On 18 November 2022, the UK government announced a decision to require the divestment of an 86% stake in one of the UK’s largest semiconductor plants, Newport Wafer Fab (NWF), held by Dutch-incorporated, but ultimately...more
Last week saw the first publicly disclosed uses by the UK Government of its new and expansive powers to investigate deals on national security grounds under the National Security and Investment Act (“NSIA”), which came into...more
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