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[Event] 4th European Forum on FDI Reviews and CFIUS - June 7th - 8th, London, United Kingdom

Hosted by C5, the 4th European Forum on FDI Reviews and CFIUS returns for another exciting year with curated programming that will help you navigate emerging complex National Security Reviews across the UK and EU....more

Axinn, Veltrop & Harkrider LLP

The Not-So-Silk Road: The Proliferating Regulatory Obstacles to Chinese Investment in the U.S.

All companies engaged in M&A activity in the United States must plan for enhanced scrutiny from an increasingly aggressive DOJ and FTC, but non-U.S. companies, particularly Chinese companies, must also reckon with another...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

UK and EU National Security and Investment Screening Update: June 2022

Takeaways - Governments in the UK and elsewhere in Europe are demonstrating a clear willingness to exercise new and enhanced powers to review business transactions on national security grounds, including by calling...more

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UK National Security and Investment Act Comes into Force on 4 January 2022

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The UK government announced on 20 July that the National Security and Investment Act will enter into force on 4 January 2022. This act introduces mandatory filings for certain investments raising national security concerns,...more

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

UK To Adopt New Powers Over M&A Activity To Protect National Security

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Draft legislation, which is currently being debated in the UK Parliament, will introduce a new regime granting the UK Secretary of State robust powers to review, vary or block acquisitions which may pose a risk to the...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

UK Follows Global Trend To Enhance National Security Protections

One of the biggest M&A developments over recent years has been a significant enhancing of foreign direct investment (FDI) and national security protections by G-8 members and others....more

Poyner Spruill LLP

Data Not Dating: Trump Administration Reversal of Merger Signals National Security Implications of Data

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Amidst the thicket of federal regulators that populate Washington is the obscure Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS). Founded on the eve of World War II, CFIUS is an inter-agency task force. Its...more

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National interest screening: a growing challenge for international transactions?

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The proliferation of merger control regimes around the world – and the resulting need to consider potential notification requirements in multiple jurisdictions – poses an increasing burden for businesses seeking to make...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

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

Latham & Watkins LLP

New UK National Security M&A Regime Expected in 2019

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In June 2018, the UK adopted new powers to review certain technology related deals on national security grounds, extending the scope and breadth of its control regime to those that concern computing hardware, or quantum...more

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A UK CFIUS Regime? White Paper Consultation on National Security & Infrastructure Investment Review

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The UK currently uses the Enterprise Act 2002 to review mergers on national security and other public interest grounds alongside the competition regime. Following the Chinese investment in the Hinckley Nuclear power...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

New U.K. National Security Powers to Call in Investments and Other Transactions

• The U.K. Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy published its National Security and Investment White Paper, which proposes a voluntary notification regime and a powerful “call-in” mechanism. The proposal...more

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

CFIUS: Inadvertent “Foreign Person” Status

Hundreds of American companies may have inadvertently become “foreign persons” for CFIUS purposes, at risk of being caught up in the Trump Administration’s restrictions on foreign investment. Many people know that the...more

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UK Changes Merger Control Regime for Foreign Takeovers

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The Situation: New legislation came into force on 11 June 2018, allowing the UK Government to scrutinise a wider range of mergers that may raise public interest or national security issues. The Context: This is the outcome...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

Future of the Automotive Sector in Europe, China and the United States

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Given the pace of change in the automotive industry and related technologies, combined with increasing regulatory scrutiny, what risks and challenges can the global automotive industry expect to deal with in 2018 and beyond...more

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Foreign Investment Control Heats Up: A Global Survey of Existing Regimes and Potential Significant Changes on the Horizon

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Mergers and acquisitions by multinational companies require attention to foreign investment controls around the world, and such controls vary widely. For example, requirements for determining whether such controls apply, the...more

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