated from London to Shanghai for a short-term secondment.When on an earlier posting to Shanghai in 2006-7,…

Zhan HaoGrandall Legal [email protected] the Ministry of Commerce (Mofcom) announced its decision to block the acquisition of Huiyuan Juice…

Lawyers welcome increased transparency

Mofcom makes approvals for outbound investment faster and smoother.

Approval for foreign investments streamlined further.

Zhan HaoGrandall Legal [email protected] the beginning of 2009, the legislative framework of the Chinese Anti-monopoly Law (AML) has been…

Acquisition of domestic enterprises in the encouraged or permitted category which transaction amount is less than or equal to US$100 million may be approved by local authorities.

New measures covering the administration of outbound investment promise faster and simpler review of many small to medium-size PRC direct investments abroad, and more careful review of others. By Neal Stender, Lin Lawrence Zhou and Yan Zeng, of Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe, Beijing, Hong Kong and Shanghai.