On 28 December 2023, the French government adopted decree number 2023-1293 (Decree), together with an administrative order of the same date (Order), that expanded the scope of covered investments and covered activities under...more
On September 8, 2022, the French Ministry of the Economy’s (MOE) General Treasury Department published its first set of guidelines on French foreign direct investment (FDI) control....more
On July 23, 2020, the French government issued decree nº 2020-892 of July 22, 2020 (the Decree), and a ministerial order of the same date (together, the Interim Rules), which lowered the applicable threshold that triggers...more
7/29/2020
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Covered Transactions ,
Foreign Acquisitions ,
Foreign Investment ,
France ,
Interim Rule ,
Non-EEA Firms ,
Non-EU Investors ,
Publicly-Traded Companies ,
Temporary Regulations ,
Threshold Requirements ,
Voting Shares
On April 29, 2020, the French Minister of the Economy (the Minister) announced that French foreign investment rules will be adopted with the policy goal of protecting French strategic assets in the context of the COVID-19...more
5/5/2020
/ Acquisitions ,
Artificial Intelligence ,
Biotechnology ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Critical Infrastructure Sectors ,
Energy Sector ,
European Economic Area (EEA) ,
Foreign Investment ,
France ,
Innovative Technology ,
Merger Controls ,
Mergers ,
National Security ,
Non-EU Investors ,
Publicly-Traded Companies ,
Threshold Requirements
On December 31, 2019, the French government issued decree nº 2019-1590 (the 2019 Decree), together with an administrative order of the same date (the Order), that comprehensively reshaped French foreign investment rules (as...more