Compliance Tip of the Day: Why Engage in Pre-acquisition Due Diligence
Compliance Tip of the Day: Key M&A Enforcement Actions
Compliance Tip of the Day: M&A – International Issues
Compliance Tip of the Day: M&A Domestic Issues
From the Editor’s Desk: Compliance Week’s Insights and Reflections from July to August 2025
Adventures in Compliance: The Novels – The Hound of the Baskervilles: Uncovering M&A Compliance Lessons
Regulatory Ramblings: Episode 74 - Global Women in AI/Corporate Director Liability: Discretionary, Not Fiduciary with Tram Anh Nguyen and Marc I. Steinberg
We get Privacy for work – Episode 6: The Potential Privacy Risks Inherent to Mergers and Acquisitions
Daily Compliance News: July 24, 2025, The In Phone Hell Edition
LathamTECH in Focus: Tech Deals: The Emerging Focus of FDI Regulators?
LathamTECH in Focus: Navigating National Security: The Impact of FDI Reviews on Tech M&A
Navigating Employee Integration in Mergers and Acquisitions: Lessons From Pretty Woman — Hiring to Firing Podcast
Treating Compliance Like an Asset
Episode 376 -- DOJ's Unicat Settlement and the Future Look of Trade Enforcement Actions
First 100 Days of the New HSR Rules with Antitrust Partner Kara Kuritz
Daily Compliance News: June 23, 2025, The Is Walmart Cool Edition
CHPS Podcast Episode 5: The Future of Federal Procurement
Expert or Arbitrator? — PE Pathways Podcast
The LathamTECH Podcast — Getting Deals Done: Tackling Antitrust Challenges in Tech M&A
How IP Can Fuel Your Startup's Growth
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Poland's foreign direct investment ("FDI") screening regime, originally introduced in 2020 for a 24-month period and subsequently extended for an additional 60 months (i.e. until 24 July 2025), established a mechanism for...more
In this episode of LathamTECH in Focus, Silicon Valley partner Tessa Bernhardt examines the global scrutiny on tech M&A deals involving advanced technologies like AI, highlighting how the intersection of highly regulated...more
On 22 May 2025, the Hellenic Parliament enacted Law 5202/2025, introducing a Foreign Direct Investment (“FDI”) regime in Greece (the “Regime”), effective as of that date. The Regime took effect immediately upon publication in...more
On May 22, 2025, the Hellenic Parliament passed long-expected legislation to establish Greece’s first national mechanism for the screening of foreign direct investments (FDI) on grounds of national security and public order....more
On February 21, 2025, President Trump issued the America First Investment Policy Memorandum, which promotes foreign investment in the United States from allies yet also signals restrictions for certain investments in...more
Our European Antitrust Team provides insights into German foreign direct investment (FDI) control in 2024....more
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At a meeting of business leaders and global investors in London in mid-October, Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer told the audience that his government would "rip up" Britain's bureaucracy in a bid to unlock the "shock and awe...more
The report provides insights into the performance of the National Security and Investment Act. The UK’s Cabinet Office has published its third annual report on the functioning of the National Security and Investment Act...more
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On 10 September 2024, the UK Government published its third Annual Report on the operation of the National Security and Investment Act 2021 (NSIA). Covering the period from 1 April 2023 to 31 March 2024, the report gives a...more
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Key Points - Following our Alert last month addressing the United Kingdom Government’s intentions to improve the workings of the National Security and Investment Act 2021 (NSIA), the U.K. Government has now published two new...more
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France is currently strengthening its foreign direct investment (“FDI”) screenings regime. In addition to the new resources allocated to the Government unit in charge of the French FDI laws, the French government adopted, on...more
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
The EU Commission recently published its ‘Third Annual Report on the screening of foreign direct investments into the Union’ (Report). The Report examines the application of the EU Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) Screening...more
From a regulatory perspective, mergers and acquisitions is undergoing a significant transformation, marked by an increased intricacy and unpredictability. Companies engaged in transactions are confronted by a growing number...more
The Court’s first decision on FDI screening limits the scope of the EU FDI Screening Regulation and underlines that national regulators must meet a high legal standard to block foreign investments. On July 13, 2023, the...more
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Now in its seventh year of annual publication, White & Case's Foreign Direct Investment Reviews provides a comprehensive look into rapidly evolving foreign direct investment (FDI) laws and regulations in approximately 40...more
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