Alston & Bird successfully defended client Jiangsu Shagang Group, one of China’s largest private steel enterprises, in an antitrust-based investigation honored as a 2017 “Deal of the Year” by the China Business Law Journal.
The case arose in 2016, when the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) instituted a Section 337 investigation brought by U.S. Steel against a consortium of China’s largest steel producers and distributors, including Jiangsu Shagang. The complaint, which sparked the ITC’s first antitrust-based investigation in more than 25 years and was its largest-ever Section 337 investigation involving the U.S. and China, accused the Chinese companies of violating antitrust laws; circumventing trade duties through false labeling and transshipment; and engaging in cyber espionage to steal trade secrets regarding the manufacture of high-quality steel products.
Alston & Bird partner Helen Su and associate Brian Hill (Intellectual Property) represented the Jiangsu Shagang Group.
The case arose in 2016, when the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) instituted a Section 337 investigation brought by U.S. Steel against a consortium of China’s largest steel producers and distributors, including Jiangsu Shagang. The complaint, which sparked the ITC’s first antitrust-based investigation in more than 25 years and was its largest-ever Section 337 investigation involving the U.S. and China, accused the Chinese companies of violating antitrust laws; circumventing trade duties through false labeling and transshipment; and engaging in cyber espionage to steal trade secrets regarding the manufacture of high-quality steel products.
Alston & Bird partner Helen Su and associate Brian Hill (Intellectual Property) represented the Jiangsu Shagang Group.