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Patrick Ma

Mattel (Hong Kong)

Expert Counsel & Senior Director, Global Commercial & Operations

Patrick Ma as an expert and senior counsel is responsible for Mattel’s legal and commercial affairs in the Asia Pacific region (Hong Kong office). Previously he was a counsel at White and Case in Beijing, Shanghai and Silicon Valley. His practice focused on intellectual property, antitrust and other regulatory matters. Prior to his legal career, he was a consultant at an international IT and management consulting firm, where he advised clients on business process reengineering as well as information technology projects. He holds a J.D. from Santa Clara University School of Law (2000).

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Nominee, 2014 Antitrust Writing Awards: Business, Intellectual Property

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John Tivey, Patrick Ma, Rebecca Campbell The Chinese MOFCOM clears a merger in the mining industry (Glencore Xstrata / Las Bambas)

13 April 2014 212

At long last, Glencore has overcome the final regulatory hurdle and secured the approval of China’s Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) to acquire the 66 percent of Xstrata that it does not already own. But not before agreeing to part with one of the prized assets in Xstrata’s portfolio, the Las Bambas (...)

John Tivey, Patrick Ma, Rebecca Campbell The Chinese MOFCOM clears merger in the mining industry (Glencore / Xstrata)

16 April 2013 785

This article has been nominated for the 2014 Antitrust Writing Awards. Click here to learn more about the Antitrust Writing Awards. At long last, Glencore has overcome the final regulatory hurdle and secured the approval of China’s Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) to acquire the 66 percent of (...)

Christopher F. Corr, Patrick Ma, Xiaoming Li The Chinese MOFCOM issues guidelines on the computation of financial merger reporting thresholds together with two key national regulatory agencies

15 July 2009 578

As one of the world’s fastest growing economies, China has been a favorite destination for foreign investment since it opened its doors to foreign investors almost three decades ago. While its growth has slowed, the Chinese economy continues to grow moderately amid the global financial crisis, (...)

Christopher F. Corr, Patrick Ma The Chinese MOFCOM blocks the $2.4 billion acquisition of a leading national juice producer by a foreign buyer (Coca-Cola / Huiyuan)

18 March 2009 923

On March 18, MOFCOM announced that it had blocked Coca-Cola’s proposed $2.4 billion acquisition of China Huiyuan Juice Group, a leading Chinese juice producer. It is MOFCOM’s second reported merger decision under the recently enacted Anti-Monopoly Law (“AML”), which came into effect August 1, 2008 (...)

Christopher F. Corr, Patrick Ma The Chinese MOFCOM Anti-Monopoly Bureau publishes sets of guidelines and regulations providing further detail on implementation of the Anti-Monopoly Law

7 January 2009 663

The Anti-Monopoly Bureau (“AMB”) of China’s Ministry of Commerce (“MOFCOM”) recently published seven sets of guidelines and regulations that provide further detail on implementation of the Anti-Monopoly Law (“AML”), which went into effect August 1, 2008. As described below, the guidance clarifies the (...)

Christopher F. Corr, Patrick Ma The Chinese MOFCOM publishes set of guidelines and regulations on merger review providing guidance on what counsels need to know about the China’s Anti-Monopoly Law

7 January 2009 202

China’s Anti-Monopoly Law (AML), which went into effect on 1 August 2008, establishes China as one of the world’s most important merger review authorities, along with the U.S. and EC. The Anti-Monopoly bureau (AMB) of China’s Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) recently shed light on how it will (...)