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

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

Latham & Watkins LLP

UK Open for M&A - Government Seeks Evidence on National Security and Investment Act Scope

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The UK government is considering steps to make the regime more business-friendly, while maintaining and refining essential national security protections. The National Security and Investment Act 2021 (NSIA), the UK’s first...more

American Conference Institute (ACI)

[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

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

5 Regulatory Issues to Consider When Acquiring a Business in the EU or UK

Companies considering an acquisition in Europe must navigate a regulatory and enforcement environment that can seem like a minefield. Here are five things they should consider amid unfolding legislative change and growing...more

White & Case LLP

Germany prohibits sale of two companies to Chinese investors – FDI scrutiny in full swing

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In an unprecedented double-strike, the German government recently blocked two transactions pertaining to Chinese investments in German semiconductor facilities. Just two weeks before, the cabinet had already intervened...more

McDermott Will & Emery

Antitrust M&A Snapshot - Q2 2022

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APRIL – JUNE 2022: KEY THEMES AND TAKEAWAYS - UNITED STATES - • An Overview of Agency Merger Challenges from January 2021 through June 2022 Parties continue to be cautious in litigating challenged transactions. Since...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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EU/UK Merger Control - Five Trends to Watch in 2022

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2022 is shaping up to be another year of significant merger control and foreign direct investment (“FDI”) developments. The use of Article 22 of the EU Merger Regulation (“EUMR”) might jeopardise the European Commission’s...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

The UK’s New Subsidy Regime: Not a Return to the 1970s and the Government Picking Winners?

The UK government introduced into Parliament a wholesale change to its State aid rules under the new Subsidy Control Bill on 30 June 2021 (the “Bill”). The regime, which is set to come into effect in H1 2022, subject to...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

Quarterly Cartel Catch-Up: Recent Developments In Criminal Antitrust For Busy Corporate Counsel – 1st Quarter 2021

A new year, a new administration in the United States, and new cartel enforcement leadership in the United Kingdom have begun. In the United States, first-of-their-kind criminal charges have been brought involving labor and...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Crisis Prompts European Countries To Step Up Protections Against Foreign M&A

The coronavirus pandemic has weakened European economies and companies. EU and national governments have expressed concern that foreign investors may opportunistically take advantage of the crisis to acquire domestic...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Europe and the UK Race To Protect Businesses Impacted by the Coronavirus Pandemic: Foreign Investment, State Aid and Antitrust...

State measures to combat the spread of COVID-19 have brought many countries across Europe to a standstill. While health care systems struggle to respond, the pandemic has also provided “a major shock for our economies.”1...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Investments With Borders: CFIUS-Style Foreign Investment Review Goes Global

The Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States, CFIUS, is the U.S. government agency that conducts national security reviews of foreign direct investment in the United States. The CFIUS rules have been significantly...more

Hogan Lovells

Data Protection in the Event of a “No Deal Brexit”

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As part of its preparations for a “no deal” scenario when the Article 50 negotiating period comes to an end on 29 March 2019, the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (“DDCMS”) has released guidance on “Data...more

Dechert LLP

Mergers and Takeovers: UK Strengthens National Security Scrutiny

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The UK government has widened the circumstances in which it may block mergers and takeovers of businesses in the military, dual-use, computing hardware and quantum technology sectors. Further strengthening of the UK rules is...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Europe Insights

Despite a year of continued global political uncertainty and increasing enforcement, shareholder activism and foreign investment control activity, the 2018 outlook for Europe is positive overall. Skadden partners in the U.K.,...more

Proskauer Rose LLP

The Rise of Western Protectionism Is Set to Impact Global M&A

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This year has seen a surge in western protectionist sentiment as a number of countries have sought to introduce legislation to tighten their laws on foreign investment and public interest issues. In Europe, the European...more

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Can Overseas Bidders Guard Against M&A Risks in An Increasingly Economically Nationalist Europe?

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Growing economic nationalism is threatening to impact M&A across Europe, as governments and regulators take an increasing interest in “foreign” acquisitions of nationally important companies. Deal teams have previously...more

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