In March 3, 2017, the Ministry of Commerce and the China Association of Pharmaceutical Commerce organized aseminar on M&A Practices of National Pharmaceutical Retail Enterprises atthe Academy for International Business Officials of the Ministry of Commerce.Cathay Associates Kejie partner Cao Lei was invited to give a lecture for the participants about “Legal Compliance Issues in M&A Transactions”.

Cao Lei thoroughly sharedand communicated with the participants about the methods of M&A, key pointsof M&A, government supervision of M&A, cognitive thinking errors of M&A and other legal issues that should be paid attention to by all parties in thepractices of M&A transactions of the inbound pharmaceutical retail industry.