Tag: SAMR
Failure To File Reportable Mergers – Update from China
Like many other jurisdictions, China has a system of compulsory pre-closing merger control. Like other jurisdictions, the Chinese antitrust authority – the State Administration...
China’s Regulator SAMR To Police Its Big Tech Now
The power of the State Administration of Market Regulation (SAMR), the regulator in charge of “market order” in China, appears to be growing after...
CPI Talks… with Dr. Zhenguo Wu
In the first of this month’s editions of CPI Talks… we have the pleasure of speaking to Dr. Zhenguo Wu, Director General of the...
Retrospect and Prospect: Antitrust Enforcement of Abuse of Dominance
In 2020, the State Administration for Market Regulation implemented the antitrust law in both legislation and public enforcement. It has had a significant and...
China: Tougher Merger Control Enforcement in the Semiconductor Industry?
The COVID-19 pandemic did not slow down M&A in the semiconductor industry. To the contrary, 2020 saw semiconductor M&A deals reaching an all-time high...
2021, A New Era of Chinese Antitrust Law
By Frances Xu & Howard Chan1
China Antitrust Enforcement Round-Up
Ever since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (“CPC”), China has gradually...
Managing Distribution and Compliance in China: Post the Auto Antitrust Guidelines
By Ken Dai & Jet Deng (Dentons)1
In September 2020, China’s central antitrust enforcement authority, the State Administration for Market Regulation (“SAMR”), released four antitrust...
China Signals VIE No Longer an Obstacle in Merger Filing
By Frank Jiang, Scott Yu & John Jiang (Zhong Lun)1
I. Introduction
This July, the Chinese antitrust authority (State Administration for Market Regulation, “SAMR”) unconditionally cleared...
China: Non-Compete Clauses in the Transactional Context
Non-compete clauses in agreements between competitors can be problematic under antitrust rules. China is no exception. A sub-set of non-compete arrangements between competitors –...
Competition Enforcement against Unfairly High Prices in China
By Yi XUE (Josh) & Tian GU (Zhong Lun Law Firm)1
Recently, the Anti-monopoly Bureau of the PRC State Administration for Market Regulation (“SAMR”) handed...
