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The UK government announced major reforms of the UK competition regime on 15 March 2012. In the following three videos, partners from Clifford Chance's London Antitrust Practice explain and comment on the changes and their impact on businesses in three key areas.   Reform...

The UK Government has announced its plans for reform of the UK competition regime.  The biggest change will be the merger of the Office of Fair Trading and the Competition Commission to create a new, powerful single competition authority. In addition,...

In August 2011, China issued new provisions for its national security review system. These provisions cover procedure and reflect MOFCOM's latest instructions on the process and timeline for submitting applications for national security review, and should...

Since the Anti-Monopoly Law came into force nearly three years ago, the Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) has reviewed more than 240 transactions. It has prohibited one transaction, and intervened in six other cases imposing conditions. This is MOFCOM's eighth intervention...

Headlines in this issue: HOT TOPICS EU: Commission adopts new guidelines for cooperation between competitors. SUPERMARKETS/GROCERIES RETAILING France: Competition Authority recommends action to address food retail concentration. Germany: EDEKA/trinkgut...

China's National Development and Reform Commission and the State Administration for Industry and Commerce have issued a swathe of new rules on price and monopoly related abuses, which will come into effect on 1 February 2011. These long-awaited rules will guide...

Article by Ninette Dodoo reviews new regulations by the State Administration for Industry and Commerce that deal with the application of China's Anti-Monopoly Law to monopoly agreements, abuses of dominant market position and abuses of administrative power. Published...

Two of our recent briefings have explained the mechanics of China's new national review process, under which acquisitions of Chinese assets in certain industries may be reviewed and rejected on national security grounds. This new process was announced only a day...

China's Ministry of Commerce has released further details of the application and review procedures for the country's new national security review system for foreign M&A involving Chinese enterprises. In this briefing, our lawyers summarise the interim provisions...

"Foreign investors considering M&A activities in China may soon be subject to a security review system in addition to the existing antitrust review mechanism. With a view to protecting national security and preserving social and economic stability,...