Navigating MOFCOM’s Conditional Approvals and Simple Case Review Process: How to Ensure Your Deal Obtains Timely Approval
Yan Hai
Senior Partner
Guangsheng & Partners
Cui Shufeng
Post Doctor on Anti-trust Law
Chinese Academy of Social Sciences Former Deputy Division Director, Anti-Monopoly Bureau, Ministry of Commerce
- Case studies on recent MOFCOM decisions on simple case procedure
- What is the criteria threshold for horizontal and vertical mergers
- Introducing electronic online filing system, and its pros and cons
- What areas MOFCOM is focusing on: offshore transaction, China access on raw material imports
- Timeline and procedure of new merger control review process, Planning efficiently in the early stage of merger to save review time
- How to avoid and handle the concerns from third parties and competition
- Discussing the cases that still go through the normal review process, with remedies that may be imposed by MOFCOM
- Look forward to future trend by contrasting US and European Merger Control Review
- Contrasting inbound and outbound merger situations
- How to gather sufficient information on market share data as soon as the deal is being mulled
- What is an effective lobbying strategy