Zhang, Yizhe

Current Employment Position(s)

Associate

Lawyer Overview

Yizhe Zhang's practice focuses on antitrust and competition law. She frequently assists clients on Chinese and U.S. antitrust merger review matters.

Before joining the Firm, Yizhe worked for China's Antimonopoly Office at the Ministry of Commerce and was heavily involved in the drafting of the PRC Antimonopoly Law and other regulations for foreign mergers and acquisitions.

After receiving her LLM, Yizhe worked in Jones Day's Washington antitrust practice before returning to Beijing.

Areas of Practice

• Antitrust & Competition Law

Representative Cases

• Bridgestone sells 100% of the shares of Bridgestone’s Italian and Chinese steel cord manufacturing subsidiaries to Belgian-based NV Bekaert SA , (2010)
• Daiichi Sankyo acquires generic-drug maker Ranbaxy Laboratories for $4.6 billion
• GM obtains antitrust clearance for acquisition of Delphi's steering business and four U.S.-based components operations and for GM's investment in Delphi Corporation
• University of Pittsburgh Medical Center wins FTC clearance to acquire Mercy Hospital of Pittsburgh

West Practice Categories

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Antitrust Law, Business & Commercial Law, Deceptive Trade Practices, International Antitrust, Mergers, Acquisitions & Divestitures, Mergers, Acquisitions & Divestitures, RICO Act, Trade Regulation, Unfair Competition

Bar Admissions

• New York

Education

• Columbia University - New York
• Peking U - China
• Zhongnan U of Econ & Law - PRC

Published Works

• Antitrust Alert: China Plans National Security Review of Foreign Investments, 2010
• Antitrust Alert: Second Chinese "Dominance" Decision Issued Under the China Anti-Monopoly Law, 2010
• Antitrust Alert: New Chinese Court Developments Provide Insights into Anti-Monopoly Law, 2009
• Proposed new rules promote anti-monopoly enforcement, China Daily, 2009
• Antitrust Alert: Chinese Antitrust Authority Publishes New Procedural Rules for Non-merger Investigations, 2009
• Merger Control in China, The Asia Pacific Antitrust Review, a Global Competition Review special report. (For more information, please visit www.GlobalCompetitionReview.com), 2009
• Recent Developments in the United States, EU and Asia at the Intersection of Antitrust and Patent Law, GCP Magazine, www.globalcompetitionpolicy.org, 2009
• Antitrust Alert: MOFCOM Requires Capacity Divesture for Mitsubishi Rayon to Acquire Lucite International, 2009
• Antitrust Alert: Acquisitions in Australia by Chinese State Owned Enterprises – The ACCC Presumes Common Control, 2009
• Antitrust Alert: Coca-Cola / Huiyuan Deal is First Acquisition Blocked by China Antitrust Review, 2009
• Antitrust Alert: PRC Courts Beginning to Establish Procedural Framework for Anti-Monopoly Litigation, 2009
• China's Antitrust Agency Provides Insights into the Merger Review Process Under the New Anti-Monopoly Law, 2008
• New Merger Notification Thresholds Under the AML Published, 2008
• Filing Antitrust Suits in Chinese Court, 2008
• A new dawn for China?, IP Review, 2008
• New Chinese Anti-Monopoly Law, 2007
• Chinese Merger Control, The Asia Pacific Antitrust Review, a Global Competition Review special report. (For more information, please visit www.GlobalCompetitionReview.com.), 2007

Address

32nd Floor, China World Office 1
No.1 Jianguomenwai Avenue
Beijing 100004, China

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