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
While France remains a top destination of foreign investments in Europe, the 2024 annual report published by French foreign direct investment (FDI) authorities shows increased scrutiny of investments in French strategic...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
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
The regulation of foreign direct investment (“FDI”) has become an increasingly important feature of the regulatory landscape for investors. Globally, there is a trend towards greater FDI restrictions although the degree and...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
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
Last December, after several months of discussions and some twists, the French Minister of Economy (“the MoE”) refused to bless U.S.-listed Teledyne Technologies Inc.’s acquisition of France-based Photonis, which specializes...more
The French Foreign Investments Control regime has recently been reinforced following a reform of 2019, and other measures have been adopted in view of the COVID-19 pandemic - Since 2014, the scope of the French Foreign...more
A takeover of a French company carrying on so-called ‘sensitive’ activity in France by a company ultimately controlled by foreigners - European Union and non-EU - is subject to the prior authorization of the Ministry of 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 French Foreign Investments Control regime has recently been reinforced following a reform introduced by Decree n° 2019-1590 of 31 December 2019 and the Ministerial Order of 31 December 2019 relating to foreign investments...more
On April 29, 2020, the French Minister of the Economy (the Minister) announced that French foreign investment rules will be adopted with the policy goal of protecting French strategic assets in the context of the COVID-19...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
On December 31, 2019, the French government issued decree nº 2019-1590 (the 2019 Decree), together with an administrative order of the same date (the Order), that comprehensively reshaped French foreign investment rules (as...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
The Situation: The French government issued on December 31, 2019, new rules substantially revising the French Foreign Direct Investments ("FDI") regulation. These new provisions mostly implement the recent PACTE law and the...more
Further to the Decree of 29 November 2018, which expanded the list of strategic sectors, and to the so-called « PACTE » law of 22 May 2019, which strengthened the enforcement powers of French authorities with respect to the...more
On 1 August 2019, few months after enacting the PACTE Law that strengthened the foreign investments control mechanism, France passed a new law (n° 2019-810) aimed at preserving the interests of French defense and national...more
New legislation broadens the scope of foreign investments control review in France and reinforces the sanctions in case of infringement. As a next step, French authorities are likely to adopt new regulations by the end of...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
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
The Situation: Germany prevented State Grid Corporation of China ("SGCC") from acquiring a 20 percent minority stake in 50Hertz, one of Germany's four providers of high-voltage transmission systems, as well as the acquisition...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....more