Mergers and Acquisitions

China's rejection of Coca-Cola's bid for Huiyuan Juice on anti-monopoly grounds stirred debate on protectionism, and raised unwarranted concerns about future M&A activity in the country

China's rejection of Coca-Cola's bid for Huiyuan Juice on anti-monopoly grounds stirred debate on protectionism, and raised unwarranted concerns about future M&A activity in the country

Commercial banks allowed to extend loans for mergers and acquisitions.

New measures formalise and streamline the process for making capital contributions using equity, although they may raise approval issues for foreign-invested enterprises.

Janet HuiJun He Law [email protected] early 2009, the Ministry of Commerce (Mofcom) issued a series of new guidelines and consultation papers related…

The Guidelines allows commercial bank establishments with legal personality to engage in the extension of loans for mergers and acquisitions and set forth the criteria therefor.

The Flowchart illustrates the anti-monopoly review process for concentration of business operators.

Effect on competition of a concentration of business operators required to be explained when reporting.

Sherry Yin has joined Morrison & Foerster as a partner in its corporate practice.Yin, a specialist in inbound and outbound corporate and securities…