Chinese merger review receives its first toast - 21 November 2008
On 18 November 2008, the Chinese Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) announced that it has cleared the acquisition by InBev N.V./S.A. (InBev) of Anheuser Busch Companies Inc. (A-B), the largest transaction it has yet considered under China's new Anti-Monopoly Law (AML). The parties announced that the transaction had closed shortly thereafter.
China finally enacts landmark Property Rights Law - 5 April 2007
China’s top legislating body has enacted the country’s first property law. This is one of the most significant laws China has issued in the last ten years, and is as much a political event as a legal development. It is a clear attempt, by a nominally Communist government, to provide legal protection to personal wealth.
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