Shanghai Lang Yue Law Firm (Lang Yue), Allen & Overy’s joint operation partner, will add Vivian Cao, an experienced antitrust and competition law specialist, as a partner to further strengthen the firm’s China antitrust capacity, and support the growth of the regulatory compliance and litigation practices. Cao advises multinational and Chinese clients on a wide range of international and domestic merger control and behavioural antitrust matters. She has also worked on a number of high-profile global transactions from the early stages of China antitrust enforcement. Her expertise includes advising on novel antitrust issues in China concerning monopoly agreements and abuse of dominance, which are now subject to stricter antitrust regulations, especially in the TMT, FMCG and healthcare sectors.