Faced with an increasingly refined and strict anti-monopoly regulatory environment, the compliance challenges for enterprises are growing day by day. To help colleagues better understand the new law enforcement regulations and gain insights into regulatory trends, the Gaopeng Law Firm Reading Club recently invited Lawyer Song Ling to successfully hold a special lecture on the theme of "Sharing the Latest Hotspots of Anti Monopoly Law". The lecture focused on personal liability determination, the first administrative litigation case of business concentration, and the relevant provisions of the "safe harbor".


Firstly, regarding the topic of personal liability determination, Lawyer Song elaborated on the specific types, criteria, and corresponding legal risks of personal liability based on recent cases released by the State Administration for Market Regulation. He pointed out the formal transformation of China's anti-monopoly law enforcement from simply targeting "enterprises" to a dual accountability model of "enterprises+individuals", as well as the importance of establishing an effective internal compliance system for enterprises to "cut" executive responsibility.

Afterwards, Lawyer Song provided a detailed introduction to the historical evolution of the first administrative litigation case involving concentration of business operators. The emergence of this case fills the gap in administrative litigation related to concentration of business operators. More specifically, the company in this case fully utilized and exhausted all remedies in the field of antitrust law, making it an effective tool for equity mergers and acquisitions. Of course, this requires operators to be more cautious and rigorous in their judgment of anti-monopoly administrative reports, the threshold for reporting concentration of operators, the preparation of application materials, and communication strategies with regulatory or judicial authorities.

Finally, regarding the recent solicitation of opinions by the authorities on issues such as "safe harbor", Lawyer Song also highlighted the background and significance of relevant regulations in conjunction with foreign regulations. If ultimately approved, it will provide exemption space for specific types of monopoly agreements, provide greater certainty for companies to evaluate the compliance of their business arrangements, and thus reduce compliance costs.

The successful hosting of this lecture deepened the participants' understanding of cutting-edge antitrust issues and fully demonstrated Gao Peng's professional strength and forward-looking vision in the field of antitrust legal services.