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The Evolving Global Foreign Direct Investment and National Security Review Landscape - May 2024

Dechert LLP on 5/14/2024

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

European Distressed Real Estate - How Will It Play Out This Time?

BCLP on 3/22/2024

BCLP’s Pan-European Real Estate team hosted a round-table event on 27 February 2024 with several Managing Directors at Alvarez & Marsal to discuss the European commercial real estate market, including the latest developments...more

International News: Spotlight on Foreign Investment

McDermott Will & Emery on 12/20/2023

In this dynamic global landscape, investors have always been required to make savvy, smart choices. This requires navigating through the intricate web of bilateral treaty protection, exploring the vital role these agreements...more

Foreign direct investment reviews increasingly impact cross-border deals

White & Case LLP on 12/12/2023

Foreign direct investment (FDI) regimes continue to grow in number and complexity around the world, and FDI has become a key global regulatory consideration that must be carefully understood, assessed and managed in...more

Public Consultation on a Common EU-Wide System for Withholding Tax Claims on Dividend and Interest Payment

Goodwin on 6/23/2022

The EU Commission published a public consultation based on its initiative to introduce a common EU-wide system for withholding tax on dividend or interest payments, which includes a system for tax authorities to exchange...more

European Commission Releases First Annual Report on FDI Screening in the EU

White & Case LLP on 11/29/2021

The European Commission (EC) issued its first Annual Report pursuant to Article 5(3) of the Screening Regulation on foreign direct investment (FDI) in the EU on 23 November 2021. The Report provides transparency around the...more

Republic of Poland v PL Holdings SÀRL: CJEU Further Undermines Intra-EU Investment Protections

A&O Shearman on 11/9/2021

On 26 October 2021, the Grand Chamber of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) handed down its judgment in Republic of Poland v. PL Holdings Sàrl. The CJEU ruled that EU Member States are prohibited from entering...more

Foreign direct investment for Taiwanese businesses and investors

White & Case LLP on 9/29/2021

Foreign direct investment (FDI) reviews have become an increasingly critical issue in cross-border M&A transactions. Although many countries continue to encourage inbound investment, Taiwanese businesses and investors should...more

Industrial policy strikes again: Germany announces further tightening of Foreign Investment Control rules

Hogan Lovells on 2/27/2020

For M&A transactions in Germany and beyond, Foreign Investment Control screenings have become an indispensable standard element to assess when structuring deals and planning for regulatory review. Similarly to merger control,...more

Germany’s Foreign Direct Investment Regime: Further Changes Ahead

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP on 12/16/2019

On November 29, 2018, the German Minister for Economic Affairs, Peter Altmaier, presented its “National Industry Strategy 2030.” Amongst other things, the strategy paper sets out the key points of the Minister’s plans to...more

Brexit Manoeuvres: Potential Implications of a "Hard Brexit" for Fund Managers: A UK Perspective - October 2019

Dechert LLP on 10/22/2019

This note sets out at a high level the potential impact of the United Kingdom’s (“UK”) exit (“Brexit”) from the European Union (“EU”) without a negotiated agreement on UK and European Economic Area (“EEA”) (a) alternative...more

Foreign Direct Investment in the US – Guidance for the European Investor

Womble Bond Dickinson on 8/16/2019

On July 2, 2019, the Bureau of Economic Analysis released the 2018 numbers for foreign direct investment (FDI) in the US. Total 2018 FDI was $273 billion and of that figure, European investors accounted for $116 billion or...more

Jones Day Talks: Italy Embraces Foreign investment but Maintains Oversight

Jones Day on 6/17/2019

Italy is ranked one of the top destinations for investment in the European union. Still, the Italian government wields the authority to review, and even prevent, investments by foreign entities seeking assets in certain...more

Foreign Investment Review Becomes Communitywide

Carlton Fields on 4/30/2019

Following up on the Foreign Investment Risk Review Modernization Act (FIRRMA), the United States’ amendment to the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS), the European Union (EU) has now enacted a new...more

Dodd-Frank Turns Five, What Comes Next?

K&L Gates LLP on 8/19/2015

The 2008 credit crisis was the beginning of an era of unprecedented government management of the capital markets. July 21, 2015 marked the fifth anniversary of the hallmark congressional response, the Dodd-Frank Wall Street...more

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