Ken Dai Competition / Antitrust Lawyer of the Year China

Firm Profile

Founded in 1992, Dacheng Law Offices (Dacheng) is one of the first partnership law firms in China. It is headquartered in Beijing, with more than 40 domestic branch offices and representative offices in Shanghai, Wuhan, Chengdu, Jinan, Tianjin, Xiamen, Shenzhen, Qingdao, Hangzhou, Xi’an, Guangzhou, Changchun, Nanjing, Fuzhou, Taiyuan, and etc.

Dacheng has been developing rapidly into having more than 3,000 PRC qualified lawyers in last few years. And currently, Dacheng is one of the biggest law firm in Asia. Further, most of them graduated from the most prestigious universities or law schools in China, and some attorneys also have distinguished educational background aboard

Individual Profile

Ken Dai earned his LLB and LLM respectively from the China University of Political Science and Law, and the University of Bristol in United Kingdom. Currently, Ken Dai is the member of

Antitrust Committee of IBA, the Competition Committee of IPBA, the Outbound Investment and Antitrust Committee at the Shanghai Bar Association and Asian Competition Forum, as well as a columnist on Forbes China.

Ken Dai is specializing in antitrust, competition law compliance, merger control filing and private antitrust litigations. He is one of the pioneer lawyers to practice antitrust law in China. He has advised certain multinational companies on establishing

Notable Legal Work

In terms of merger filing, Ken Dai has advised a leading multinational in the industry of automotive in how to deal with the notification procedure in China, including without limitation incorporating the antitrust concerns into the deal structure at the early stage, adopting the measure to avoid the gun-jumping risk, documents preparation, pre-notification consultation with MOFCOM, substantive analyses of the transaction.

As for antitrust compliance, Ken Dai has rendered legal services to famous multinational, from making

the antitrust compliance program consistent with the PRC Anti-monopoly Law, to analyses on various commercial arrangements from the antitrust dimension (including with limitation information exchange, joint purchase, participation in trade association, and distribution regime.)

Regarding the field of M&A, Ken Dai has advised COSCO, one of the largest worldwide shipping services providers,

numerous domestic ports,

antitrust law manuals and compliance program. He has also advised numerous multinationals on the application of the PRC Anti-monopoly Law and enforcement policies in relation to distribution practices in China. In addition, he has varied experiences advising both foreign companies and domestic enterprises in making merger filings before MOFCOM. Further, he has regularly assisted and represented certain enterprises in completing and bringing private antitrust litigations in China, He has experience advising companies in handling the legal issues between intellectual property rights and antitrust laws.

Ken’s working languages include Chinese, English and Cantonese.

and have been working for international top-tier law firms. Hence, the attorneys within Dacheng not only have rich experience in legal practice in China but also understand the commercial requirements of our clients and can meet the expectations in the international markets.

Dacheng provides full range of legal services in the areas, not only including the traditional fields of general corporate and commercial, real estate and construction, maritime and shipping, merger and acquisition, labor and employment, litigation and arbitration, but also covering the emerging practice fields of antitrust & unfair competition, commercial bribery & anti-corruption, private

equity/venture capital, e-commerce & internet business, renewable energy & environmental protection,.

Dacheng holds a belief that attorneys should do their best in seeking the best benefits for their clients and avoiding any unnecessary legal exposure. In this spirit, we always follow the principle of high quality, high efficiency and reasonable charge in rendering our professional services, no matter how complicated, difficult or urgent our assignment is. We keep our clients’ information in strict confidence and maintain close communications with clients to assist them in making the right decisions in a timely manner.

Areas of Expertise

• Antitrust counseling • Antitrust compliance • Merger filing • Private antitrust litigation • Foreign investment • M&A • Dispute resolution

Contact

Ken Dai Partner Dacheng Law Offices 3F, 500 South Pudong Road, Pudong District, Shanghai, China

in various acquisitions of including without

limitation the Shanghai Yangshan Deepwater Port Phase II and the Ningbo Beilun Port.

Tel: +86-21-5878 1965 Fax: +86-21-5878 6866 Email: jianmin.dai@dachenglaw.com Website: www.dachenglaw.com

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