Negative list and any national-security trigger.
Approvals · 03
Regulatory approvals
Gates are timing risk. Map them before the long-stop date is promised.
First job Identify approvals and conditions that can affect signing or closing.
Do not promise a closing date before the gates are listed
Open the FDI gateA missed filing or gun-jumping risk can move the long-stop date. This is a commercial clock, not a safety route.
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Key considerations
- Which filings are plausible on these facts?
- What is sequential versus parallel?
- What would a delay do to signing or closing?
Decision map
Keep the question bounded.
- List candidate gatesFDI, security review, merger control, sector licences.
- Place them on the timetableCondition to signing, to closing, or both.
- Assign ownersWho files, who waits, who cannot gun-jump.
Timeline
Sequence and clocks that change the next action.
- Before signingIdentify gates that must be known before a binding SPA.
- Between signing and closingFilings, waiting periods and ordinary-course limits.
- At closingClearances that are conditions precedent.
Regulatory gates
Approvals that can hold signing or closing.
This map does not decide whether a filing is required on your facts.
Thresholds, timetable and gun-jumping.
Industry conditions beside the share purchase.
Register, tax and chop changes after clearance.
Quick answers
Need the short version? Start with one narrow question.
These explainers answer one question. They do not replace this topic route or a deep guide.
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Curated resources
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core guide
02China corporate, M&A and exit law
Map filings that can delay signing or closing before the timetable is promised.
deep guide
03FDI and national security
Negative-list access, security-review triggers and parallel investment gates.
deep guide
Antitrust and competition
SAMR thresholds, gun-jumping risk and investigation posture for deal timing.
Helpful to prepare
Facts that make the next conversation clearer.
These items are orientation aids, not a legal requirement list.
- Candidate filings and responsible authority
- Signing versus closing conditions
- Long-stop and ordinary-course limits
Local context
Add local registration only when it changes the filing.
AMR, SAMR and sector authorities can differ in practice after the national gate is identified.
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