MOFCOM Conditionally Approves Marubeni/Gavilon: Competition Law and Industrial Policy in the Agricultural Sector
Hannah C. L. Ha,John M. Hickin,Philip F. Monaghan, May 8, 2013
On 22 April 2013, China’s Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) published its conditional approval of Marubeni’s acquisition of Gavilon Holdings - hot on the heels of the regulator’s conditional clearance of the Glencore/Xstrata merger which also concerned strategically-sensitive global...

MOFCOM Orders Extraterritorial Divestiture of Key Mining Asset in Glencore/Xstrata Merger: Lessons for Future Notifications
Hannah C. L. Ha,John M. Hickin,Philip F. Monaghan, May 7, 2013
Following a lengthy review lasting the best part of a year, on 16 April 2013 the Ministry of Commerce of the People’s Republic of China (MOFCOM) gave a conditional green light to the acquisition by Glencore International plc. (Glencore) of all of the remaining shares of Xstrata plc....

MOFCOM Consults On Comprehensive Draft Merger Remedies Regulation - What is MOFCOM's Preference: Structural, Behavioural or Hybrid?
Hannah C. L. Ha,John M. Hickin,Philip F. Monaghan, April 24, 2013
As part of a continued move toward greater transparency in China’s merger control regime, the Chinese Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) published for public comment on 27 March 2013 draft Regulations on the Imposition of Restrictive Conditions on Concentrations of Business Operators (Draft...