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Antitrust & Competition

Merger control, vertical/dominance conduct and dawn-raid posture use different evidence and clocks. Pick the selector before the narrative.

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Deal, conduct, or investigation — which SAMR file is this? Open the matching topic route or counsel — this hub does not decide the legal outcome on your facts.

China competition route covering merger control, conduct and SAMR investigations.

Investigation or gun-jumping clocks

Use this route when an information request, raid or closing date changes the next step. Confirm current rules on the national decision desk.

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Signature · Deal / conduct / investigation selector

Do not run a merger file as if it were an RPM investigation.

activity → classification → gate → route → evidence

Competition entries

Three doors into the same authority map. Confirm current tests on the national desk.

This map does not decide whether a filing is required on your facts.

GateTransaction

Merger-control and gun-jumping questions.

GateConduct

Horizontal, vertical or dominance.

GateInvestigation

First-hour and evidence hold.

Start with the situation

Deal, conduct, or investigation — which SAMR file is this?

Each topic owns one bounded decision, then connects to deeper guides, local context or counsel. This hub does not duplicate long-form analysis.

01Priority screen

Merger control

Filing posture, simple-case questions and gun-jumping risk around a deal.

First jobTest whether the transaction is a filing question before closing plans harden.

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Horizontal conduct

Competitor contact, information exchange and joint-venture overlays.

First jobIdentify the counterparties and the contact channel before assessing risk.

Open topic route

Vertical restraints

Distribution, pricing and platform-rule questions down the supply chain.

First jobMap the distribution relationship and the restraint being used.

Open topic route

Abuse of dominance

Market-definition, refusal and discriminatory-treatment questions.

First jobSeparate market position from the specific practice under review.

Open topic route

05Priority screen

SAMR investigations

First-hour, information-request and leniency posture when an authority is in motion.

First jobPreserve the record and identify the process stage before ordinary research.

Open topic route

Private actions & compliance

Civil-claim, programme and audit questions after the competition issue is framed.

First jobSeparate follow-on exposure from the authority process.

Open topic route

Common entry points

Already know what is happening?

01We have a transactionStart with merger-control posture.02An investigation may have startedStart with first-hour and evidence hold.03We need to review market conductStart with horizontal, vertical or dominance.

Curated resources

Go deeper without losing the route.

Long-form analysis lives on canonical guides. This hub only points.

core guide

China antitrust decision desk

National decision desk for merger control, conduct and investigations. This remains the long-form owner.

practice hub

Corporate & M&A practice hub

Transaction structure and closing clocks sit beside merger-control questions.

practice hub

FDI & national security hub

Access and security-review gates that often run beside SAMR.

Local context

Add the city only when it changes implementation.

Local SAMR practice can matter after the national question is identified.

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