Erik Söderlind is a lawyer at Kastell advokatbyrå in Sweden. He was previously a partner in Linklaters LLP specialising in competition law. Before joining Linklaters in 1995 he was a case handler and member of the legal secretariat of the Swedish Competition Authority. Erik’s expertise encompasses all aspects of competition law as well as regulatory regimes in sectors such telecommunications, energy and pharmaceuticals.
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On July 21, the Ministry of Commerce of the People’s Republic of China (“MOFCOM”) released the Measures on the Calculation of Turnovers for the Notification of Concentrations of Business Operators in the Financial Industry (“Measures”). These Measures were jointly issued by MOFCOM, the People’s Bank (...)
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On July 7, the Anti-monopoly Committee of the State Council released the Guidelines on the Definition of Relevant Markets, (“Guidelines”), the draft of which was issued for public consultation in early January this year. The publication of the final version of Guidelines is significant because (...)
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On 5 June, China’s State Administration for Industry and Commerce (“SAIC”) adopted two sets of procedural provisions to implement three areas of the Anti-Monopoly Law (“AML”), namely monopolistic agreement, abuse of market dominant position, and abuse of administrative power (excluding such conduct (...)
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On March 18 2009, the Anti-Monopoly Bureau of the Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) prohibited the acquisition by The Coca-Cola Company of the Huiyuan Juice Group. This is the first prohibition decision under the merger regime in Chinas new Anti-Monopoly Law which came into force on 1 August last (...)
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Recent developments MOFCOM, the agency charged with merger review pursuant to the Chinese Antimonopoly Law, has recently accelerated the process of building the merger control regime in China. More specifically, as regards the substantive and procedural framework for merger review, MOFCOM is (...)
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On November 18 2008, the Anti-Monopoly Bureau of the Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) approved the acquisition of U.S.-based Anheuser-Busch Companies Inc. by Belgian InBev NV/SA. The approval was, however, granted subject to conditions. This is the first such decision to be made public since the (...)
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The Provisions of the State Council on Notification Thresholds of Concentrations of Undertakings (the "Provisions") were published by the State Council on 3 August 2008 and came into effect on the same day. After months of speculation, some guidance on the merger control regime under the (...)
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The new Anti-Monopoly Law (the “AML”) of the People’s Republic of China (the “PRC”) came into effect on 1st August 2008, which provides the PRC with a full competition law regime covering not only merger control but also anti-competitive agreements and abuse of dominance. Among these three main (...)
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