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The European Union is an economic and political partnership comprised of 27 nations within the Eurozone. The EU was established in 1948 to promote stability and cooperation among member states in the aftermath of WWII. The EU maintains a common currency as well as several intranational institutions, including the European Parliament and the European Commission. less -
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The Evolving Global Foreign Direct Investment and National Security Review Landscape - May 2024

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Key Takeaways - - As FDI regimes proliferate and mature around the globe, governments are taking an ever-more expansive view of the concept of “national security” to include more than military and defense interests, which...more

American Conference Institute (ACI)

[Event] 5th Annual European Forum on Global FDI Reviews - June 11th - 12th, Ixelles, Belgium

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Hosted by C5 Group, the 5th Annual European Forum on Global FDI Reviews returns for another exciting year with curated programming that provide sessions on the most pressing issues coming across your desk and strategic...more

Jones Day

Germany Launches EUR 50 Billion Funding Program for Decarbonization of Heavy Industry

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Germany has launched a massive EUR 50 billion funding program to support energy-intensive industries such as steel, chemical, and cement to become climate-neutral. The program offers considerable financial support for...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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Novelle des Energiesicherungsgesetzes: Zusätzliche Handlungsoptionen

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Mit der Reform des Energiesicherungsgesetzes schafft der Gesetzgeber umfangreiche neue Regelungen und Handlungsmöglichkeiten zur Sicherung der Energieversorgung im Krisenfall. Betreiber kritischer Infrastruktur im...more

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Reform of the Energy Security Act: New Options for Action to Secure Energy Supply in the Event of Crisis

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Few issues are currently occupying German industry and the energy sector as much as the Ukraine crisis and its consequences for the critical infrastructure in Germany. Against this background and in order to secure energy...more

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German Federal Network Agency takes over Gazprom Germania as trustee under foreign trade law

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On Monday, 4 April 2022, the German Federal Minister of Economics Robert Habeck announced that his Ministry (Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Klimaschutz – BMWK) is appointing the Federal Network Agency (Bundesnetzagentur...more

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Germany reforms Critical Infrastructure Ordinance with significant impact on FDI rules

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On 1 January 2022, Germany renewed its ever tougher FDI rules yet again. The reform expands definitions of so-called critical infrastructures, especially but not only in the areas of IT services and energy. Indirectly, this...more

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From Niche to Standard? M&A Transactions Under Scrutiny by the German Foreign Direct Investment Regime

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The German federal government recently passed the 17th amendment to the Foreign Trade and Payments Ordinance (Außenwirtschaftsverordnung—AWV), which considerably expands the scope of foreign direct investment (FDI) screening...more

Hogan Lovells

New Rules: German government passes far-reaching expansion of foreign investment control

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Regulators are becoming increasingly active in imposing measures on deals or prohibiting them altogether under FDI rules – with prohibitions happening in the EU’s largest economies Germany, France, and Italy in the past...more

Hogan Lovells

Public Takeovers in Germany

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Welcome to the fourth edition of our “Public Takeovers in Germany” newsletter. It provides an overview of public takeovers carried out in Germany in 2020 under the German Securities Acquisition and Takeover Act (WpÜG) and of...more

Hogan Lovells

Emissionsminderungsgutschriften: Der Markt für Emissionsminderungsgutschriften entwickelt sich

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Die europäische Kommission plant bis 2050 klimaneutral zu sein. Bis 2030 soll eine Reduktion der Emissionen von Treibhausgasen von mindestens 55% im Vergleich zu 1990 stattfinden. Die Taskforce on Scaling Voluntary Carbon...more

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First judgments on rent payment obligations during pandemic-related restrictions

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In spring of this year, retail stores, among other places, were closed for several weeks due to pandemic-related official orders in Germany. In the meantime, the first judgments have been issued as to whether the tenants of...more

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MORE, MORE, MORE! German government plans another far-reaching expansion of foreign investment control

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Foreign investment control has become a key factor in M&A deals and 2020 was a particularly eventful year. A large number of countries have recently introduced foreign investment control regimes (or tightened their existing...more

Spirit Legal

Roadmap and milestones of German laws for autonomous vehicles

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There’s no stopping the automation of vehicle functions. OEMs’ technologies might not be progressing by leaps and bounds, but they are still evolving at a rapid pace. Not a week goes by when we don’t hear about things like...more

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Germany Further Aligns Foreign Direct Investment Screening Regime with EU Regulation

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The 16th Amendment to the German Foreign Trade and Payments Ordinance entered into effect on October 28, 2020, the third step in the German government’s efforts to tighten its foreign direct investment review regime in 2020....more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

German Foreign Investment Control – Stricter Scrutiny For Non-EU PE Investors In Sensitive Businesses

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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

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Increasing Scrutiny of Foreign Investments in the German Healthcare Sector

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The COVID-19 pandemic has changed most governments' views on the strategic relevance of the domestic healthcare sectors across the globe. Although the European Commission, and also the German government, have re-emphasized...more

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Chinese Investments in Germany in Times of Corona and Thereafter

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Introduction - The boom of Chinese Investments in Europe and specifically in Germany has experienced a serious cool-down. In 2019, Chinese Direct Investments in Europe have, in terms of deal value, dropped by ca. 40% to...more

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New Boundaries for the Infrastructure M&A sector: German government approves draft regulation aimed at the further tightening of...

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The overall ongoing trend in major Western economies of tightening Foreign Investment Control is not being overlooked in Europe. As these new measures also particularly affect disposals and acquisitions of German "critical...more

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Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on energy supply and trading contracts under German law

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The German legislative package in reaction to the current COVID-19 situation gives consumers and microenterprises rights to refuse payment obligations under energy supply contracts. In addition, financial imbalances caused by...more

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BMWi plans further tightening of investment control in M&A transactions of foreign investors

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On January 31, 2020, the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWi) presented a draft law amending the Foreign Trade and Payments Act (AWG-E) and forwarded it to selected trade associations for their comments....more

Robins Kaplan LLP

Financial Daily Dose 2.12.2020 | Top Story: Big Tech Antitrust Update

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Big-Tech/Antitrust Update: the FTC has demanded information from Amazon.com Inc., Apple Inc., Facebook Inc., Microsoft Corp., and Alphabet Inc. regarding acquisitions of small firms over the past 10 years that may have been...more

Morgan Lewis

Draft Amendments To German Competition Law Published

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The German Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy has published the draft bill on the 10th amendment to the German Act against Restraints of Competition, which includes a proposal for the revision of abuse control in...more

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Currents - Energy Industry Insights - January 2020 #3

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Energy Blockchain’s Most Obvious Use Case is Not What You Think - "Instead, a select group of blockchain companies is finding success with a focus on certificates of origin, helping demonstrate the provenance of renewable...more

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