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Since 2018, the U.S. and several other countries have revised or installed national security-related screening of foreign direct investments.
Many jurisdictions now require filings for investments in the...more
Following our prior client alerts regarding the U.K.’s new investment screening regime under the National Security and Investment Act 2021 (the Act), the U.K. government has announced that the Act will come into force on 4...more
Following our prior client alerts regarding the U.K. government's proposals for a new investment screening regime (“UK Government Introduces New Regime for Screening Foreign Direct Investment” on November 11, 2020, and “UK...more
On 2 March 2021, the UK government published its response to a consultation on the sectors of the economy which are to be subject to mandatory notification under the new inward investment regime to be introduced by the...more
The UK government’s long-awaited National Security and Investment Bill (the Bill), which paves the way to significant changes in the UK’s regime for screening foreign investment, was laid before Parliament on 11 November...more
On March 19, 2019, the European Union adopted a regulation for the screening of foreign direct investments into the EU (the Regulation). The Regulation sets forth national security factors that EU member states (Member...more
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