Ms. Koblitz’s 30-plus years of legal experience spans three continents and broad areas of expertise. She was born and raised in Tokyo, Japan and attended Stanford University and American University Law School in the United States. Ms. Koblitz began her legal career with the U.S. Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division, prosecuting retail gasoline price-fixing cases, from grand jury to trials as well as reviewing merger filings in the energy sector. She moved on to corporate law in Berlin, Germany, where she spent much of the last decade practicing real estate, finance and corporate law. Ms. Koblitz returned to her "antitrust roots" in Beijing where she manages and develops the antitrust, competition law and white-collar practices for Sheppard Mullin.
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Antitrust Investigations in China: Putting Things in Perspective* The current press is buzzing with news about the recent increase in antitrust investigations involving foreign companies with operations in China, and reports of foreign companies being told to expect higher fines if they “put up (...)
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MOFCOM Requests Public Comments on Draft Provisions Related to Remedies Imposed in Conditional Approvals* Since the Anti-monopoly Law (“AML”) has come into effect in August 2008, MOFCOM has issued 16 conditional approvals requiring certain structural or behavioral remedies in order to prevent (...)
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Is China Giving Carte Blanche for Anti-Competitive Conduct by PRC Companies Doing Business Overseas?* PRC companies should be careful not to interpret as carte blanche for anti-competitive behavior a recent policy statement by the Chinese government encouraging PRC companies to coordinate (...)
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China’s MOFCOM Grapples With Open Source Issues In Google-Motorola Deal* This past February the US Department of Justice (“DOJ”) and European Commission ( “Commission” ) cleared Google Inc.’s acquisition of Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc. without any conditions. In contrast, on May 19, 2012 the (...)
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This section selects books on themes related to competition laws and economics. This compilation does not attempt to be exhaustive but rather a survey of themes important in the area. The survey usually covers publication over the last three months after publication of the latest issue of (...)
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