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The European Union is an economic and political partnership comprised of 27 nations within the Eurozone. The EU was established in 1948 to promote stability and cooperation among member states in the aftermath of WWII. The EU maintains a common currency as well as several intranational institutions, including the European Parliament and the European Commission. less -

Foreign investment control regimes reach far and hit hard

A&O Shearman on 2/28/2025

Foreign investment (FDI) screening regimes continued to present challenges for dealmakers. We saw tough intervention in key jurisdictions. New and expanding rules added to regulatory burden. Overall, most deals are cleared...more

Updates on Foreign Direct Investments: The European Commission Publishes Its Fourth Annual Report on the Screening of Foreign...

K&L Gates LLP on 11/4/2024

On 17 October 2024, the European Commission (EC) published its Fourth Annual Report on the screening of foreign direct investments (FDI) into the Union (Fourth Annual Report), which is an annual update of the FDI reviews...more

The EU Foreign Subsidies Regulation Beds Down: 10 Enforcement Trends

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 10/22/2024

The EU’s Foreign Subsidies Regulation (FSR) allows the European Commission (EC) to investigate and remedy subsidies received from non-European countries that distort the EU internal market. As the FSR marks its inaugural year...more

The EU Commission Gets Serious About Foreign Direct Investment Screening

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 2/9/2024

As part of its European Economic Security Package, the European Commission (‘Commission’) has recently proposed a number of legislative proposals and White Papers intended to better protect Europe’s strategic interests...more

Foreign direct investment reviews increasingly impact cross-border deals

White & Case LLP on 12/12/2023

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

Taiwan: Adapting to ongoing macroeconomic and regulatory uncertainty

White & Case LLP on 12/11/2023

The past two years have witnessed significant geopolitical fracturing and macroeconomic difficulties that continue to hamper certain dealmaking. Several sectors have posted transactional lows throughout 2023, and persistent...more

COVID-19 Key EU Developments, Policy & Regulatory Update No.69

Jones Day on 12/9/2021

COMPETITION & STATE AID - State Aid - European Commission publishes revised Communication on State aid rules for Important Projects of Common European Interest (IPCEI). On 25 November 2021, the Commission published a...more

Foreign Investment Review Becomes Communitywide

Carlton Fields on 4/30/2019

Following up on the Foreign Investment Risk Review Modernization Act (FIRRMA), the United States’ amendment to the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS), the European Union (EU) has now enacted a new...more

Is France going to strengthen its control over foreign direct investments again?

BCLP on 3/16/2018

The current rules in France concerning the control over foreign direct investments arose from the deregulation of international capital flows which occurred worldwide, and especially in the United States and the European...more

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