The second of three packages of proposed 2020 amendments to the German rules on control over foreign direct investments (FDI), effective on July 17, 2020, brings a scheme of severe civil and criminal penalties and lays the...more
Effective June 3, 2020, the screening of foreign direct investments (FDIs) has been expanded in Germany with a first tranche of new rules primarily affecting the healthcare sector. This expansion of the FDI control scheme...more
7/17/2020
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FOREIGN SUBSIDIES COULD SOON BECOME THE SUBJECT OF SPECIFIED EU REGULATIONS-
The EU Commission wants to create regulations to tackle impacts of foreign government funding in the EU. In its “White Paper on levelling the...more
The EU has recently laid the ground to take a more active role in the screening of foreign direct investment (FDI). On April 10, 2019, the EU formally established a framework for foreign investment screening including a...more
Germany Strengthens Foreign Investment Control: New Rules to Thoroughly Screen Investments in Enlarged Number of Key Industries -
Germany ends its longtime liberal approach to foreign investments by increasing its...more
9/8/2017
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