Mergers and Acquisitions

Hangzhou Court applies copyright and unfair competition law to protect virtual human intellectual property in the absence of specific legal provisions; Hong Kong’s loosened cryptocurrency rules attract Chinese state-owned banks; and increased regulatory scrutiny pushes Chinese investment in Europe to an 8-year low

China’s new Merger Control Provisions are likely to usher in a period of significant uncertainty for killer acquisitions. HUANG Wei, ZHU Fan, GAO Chang and MIAO Roujia of Tian Yuan Law Firm take a look at the new rules and provide guidance as to how below-threshold transactions with a nexus to China could be approached.

A new and important set of anti-monopoly provisions have come into force in China. Huang Wei, managing partner of Beijing Tian Yuan Law Firm describes how the provisions will work and how foreign companies in China should react

New CSRC rules on overseas listing; China raises concerns over Ford gaining access to Chinese electric battery technology; and CSRC clarifies that it will not impose a blanket ban on mainland investors trading overseas stocks

China has imposed new regulations on PRC companies raising foreign mid-to-long-term debt; It also has introduced stricter measures on bank asset risk classification; and for the first time, it has granted a wholly foreign-owned securities firm permission to be established in China.

2022 regulatory trends in China, including data protection, TMT, capital markets, PE/VC, IP, dispute resolution, healthcare, banking & finance, sanctions and antitrust.

US Congress passes Act to protect American intellectual property; China plans measures to boost foreign investment centrally and locally; and deals in the life sciences sector are subject to strong CFIUS scrutiny.

Nathan Bush, Nicholas Klein, Catherine Pawluch, and Alexandra Kamerling of DLA Piper survey the risks under the Foreign Direct Investment regimes of key jurisdictions, starting with the U.S., Canada, and the U.K. in this two-part series

Geoffrey Chan, Sophie Xue, and Nicholas Poon of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom examine how the Hong Kong Limited Partnership Fund, which serves as a cost and tax efficient vehicle for private equity transactions, could become a popular alternative to traditional offshore fund structures for PE investments and fundraising in Greater China

New social credit draft law raises concerns for foreign companies; CSRC lifts ban on property M&A and refinancing; and U.K. government unwinds a completed transaction for the first time.