Audrey Yumeng Li is a counsel at King and Wood Mallesons. Audrey has more than 8 years working experience in antitrust and competition law. She regularly advises clients on Chinese antitrust and competition matters and has represented multinational companies and Chinese companies in their merger filings at Chinese authority. She also provides advice on antitrust compliance for the clients’ business model, delivers antitrust trainings, and represents clients in dealing with antitrust investigations by the authorities. Her experiences cover industries including automobile, real estate, energy, financial service, diary, food, chemical and IT. Audrey is regularly spoken highly by the clients, and has been listed as the “Annual Best Lawyer” by King & Wood Mallesons for 2017 and 2019. She holds degrees from prestigious law schools in China, Hong Kong and U.K. and is PRC practice qualified.
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This article has been nominated for the 2023 Antitrust Writing Awards. Click here to learn more about the Antitrust Writing Awards. On 22 November 2022, the State Administration for Market Regulation (“SAMR”) published the AntiUnfair Competition Law of the People’s Republic of China (Draft (...)
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On 24 June 2022, the National People's Congress, the top legislator of China, adopted the Amendments to the Anti-Monopoly Law (“Amendments”), which will become effective on 1 August 2022. This is the first time that China amended the Anti-Monopoly Law (“AML”) since it was promulgated in (...)
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2022 witnesses China’s antitrust law enter its 15th year. Since the effectiveness of the Anti-monopoly Law (“AML”) in 2008, China’s antitrust agencies have been fairly active to enforce the law. While respecting the international experiences in antitrust enforcement and embracing the global trends such as shifting focus on technology companies and digital economy, the Chinese regulators have not been shy to maintain their own gesture to continue to shape China as one of the most important antitrust regimes in the world. This article will highlight some key achievements and trends of China’s anti-competitive conducts enforcements, with review of relevant cases as illustrations.
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Key Changes and Impacts On October 23, 2021, the Standing Committee of the Chinese National People’s Congress (“NPC”) released the Draft Amendments (’Draft Amendments’) to Anti-Monopoly Law of the People’s Republic of China (“AML”) for public comments [1]. This is the second draft of (...)
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A few days ago, the State Administration for Market Regulation (“SAMR”) and Shanghai Administration for Market Regulation (“Shanghai AMR”) successively issued two administrative decisions punishing two Internet platform companies for engaging in “either-or choice” practices (a type of (...)
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This article has been nominated for the 2021 Antitrust Writing Awards. Click here to learn more about the Antitrust Writing Awards. On 10 November, the Anti-Monopoly Bureau of the State Administration for Market Regulation (“SAMR”) issued the Antitrust Guidelines for the Platform Economic (...)
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China’s IP Antitrust Guidelines Released to the Public* Preface Recently, the Anti-Monopoly Guidelines for the Intellectual Property (“IP Guidelines”) was published in the Collection of Antitrust Regulations and Guidelines in 2019 released by the Anti-Monopoly Bureau of the State (...)
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On 15 May 2020, the State Administration for Market Regulation (“SAMR”) in China conditionally approved ZF Friedrichshafen AG (“ZF”)’s acquisition of WABCO Holdings, Inc. (“WABCO”, ZF and WABCO collectively as the “Parties”) following a 180-day extended Phase 2 review. It is noteworthy that (...)
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For the past three years (2017–2020), it appears that conglomerate mergers were under more scrutiny in China than in the European Union (“EU”) or the United States (“U.S.”). This article mainly examines five mergers—namely, HP/Samsung, Essilor/Luxottica, KLA/Orbotech, Infineon/Cypress and (...)
