Mergers and Acquisitions

Limited partnerships with state-owned capital contributions are not recognized as state-owned shareholders

Fang Qi, partner at Fangda Partners, discusses the impact of the newly issued Measures on Work Relevant to the Assignment of Intellectual Property Rights to Foreign Parties (Trial Implementation) (知识产权对外转让有关工作办法 (试行）） (the Measures), the legal reforms it brings and mechanisms for its enforcement.

Stricter disclosure requirements imposed for M&A partnerships.

Tax deferral encourages foreign investors to re-invest

Tax deferral policy for FDI further clarified

Zheng Gao, Jian Yao and Zhengzheng Hu of Jingtian & Gongcheng explain MOFCOM’s merger control priorities, the top due diligence and national security review considerations for dealmakers, and the shifting outbound investment landscape’s effect on global M&A. 竞天公诚律师事务所的高峥律师、姚坚律师和胡铮铮律师阐述了商务部并购审查的主要要求、交易商最需要顾及的尽职调查和国家安全审查事项、以及境外投资大环境的变迁对环球并购的影响。

How industry barrier changes in the previous and new versions of the Foreign Investment Catalogue--and the introduction of the Negative List system--impact market access compliance

The redesigned 2017 Negative List applicable to China’s 11 free trade zones signifies another big step forward for the nation’s foreign investment regime

Foreign investment negative list released.

Foreign investment catalogue further lifts restrictions.