Unfair Competition and Antitrust

Shimin provides the best resolution and comprehensive legal service to various legal problems faced by clients with rich experience and continuous study in the field of unti-monopoly and unti-unfair competition. We have kept good work relations with the related national and local authorities during dealing with cases of unti-monopoly and unti-unfair competition and we are capable of conducting good communication with the related authorities for clients.

Shimin has provided professional legal opinion for multi-corporations from Japan with regard to unti-monopoly examination filing of concentrations of undertakings involved in M&A in China, and represented clients to file for concentrations of undertakings examination with Ministry of Commerce of the People’s Republic of China Anti-monopoly Bureau.

Additionally, Shmin has assisted many large Japanese enterprises in unti-unfair competition investigation related to commercial bribery conducted by national and local authorities and conducted due diligence involving unti-unfair competition and provided legal opinion.

The professional legal service provided by Shimin in this field includes:
• Providing legal opinion on the unti-monopoly examination filing involved in M&A in China for foreign investors;
• Representing clients to file for unti-monopoly examination of concentrations of undertakings with Ministry of Commerce of the People’s Republic of China Anti-monopoly Bureau, drafting and preparing the filing documents and provide legal analysis, communicating with the related authorities;
• Providing compliance training on unti-monopoly for the management and employees, and provide constructive opinion;
• Providing legal analysis from the perspective of unti-monopoly and unti-unfair competition for enterprises’ marketing, cooperation and M&A, in order to avoid administrative punishment and litigations against monopoly or unfair competition;and
• Providing legal opinion on unti-unfair competition such as commercial bribery, and assisting enterprises in unti-unfair investigations conducted by related authorities.