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Antitrust in focus - July 2023

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European Commission’s record gun-jumping fine on Illumina serves as warning to merging parties - The European Commission (EC) has imposed a fine of around EUR432 million on genomics company Illumina for closing its...more

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UK National Security and Investment Act: key takeaways from second annual report

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The second annual report on the functioning of the UK’s investment screening regime has been published. We highlight the key points....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

The Volkov Law Group

Pulling Back the Curtain on CFIUS

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The global economy and geopolitical trends have elevated the importance of trade compliance status and responsibilities.  We have witnessed a dramatic increase in the complexity and risks surrounding economic sanctions and...more

Proskauer Rose LLP

UK National Security and Investment Act 2021 (NSIA) – Annual Report 2022

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The UK Government recently published its Annual Report on the application of the National Security and Investment Act 2021 (NSIA). This first annual report covers the period from the commencing of the NSIA (4 January 2022) to...more

Jones Day

2021 Transactional Year in Review and 2022 Forecast: FDI Regimes Continue to Expand and Increase Scrutiny of Transactions...

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China  China has increased its efforts to scrutinize global transactions that may implicate national security concerns using its foreign investment security review ("FISR") process....more

Stikeman Elliott LLP

Private Equity - Recent Developments Of Importance

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The first nine months of 2021 set records for global M&A activity and kept private equity firms especially busy. An abundance of dry powder and low interest rates have encouraged private equity investors to make up for lost...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

The UK’s National Security & Investment Act

The newly enacted National Security and Investment Act 2021 (the “Act”) introduces a broad regime enabling the Government to intervene in M&A transactions on the grounds of national security. ...more

Hogan Lovells

UK National Security and Investment - now is the time to Act

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The UK’s much publicised National Security and Investment Bill has now been granted Royal Assent – passing into law an Act which will significantly affect the way investments in the UK can be reviewed by the Government where...more

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UK: The National Security and Investment Act receives royal assent

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Watch out for the National Security and Investment Act which has now received royal assent although it is still not expected to come fully into force until this Autumn due to the amount of secondary legislation that needs to...more

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The rise of FDI regimes and their impact on M&A transactions

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Foreign direct investment ("FDI") is an important part of the global economy: OECD data indicates that there was USD$1,426 billion of global FDI in 2019. In recent years, governments around the world have shown an increasing...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

The National Security & Investment Bill 2020: A step change in the UK's screening of foreign investment

Wednesday the UK government introduced the National Security and Investment Bill (the "Bill") to Parliament. The Bill strengthens the government’s power to scrutinise, impose conditions and block foreign investments into...more

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National Security and Investment Bill: a new frontier for scrutiny of investment in the UK

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On 11 November 2020 the UK Government published its groundbreaking National Security and Investment Bill (Bill). The Bill will drastically expand the Government’s powers to scrutinise investment on national security grounds,...more

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New UK Powers in Transactions Impacting National Security

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The UK government passed reforms on 21 July 2020 lowering the thresholds to intervene in mergers and acquisitions considered relevant to UK national security in the artificial intelligence, cryptographic authentication, and...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Grindr and PatientsLikeMe Outcomes Show Non-Cleared Transactions' Exposure to CFIUS Scrutiny, Especially When PII Is Involved

In the last three weeks, the Committee for Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) has reportedly informed two Chinese companies that they must sell their stakes in two U.S. companies....more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

UK's Proposed Investment Scrutiny Powers Are Far-Reaching

Orrick's Douglas Lahnborg and Matthew Rose co-authored an article for Law360 that examines how the recently issued National Security and Investment White Paper proposes a significant expansion in the U.K. government's powers...more

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