December 2015

 Authored by Michael Gu (michaelgu@anjielaw.com) and Bai Chen (baichen@anjielaw.com) at AnJie Law Firm

Background

On 29 September 2015, the Ministry of Commerce of the People’s Republic of China (“MOFCOM”) issued four penalty decisions on parties involved in four merger cases that failed to fulfill their notification obligations under the Anti-Monopoly Law

 Authored by Michael Gu (michaelgu@anjielaw.com) at AnJie Law Firm

Background

On October 19, 2015, the Ministry of Commerce ("MOFCOM") announced the first conditionally approved merger review case in 2015, namely the case of Nokia’s acquisition of Alcatel-Lucent’s equities. It is the second time that Nokia has become the protagonist in a MOFCOM merger

Authored by Dr. Zhan Hao (zhanhao@anjielaw.com), Ms. Song Ying(songying@anjielaw.com), and Feng Siduo (fengsiduo@anjielaw.com) at AnJie Law Firm

On 19 October 2015, the Ministry of Commerce of the P.R.C (“MOFCOM”)   conditionally cleared Nokia Oyi’s (“Nokia”) acquisition of Alcatel Lucent (“Alcatel”) with four behavioral remedies focusing on maintaining fair

 Authored by Michael Gu (michaelgu@anjielaw.com) and Sun Sihui (sunsihui@anjielaw.com) at AnJie Law Firm

Background

For the last two years, the State Administration for Industry and Commerce (SAIC) has exercised its law enforcement powers in a rather smooth and steady manner. SAIC’s steady hand contrasts starkly with the National Development and Reform Commission