By Susan Ning, Liu Jia and Hazel Yin
On April 22, 2013, the Ministry of Commerce (“MOFCOM“) cleared the proposed acquisition of Gavilon Holdings, LLC (“Gavilon“) by Marubeni Corp (“Marubeni“) (the “Transaction”) with conditions. This is the second case conditionally cleared by MOFCOM in April, coming just days after the conditional clearance of Glencore/Xstrata. To obtain the clearance, Marubeni shall keep separate and independent China soybean import and distribution businesses between Marubeni’s and Gavilon’s.
Continue Reading MOFCOM Cleared Marubeni’s Acquisition of Gavilon with Conditions
MOFCOM cleared Glencore’s acquisition of Xstrata with Conditions
By Susan Ning, Huang Jing and Hazel Yin
On April 16, 2013, the Ministry of Commerce (“MOFCOM“) cleared the proposed acquisition of Xstrata plc (“Xstrata“) by Glencore International plc (“Glencore“) with conditions. Both structural and behavioral remedies are involved in the conditions.
The over 8,000-word decision issued by MOFCOM contains the most detailed competition analysis that has ever been published. In addition, for the very first time, the full text of the parties’ final commitment proposals were published together with the clearance decision, providing more insights regarding the implementation of the remedies. Continue Reading MOFCOM cleared Glencore’s acquisition of Xstrata with Conditions
《劳动合同法》修订概要
作者：金杜律师事务所劳动法组
2012年12月28日，十一届全国人大常委会第三十次会议表决通过了《关于修改劳动合同法的决定》(“决定”)，该“决定”将于2013年7月1日起正式实施。此次修订是针对于《劳动合同法》中有关于劳务派遣的相关规定，对于劳务派遣单位的经营资质、经营劳务派遣业务的行政许可、被派遣员工与用工单位员工的“同工同酬”、可以适用劳务派遣的“三性”岗位等内容予以细化与明确。 Continue Reading 《劳动合同法》修订概要
Path towards A More Streamlined Merger Control System – MOFCOM Publishes Draft Rules on Merger Remedies
By Susan Ning, Pulcheria Chung, Kailun Ji and Hazel Yin
To increase clarity and transparency on the merger remedy regime under the Anti-Monopoly Law (“AML“), China’s Ministry of Commerce (“MOFCOM“) published the draft Rules Regarding Imposition of Restrictive Conditions on Concentrations of Undertakings (the “Draft Rules“) on 27 March 2013 for public comments.
Under the AML, MOFCOM may attach restrictive conditions to reduce the negative impact a concentration of business operators will bring on competition in the relevant market. On 5 July 2010, MOFCOM published the Provisional Rules on Divestiture of Assets or Business to Implement Concentrations of Undertakings (the “Divestiture Rules“) which was the first set of rules specifically dealing with divestiture remedies. The Draft Rules are intended to cover not only divestiture, but also conduct remedies and will replace the Divestiture Rules once adopted. Continue Reading Path towards A More Streamlined Merger Control System – MOFCOM Publishes Draft Rules on Merger Remedies
2012知识产权创新案件评述—商标侵权与不正当竞争
2013年4月22日，中华人民共和国最高人民法院（简称“最高院”）发布了《关于2012年中国法院知识产权司法保护状况及典型案例的新闻发布稿》（简称“新闻发布稿”）。在《新闻发布稿》中，最高院首次公布了“2012年中国法院知识产权司法保护十大创新性案件”，金杜律师事务所代理的侵害商标权、擅自使用他人企业名称纠纷上诉案（案件号：[2012]闽民终字第819号）榜上有名。 Continue Reading 2012知识产权创新案件评述—商标侵权与不正当竞争
新书推荐 – 《跨国战略——中国企业境外投资法律与实务》
《跨国战略——中国企业海外投资法律与实务》是金杜律师事务所资深合伙人徐萍律师关于中国企业境外投资并购的新作。
本书从专门从事跨境并购的律师视角，以作者亲身参与的大量跨境并购的实战经验为基础，对境外投资各种形式及环节进行概括性的介绍。境外投资由于涉及的地域、行业和交易形式各异，所涉及问题千差万别，难以一概而论。本书旨在阐述和提示境外投资并购一些常见的法律和商务风险，并提出应对之策。本书内容丰富，详细介绍了中国企业“走出去”的方方面面可能遇到的问题，具有很强的实用性和针对性，是作者跨境并购法律服务经验和智慧的结晶，也同时体现了金杜处理并购领域复杂交易的综合实力。 Continue Reading 新书推荐 – 《跨国战略——中国企业境外投资法律与实务》
China Enhances Personal Information Protection
By King & Wood Mallesons’ Compliance Group
China’s first national standard on personal information protection, namely the Guide of Personal Information Protection on Information Security Technology, Public and Commercial Information Service System (the “Guide”) became effect on February 1, 2013. Only about one month earlier, the Decision on Strengthening Online Information Protection (the “Decision”) was adopted by Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress on December 28, 2012 and became effective on the same day. Both of the moves show China has taken the significant first step on enhancing personal information protection. Continue Reading China Enhances Personal Information Protection
中国加强对个人信息的保护
作者：金杜律师事务所法律合规组
中国首个个人信息保护国家标准——《信息安全技术、公共及商用服务信息系统个人信息保护指南》（“《指南》”）于2013年2月1日起实施。而就在一个多月前，全国人大常委会于2012年12月28日审议通过了《关于加强网络信息保护的决定》（“《决定》”）， 并自公布之日起生效。以上两个举措表明了中国已经在加强个人信息保护方面迈出了重要的第一步。 Continue Reading 中国加强对个人信息的保护
信托实务专题之(五)：公证债权文书的“牢笼”—— 结合安信信托与昆山纯高案浅析公证债权文书的可诉性
近期，安信信托投资股份有限公司（下称“安信信托”）与昆山纯高投资开发有限公司（下称“昆山纯高”）金融借款合同纠纷案（下称“本案”）引起了业内的广泛关注。在本案中，双方当事人就信托合同的效力、收益权的性质等问题进行了深入的探讨，相信本案的审理结果势必会为各信托公司在未来设立信托计划时提供警示和参考。 Continue Reading 信托实务专题之(五)：公证债权文书的“牢笼”—— 结合安信信托与昆山纯高案浅析公证债权文书的可诉性
MOFCOM On the Track to Adopt a Simplified Merger Review Mechanism by Publishing Standards of Simple Merger Cases
By Susan Ning, Huang Jing and Hazel Yin
On April 3, 2013, the Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) published the draft Interim Rules regarding the Standards of Simple Cases of Concentrations of Operators (Draft Standards), to solicit comments from the public. The Draft Standards set out the factors that MOFCOM would consider when identifying if a concentration of operators would be categorized as a simple case.
The Draft Standards include the following major provisions: Continue Reading MOFCOM On the Track to Adopt a Simplified Merger Review Mechanism by Publishing Standards of Simple Merger Cases