In late March, the Treasurer of Australia announced temporary changes to Australia's foreign investment review framework in response to the COVID-19 crisis. The new measures lowered the monetary screening thresholds for...more
Australia requires a wide variety of investments by foreign businesses to be reviewed and approved before completion.
The decision to approve or deny a foreign investment application is ultimately made by the Treasurer of...more
1/10/2020
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This Alert provides an update with respect to foreign direct investment ("FDI") regimes in certain key jurisdictions since the Firm's comprehensive FDI Guide, National Security Reviews 2018, was published in November 2018....more
4/29/2019
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