Mergers and Acquisitions

including excerpts of the Explanation of the PRC Foreign Investment Law (Draft for Comments) on VIEs

While Taiwan is open to various structures of listed company acquisitions, it applies a more rigid legal regime to backdoor listings. Shareholders can protect themselves by complying with these rules

The new Foreign Investment Law unifies regulations, offers equal treatment and brings variable interest entity structures into the open

The new Foreign Investment Law unifies regulations, offers equal treatment and brings variable interest entity structures into the open

O'Melveny & Myers

MOFCOM has issued guidelines aimed at clarifying conditions for mergers. But the new rules fail to address the biggest challenge for companies: behavioural remedies

Issued: January 19 2014 Main contents: Pursuant to the Draft, an enterprise in China controlled by a foreign investor is treated as a foreign investor,…

While the CSRC's new rules on the takeover and restructuring of listed companies eliminate restrictions and simplify the approval process, they also increase information disclosure requirements and regulatory supervision. Will this achieve market balance?

The revised Measures abolish the requirement for the examination and approval of material purchases, sales and exchanges of assets of listed companies where the same do not constitute a backdoor listing.