For Royal Dutch Shell and Britain’s BG Group , a $70 billion marriage may partly depend on winning the blessing of bureaucrats in Beijing. Shell’s bid to acquire BG marks one of the biggest deals the energy sector has seen in years, and could present a major test for China’s young yet increasingly assertive antitrust regime, say energy and antitrust lawyers. Potential challenges include convincing China’s Ministry of Commerce that the deal won’t spur higher costs for China to import resources such as liquefied natural gas. Officials may also worry that the combination could bring new price volatility, which could harm China’s economy. Advertisement Tao Lan, a partner at law firm Sidley Austin LLP in Beijing, said the companies may face worries from Beijing about the scale of […]