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Foreign Direct Investment: Key Recent and Future Developments in Europe and the US

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At a time of significant geopolitical challenges, many jurisdictions are looking at their investment screening regimes to ensure that they can adequately safeguard national security and public order. Within this context,...more

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FDI Regulation in the US, UK, France & Germany

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The regulation of foreign direct investment (“FDI”) has become an increasingly important feature of the regulatory landscape for investors. Globally, there is a trend towards greater FDI restrictions although the degree and...more

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Foreign direct investment reviews 2023: A global perspective

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Now in its seventh year of annual publication, White & Case's Foreign Direct Investment Reviews provides a comprehensive look into rapidly evolving foreign direct investment (FDI) laws and regulations in approximately 40...more

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France Issues Guidelines on Foreign Investment Control Regime

On September 8, 2022, the French Ministry of the Economy’s (MOE) General Treasury Department published its first set of guidelines on French foreign direct investment (FDI) control....more

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French M&A Transactions in Sensitive Sectors

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A takeover of a French company carrying on so-called ‘sensitive’ activity in France by a company ultimately controlled by foreigners - European Union and non-EU - is subject to the prior authorization of the Ministry of the...more

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INSTEX and Europe’s “Legitimate Trade” with Iran - Skepticism prevails as Instrument for Supporting Trade Exchanges (INSTEX) is...

Three weeks ago, France, Germany, and the United Kingdom (the “E3”) created INSTEX SAS (Instrument for Supporting Trade Exchanges, INSTEX), an entity designed to enhance business between the EU and Iran and to serve as a core...more

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Skadden's 2019 Insights: Foreign Investment Control Reforms in Europe

The geopolitical environment continues to drive reform of foreign investment rules in Europe, with government proposals clarifying and tightening such rules in the interest of national security. Recent foreign state-backed...more

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EU and Germany Move to Further Tighten FDI Screening Process

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The past two weeks have seen two major developments in relation to the screening of foreign direct investment in the European Union (“EU”) for national security or public order reasons. First, on December 10, 2018, the EU...more

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Germany Blocks Two Transactions Involving Chinese Investors on National Security Grounds

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The Situation: Germany prevented State Grid Corporation of China ("SGCC") from acquiring a 20 percent minority stake in 50Hertz, one of Germany's four providers of high-voltage transmission systems, as well as the acquisition...more

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