Antitrust & Competition

Chinese and foreign companies face new challenges in regards to new antitrust and unfair competition issues in China.  As a result, clients require their legal counsel in China to guide them on fully maximizing their investment opportunity in China, while also at the same time avoiding the potential legal liabilities of antitrust issues.

Grandall, as one of the largest and leading private law firms in China is uniquely positioned to assist its clients in this area.  Our clients benefit from our wide array of experience in areas relevant to anti-trust such as large scale mergers and acquisitions both inbound and outbound, commercial litigation and foreign direct investment. In addition, as one of the more established law firms, Grandall maintains longstanding and close working relationships with the relevant government authorities dealing with the administration, supervision and enforcement units of anti-trust laws and policies.

Some of our partners in the Antitrust & Competition practice group, are well known Chinese expert and highly regarded within the legal industry, particularly in the antitrust field. One of whom has been actively engaged and consulted on numerous occasions by the China’s Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM), and has participated on the drafting of regulations on the abuse of dominance and monopoly agreement sponsored by State Administration of Industry and Commerce (SAIC). One of Grandall’s publications, titled: “The Theory of Antimonopoly Law and Commentary on Chinese and Foreign Cases” which was sponsored by MOFCOM, is regarded as one of the leading sources re Chinese Anti-monopoly Law.

Grandall’s Antitrust & Competition attorneys can assist you on the following services:

•    Notification of Concentration - Provide professional legal service for international corporations in regards to their M&A declaration, as regulated by the anti-monopoly legislation of the PRC; and for domestic companies, assistance on competition law review for their domestic M & A deals

•    Business strategies under the Chinese Anti-monopoly Law - Provide legal and strategic analysis for enterprises regarding governmental regulation of monopoly agreements, concentration of business operators and administrative monopoly measures. Assist companies to comply with anti-monopoly compliance guidelines

•    Investigation and litigation related to Antitrust law - Represent and defend companies in both government-launched anti-monopoly investigation and litigation, and in private anti-monopoly litigation