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Podcast - The "I" in FOCI and AI: Innovation, Intelligence, Influence
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AGG Talks: Cross-Border Business Podcast - Episode 27: U.S. Healthcare Reimbursement Guidance for Foreign Life Sciences Companies
2025 Perspectives in Private Equity: Cross-border Investment Review and New Restrictions
2025 Perspectives in Private Equity: Public Policy
AGG Talks: Cross-Border Business Podcast - Episode 25: Venture Capital Trends and Fundraising Strategies for Foreign Startups Expanding to the U.S.
Foreign Correspondent: An FDI Podcast | Mapping the National Security Landscape for Investors
AGG Talks: Cross-Border Business Podcast - Episode 23: Shaping Georgia’s Energy Landscape: Insights From Commissioner Tim Echols
AGG Talks: Cross-Border Business Podcast - Episode 22: What Global Companies Need to Know About Navigating FDA Regulations and U.S. Market Entry
Taking the Pulse, A Health Care and Life Sciences Video Podcast | Episode 217: Japanese Investment in North Carolina’s Life Sciences Industry with David Robinson of Maynard Nexsen
Private M&A 2024: Key Trends and Forecasts
Everyone Come to Play: Exploring FOCI Mitigation Instruments
AGG Talks: Cross-Border Business Podcast - Episode 19: The Rise of Korean Investment in the Southeast U.S.
Episode 337 -- Nicolas Garcia, GC at Orica, on Compliance Trends and Challenges in Latin America
The EU Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) Screening Regulation (Regulation) entered into force in October 2020. It aims to create a cooperation mechanism which enables EU member states and the European Commission (EC) to...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 19 March 2025, the European Commission unveiled new draft measures to help Member States ramp up defence spending by 2030 among mounting concerns about Europe's security. The proposals reflect a renewed push to coordinate...more
The European Commission seeks stakeholders' views on the guidelines for the application of the Foreign Subsidies Regulation ("FSR")....more
Our European Antitrust Team provides insights into German foreign direct investment (FDI) control in 2024....more
On January 15, 2025, the European Commission ("EC") published a Recommendation ("EU Recommendation") urging European Union Member States to start reviewing outbound investments outside of the EU in three strategic sectors:...more
Our M&A team is honored to have represented clients in some of the most compelling transactions in 2024, from advising the iconic rock band KISS and its co-founders Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley in the sale of all assets...more
In line with international and European developments, Ireland has introduced a new regime to provide for a process to allow for certain transactions that may present risks to the security or public order of the State to be...more
On 15 January the European Commission (“EC”) took its latest (prudent) step towards an outbound investment screening regime, with the publication of its ‘Recommendation on reviewing outbound investments in technology areas...more
On January 15, 2025, the European Commission (EC) issued a non-binding recommendation “calling on EU Member States to review outbound investments” in certain strategic sectors. The primary goal of the recommendation is to...more
2024 was a better year for mergers and acquisitions (M&A) in the UK and Europe than 2023, although overall growth in the market was slow. Deal numbers, by both absolute volume and aggregate deal value, remained far below the...more
On January 16, 2025, the European Commission issued a recommendation encouraging EU Member States to begin reviewing outbound investments in critical technologies including AI, semiconductors and quantum technologies to...more
On January 15, 2025, the European Commission (EC) issued a Recommendation (the Recommendation) urging European Union (EU) Member States to scrutinize their companies' investments in non-EU countries (also referred to as...more
Global M&A in 2024 faced geopolitical issues, elevated interest rates, and inflationary pressures, with expanding antitrust, foreign investment, national security, and export regimes adding complexity. But inflation receded...more
Welcome to the latest edition of M&A Insights, where we bring together partners from across the A&O Shearman network to explore the themes shaping global dealmaking. The election of Donald Trump as President is expected to...more
In our biannual M&A trends report we explore the possible impact of the new U.S. administration on dealmaking, the dynamics of transatlantic M&A, private equity exits, and Mario Draghi’s proposals to reshape the European...more
European Commission Imposes Fine for Restrictions on Cross-Border Sales of Clothing - On 28 November 2024, the European Commission (EC) announced a fine of €5.7 million on Pierre Cardin and its licensee Ahlers for...more
On 17 October, the European Commission (EC) issued its Fourth Annual Report under Article 5(4) of the Foreign Direct Investments (FDI) Screening Regulation (the Regulation) along with an EC Staff Working Document (SWD). The...more
UK Financial Insights from Katten is a monthly newsletter highlighting key noteworthy developments potentially affecting financial markets and funds in the UK and Europe....more
As geopolitical tensions ratchet higher across the globe – fueled by the ongoing conflict in Ukraine, turbulent relations between China, the United States (US), and Europe, escalating conflict in the Middle East, and...more
The United States and an increasing number of other countries are evaluating the impact of foreign investment on their countries’ national security posture. Generally, foreign investment regulatory regimes allow regulators to...more
At a time of significant geopolitical challenges, many jurisdictions are looking at their investment screening regimes to ensure that they can adequately safeguard national security and public order. Within this context,...more
UK FDI Regime Applied to Relationship Agreement Between Vodafone and Etisalat - The part of the UK foreign direct investment (FDI) regime dealing with national security issues, contained in the UK National Security and...more
The EU Commission presented the long-awaited European Economic Security Package ("EESP"), a toolkit to ramp-up European action in investment, trade and research in the face of rising geopolitical tensions, geo-economic...more