Hogan Lovells Publications | IP Alert | 20 June 2016

MOFCOM lifts merger control conditions on 2012 Walmart acquisition

On 8 June 2016, the Chinese Ministry of Commerce ("MOFCOM") released its decision to lift the conditions it had imposed on Walmart's acquisition of 33.6% of the shares in Newheight Holdings. This acquisition in 2012 gave Walmart corresponding rights over Yihaodian, one of China's best-known e-commerce supermarkets, through a reported "variable interest entity" ("VIE") structure.

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