State owned enterprises under the EU merger control -- China's state owned enterprises : governance and regulation -- Economic concentrations of China's state owned enterprises under the EU merger control regime -- From merger control to foreign investment screening in the European Union.

"This book analyses the specifics of corporate governance of China's State Owned Enterprises (SOEs) and their assessment under EU merger control, which is reflected in the EU Commission's screening of the notified economic concentrations. Guided by the Going Global policy and the Belt and Road...

Increasing globalization of international markets has prompted development of economies of scale on the international level. Mergers and acquisitions is one of the ways for the multinational companies to increase their competitiveness and expand on the global market. This business strategy is...

The acquisitions notified by the Chinese state-owned enterprises (SOEs) under EU merger control regime have raised a number of questions as to the suitability of the current merger control rules and standards applied by the EU Commission for the ex ante assessment of the likely impact of such...

The article discusses the challenges associated with the assessment of economic concentrations involving state-owned enterprises (SOEs) under the European Union (EU) merger control. It reveals inconsistencies in ascertaining the exercise of and the (anti)competitive effects stemming from the...

With the rapidly unfolding China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) and the ongoing reform of the State-owned enterprises (SOEs), the number of overseas acquisitions by the Chinese SOEs in various industrial and services sectors is gradually on the rise. These transactions have raised a number...

The economic downturn caused by the coronavirus pandemics is expected to result in the increased participation of the state in the functioning of markets. One of the forms of this participation is the recapitalization and state shareholding in commercial enterprises, which could lead to...