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It is 8:30 AM, and in the front door of your company’s offices walks a team of FBI agents, with boxes and computer imaging equipment, and a search warrant in hand.  The federal authorities are raiding your company’s office(s). Think this could...

The Korean Fair Trade Commission chairman ("KFTC"), has presented its 2013 agenda, which prioritises the reform of large conglomerates, increasing competition opportunities and fairness for small businesses, eradicating cartel practices and creating...

After several years of drafting and three rounds of public consultation, the Ministry of Health has at last published the revised Good Supply Practice for Pharmaceutical Products (Revised GSP Standards) (药品经营质量管理规范) on 22 January 2013. The Revised GSP Standards...

The supra-national merger control regime of the Common Market of Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) came into force on 14 January 2013. It has long review periods, potentially high filing fees and no jurisdictional thresholds, but does not prohibit closing...

The European Commission on 18 March 2013 issued revised guidance on the conduct of inspections at business premises of companies suspected of anticompetitive conduct. It is important that the principles from the revised guidance and certain recent cases are reflected...

Australia continues to be the destination of a significant volume of foreign direct investment, and has been ranked within the top 10 most attractive locations for foreign investment globally. Foreign investment in Australia is governed by a complex combination...

This newsletter deals with the main regulatory and case law issues that are of interest over the relevant period. Les actualités M&A - Droit Boursier couvrent les développements en matière de droit des sociétés et droit...

On 22 April 2013, the Ministry of Commerce of the People's Republic of China (MOFCOM) gave conditional approval to the acquisition of 100% of Gavilon Holdings, LLC by Marubeni Corporation. As with the recent conditional clearance of the Glencore/Xstrata merger,...

The Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act received Royal Assent on 25 April 2013. The competition provisions are likely to come into force in April 2014. The biggest change will be the merger of the Office of Fair Trading and the Competition Commission to create...

With effect from 1 January 2013, Federal Law No. 273-FZ "On Preventing Corruption" (the "Anti-corruption Law") was amended to introduce requirements that companies implement anti-corruption measures. Article 13.3 of the Anti-corruption Law...