State Administration for Market Regulation of the People's Republic of China: how it reviews brand acquisitions

SAMR clears concentrations of undertakings meeting China's turnover thresholds. Because the thresholds capture worldwide turnover with a China nexus, many global consumer-goods mergers need Chinese clearance even where neither party is Chinese, and SAMR has attached behavioural conditions to deals cleared elsewhere without remedies.

Official site: www.samr.gov.cn · Regime: Anti-Monopoly Law of the People's Republic of China

A primer on this jurisdiction's merger regime is in preparation.