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On October 28, 2024, the U.S. Department of Treasury (Treasury Department) published a final rule (Final Rule) setting forth the regulations implementing Executive Order 14150 of August 9, 2023 (Outbound Investment Order),...more
On 18 April 2024, the UK government published the response to its call for evidence consultation on the functioning, scope and performance of the UK National Security and Investment (NSI) Act. Please refer to our November...more
The Biden Administration has issued its long-awaited outbound investment screening executive order, which imposes on United States (U.S.) persons notification requirements for certain transactions and outright prohibits U.S....more
The EU is concerned about subsidies granted by non-EU countries to businesses active in the EU that could distort competition in EU markets. The Foreign Subsidies Regulation (FSR) establishes a new suspensory notification...more
On August 9, 2023, President Biden issued Executive Order 14105 “Addressing United States Investments in Certain National Security Technologies and Products in Countries of Concern.” The Executive Order targets certain U.S....more
In Short - The Development: On 1 June 2023, the Security Screening of Investment, Mergers and Acquisitions Act (Wet Veiligheidstoets investeringen, fusies en overnames) ("the FDI Act") entered into force, introducing a...more
On November 28, 2022, the Council of the European Union adopted the Foreign Subsidies Regulation (FSR or the “Regulation”), a new legislative tool designed to prevent foreign subsidies from distorting competition in the...more
On July 20, 2022, the Secretary of State for the Department for Business, Energy, and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) within the UK government published a final order blocking a proposed licensing arrangement between the...more
On 20 July 2022, the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy issued the first prohibition under the National Security and Investment Act 2021. We consider the lessons learned from this milestone and...more
The UK Government this week prohibited the acquisition of intellectual property owned by University of Manchester by a Chinese company – marking the first time the UK Government has exercised its powers to block a transaction...more
The UK’s version of the United States’ Committee for Foreign Investment in the United States went into effect January 2022. Our International Trade & Regulatory Group and London competition team summarise key facts,...more
In This Issue. President Biden issued an executive order banning new investments in Russia in response to Russia’s continued war against Ukraine; the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) issued a notification to all...more
The National Security and Investment (NSI) regime has gone fully live in the UK this week. Get up to speed on how it will impact your acquisitions and investments. Deals in a broad range of sectors may face scrutiny and...more
There are just over two months to go until the National Security and Investment (NSI) regime goes fully live in the UK – now is the time to ensure you are up to speed on how it will impact your acquisitions and investments. ...more
The UK government announced on 20 July that the National Security and Investment Act will enter into force on 4 January 2022. This act introduces mandatory filings for certain investments raising national security concerns,...more
The United Kingdom, Canada, and Germany have unveiled updates to their foreign investment screening regimes to improve each country’s ability to address foreign investments involving critical technology. These updates will...more
The UK Government on 20 July 2021 published further details on the UK’s new investment screening regime, the National Security & Investment Act - confirming that mandatory filings and pre-completion approvals will be required...more
The newly enacted National Security and Investment Act 2021 (the “Act”) introduces a broad regime enabling the Government to intervene in M&A transactions on the grounds of national security. ...more
The changes will expand the notification requirements for tech-related transactions significantly. The German federal government published a draft 17th amendment to the Foreign Trade and Payment Ordinance ("AWV"), which is...more
Much has been reported in the media about the efforts of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) to investigate — and, where appropriate, mitigate, or even divest — transactions that the parties did...more
The Situation: The Australian government has introduced significant changes to its foreign investment review framework. The centrepiece of the changes is an enhanced review of acquisitions of property or businesses which are...more
The UK has published a draft of its new National Security and Investment Bill, together with explanatory notes, heralding the introduction of a new regime for reviewing investments in the UK. The new regime would introduce,...more
On 11 November 2020, the UK Government announced its long-awaited and far-reaching proposed reforms to its existing powers to scrutinise foreign investment in the UK, especially in relation to sectors deemed to be...more
The UK government’s long-awaited National Security and Investment Bill (the Bill), which paves the way to significant changes in the UK’s regime for screening foreign investment, was laid before Parliament on 11 November...more
1. Summary The United Kingdom (U.K.) government published the National Security and Investment Bill (“NSI Bill” or “Bill”) on November 11, 2020, the aim of which is to strengthen the government’s powers to scrutinize and...more