Llinks Law Offices LLP was recently invited by The Legal 500 to be the exclusive contributor of the China chapter of The Legal 500 Country Comparative Guide on merger control (the "Guide"). Partner Dr. David Pan, as one of China's leading lawyers in the field of antitrust and competition law recognized by The Legal 500 for times, wrote the chapter together with his team member Mr. Nigel Zhu.
The aim of launching this Guide by The Legal 500 is to provide its readers with a pragmatic overview of merger control laws and regulations across a variety of jurisdictions. In practice, especially in multinational business activities, this Guide has been widely used for reference by enterprises. Each chapter of this Guide provides information about jurisdictional notification thresholds, the "control" test, notification and review process, penalties, remedies and appeals in terms of failure to make notifications, as well as the authors' view on planned future reforms of the merger control regime.
In particular, Llinks lawyers refer to the Draft Anti-monopoly Law Revision, important guidance documents in the antitrust field, as well as administrative penalty cases concluded in 2021, and provide readers with the most cutting-edge merger control guidelines.
Click this link for the full text of the China chapter of The Legal 500 Country Comparative Guide on merger control: https://cloud.llinkslaw.com/p/DXE0HHsQ7w0YwUg
Authors:
David Pan, Partner
Dr. David Pan is a partner of Llinks Law Offices in charge of corporate compliance. Dr. Pan obtained his LL.M from Harvard Law School, and his Doctor of Jurisprudence from Shanghai Jiao Tong University. Dr. Pan was admitted to practice law in 2002. He is also admitted in New York State, USA. Prior to joining Llinks, Dr. Pan has practiced law in China and in the U.S. over 19 years. He accumulated an in-depth knowledge on Chinese and international business culture and legal systems. Dr. Pan has once worked in two well-known Chinese law firms, and most recently worked for a Fortune 500 Company as its General Counsel for Greater China.
Based on his thorough understanding on business operations, Dr. Pan specializes in providing companies practical solution-oriented services in the compliance areas. Dr. Pan is highly recommended by Chambers, Legal500, ALB, LEGALBAND, Who's Who Legal and other rankings in corporate, compliance, antitrust and competition, cybersecurity and data protection services.
Nigel Zhu, Senior Associate
Mr. Nigel Zhu graduated from University of International Relations and Shanghai Jiao Tong University with an LLB degree and an LLM degree respectively. Mr. Zhu also obtained an LLM degree from the Law School of University of Wisconsin.
Mr. Zhu is admitted to practice law in the People's Republic of China, as well as in the New York State of the USA. Mr. Zhu has over eight years' experience of practicing law. Prior to joining Llinks, Mr. Zhu worked at a reputable U.S. law firm for four years and represented multinational companies in antitrust, data compliance and anti-corruption cases. After joining Llinks, Mr. Zhu's primarily focuses on antitrust and data compliance.
