Mergers and Acquisitions

• Ministry of Commerce, Implementing Opinions on Encouraging and Guiding the Entry of Private Capital into the Commercial and Logistics Sectors

  商务部关于鼓励和引导民间资本进入商贸流通领域的实施意见

  Private capital encouraged to the oil product market.

  September 11, 2012

• MOFCOM's VIE mention explained

  While the Ministry of Commerce's recent mention of the variable interest equity structure is important, its implications have been exaggerated say counsel

  September 08, 2012

• Outbound investment in Russia: Learning from Jinbei's JV

  Chinese car maker Jinbei has set up a joint venture in Russia. David Tring spoke with the lawyer who advised Jinbei about the complexities of the deal about why companies are looking across the northern border

  September 07, 2012

• Strong signals investment in healthcare opening-up

  The opening of the first wholly Taiwan-funded hospital in Shanghai last month is a strong signal that the healthcare sector is opening-up to foreign investment, but local policies need to catch-up with national level legislation

  July 27, 2012

• Bright Food buys French wine trader

  Bright Food's second high-profile acquisition of the year has sent the company into the French-wine industry, but Chinese companies still have a lot to learn when it comes to outbound investments

  July 06, 2012

• How China's companies can succeed overseas

  Chinese outbound investment reached $128 billion last year and is set to increase to $800 billion by 2016. China Law & Practice has produced the definitive guide to the risks these Chinese companies face

  June 29, 2012

• What China SOEs need to know about South American investment

  A growing number of China's state-owned enterprises (SOEs) are investing in troubled European companies' South American infrastructure assets. Here's what they should consider

  June 23, 2012

• Interview: How Bright Food bought Weetabix

  China Law & Practice spoke with two partners who represented Lion Capital about how the groundbreaking deal between Lion Nathan and state-owned Bright Food was structured

  June 01, 2012

• Is south-east Asia the next destination for outbound investment?

  Ma Mingqiang, secretary-general of the ASEAN-China Centre, has urged Chinese enterprises to go to ASEAN countries for their outbound investment. But it is not clear whether government support will be enough to spark an investment boom in the region

  March 29, 2012

• China question: How do I flush out informal and oral agreements, hidden shareholders and undisclosed liabilities, and give myself more comfort and protection?

  During mergers and acquisitions, the target company provides some short and simple Chinese contracts, but I understand there are informal arrangements behind the papers. How do I flush out informal and oral agreements, hidden shareholders and undisclosed liabilities, and give myself more comfort and protection?

  March 28, 2012