Daily Compliance News: March 24, 2025, The ABC Task Force Edition
JONES DAY TALKS®: International Litigation: Confidentiality and Legal Privilege under French Law
JONES DAY TALKS®: Private Antitrust Litigation in France
Compliance Perspectives: The French AFA on their Anti-Corruption Activities and Guidance ("Sapin 2 Law")
JONES DAY PRESENTS®: Trade Secret Enforcement in France
FCPA Compliance Report-Special Airbus Series-Cecilia Fellouse-Guenkel, the French Perspective
Podcast: Digital Taxation—Implications for EU Technology Companies
Everything Compliance-Episode 3
FCPA Compliance Report-Episode 293, Saskia Zandieh on the new French Anti-Corruption law, Sapin II
La Cour administrative d'appel de Paris se prononce sur la conformité à la CEDH de la différence de traitement des quotes-parts de frais et charges selon la localisation des filiales (CAA Paris, 11 février 2025, n°...more
We are closely following the recent announcement by France and the UAE regarding their €30 billion–€50 billion investment to build Europe’s largest AI data center in France with up to 1 gigawatt of capacity. The announcement...more
The number of distressed deals reaches record highs as challenging market conditions take their toll - European M&A saw a solid uplift in value in the first half of 2024. Western Europe saw US$390 billion of deals—a rise...more
Governmental pressure and an improving macroeconomic outlook could see French buyout activity gaining on the UK French private equity activity posted an impressive deal value in the first half of 2024 despite political and...more
France continues to be an important destination for foreign direct investments (“FDI”) with 1,194 inbound investments projects last year. For the fifth consecutive year, France has been recognised as the most attractive...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
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
As the industry readies itself for the January 2023 pilgrimage to the J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference (JPM) and Biotech Showcase in San Francisco, our market-leading life sciences and health care industry team has prepared...more
Dans un contentieux relatif à la procédure d’exclusion prévue par les statuts d’une SAS, deux précisions utiles sont apportées dans le sillage des modifications introduites par la loi Soilihi n° 2019-744 du 19 juillet 2019....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
Updated foreign direct investment (FDI) regulation around the world, including in France, requires, more than ever, advance planning and strategy. Playing it well will enhance deal certainty, mitigate risks and keep timing on...more
On 9 September 2022, the Foreign Direct Investment Office of the Ministry of Economy (the FDI Office) issued guidelines on foreign investment control....more
Following major reforms, the French Foreign Investments Control regime is now reaching cruising speed - Since 2014, the scope of the French Foreign Investments Control regime has been substantially expanded. In May 2019,...more
In the context of the COVID-19 crisis, the French government introduced some new rules to strengthen France's control over foreign investments: •through a Decree (décret) and an Order (arrêté) dated 22 July 2020, the...more
The lowered threshold for foreign direct investments into France will apply to non-EU and non-EEA investors or to any investor fiscally domiciled outside the European Union and European Economic Area. On July 23, 2020,...more
The coronavirus pandemic has weakened European economies and companies. EU and national governments have expressed concern that foreign investors may opportunistically take advantage of the crisis to acquire domestic...more
Governments around the world will adopt profound and unprecedented measures to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic crisis and keep their economies afloat. The measures will affect investments in many ways, both positive and...more
The new regime extends the list of strategic sectors and amends the application process timeline, among other new features. Key Points: ..The list of strategic sectors has been extended to include (i) activities...more
1. Types of Business Entities - • Description of the types of entities available in each jurisdiction through which to conduct business - Business may be conducted in France either through a French branch of a foreign...more
Dated 31 December 2019, the legislation updates and elucidates the process for obtaining foreign investment authorisations in France. The new provisions go into effect on 1 April 2020....more
The geopolitical environment continues to drive reform of foreign investment rules in Europe, with government proposals clarifying and tightening such rules in the interest of national security. Recent foreign state-backed...more
The past two weeks have seen two major developments in relation to the screening of foreign direct investment in the European Union (“EU”) for national security or public order reasons. First, on December 10, 2018, the EU...more
The Situation: In the context of strengthening the control of foreign investments, particularly at the European level, the French Parliament intends to deepen control procedures and broaden the scope of authorization of...more
The Paris office of Hogan Lovells is pleased to provide this English language edition of our monthly e - newsletter, which offers a legal and regulatory update covering France and Europe from July to October 2018. ...more
Investing in the EU? Tighter foreign investment control is on its way as the new EU foreign investments control scheme takes shape while national governments adopt and enforce stricter rules. SUMMARY - Recent EU foreign...more