Foreign Investment Controls: Are We Seeing a More Nuanced Approach to Private Equity?
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
中美贸易：敏感技术的对外投资管制制度 Executive Order on Outbound Investment 有关对外投资的行政令 - A new executive order signed by President Biden in August 2023 restricts outbound investment to China in several critical cutting-edge technologies...more
On 1 January 2022, Germany renewed its ever tougher FDI rules yet again. The reform expands definitions of so-called critical infrastructures, especially but not only in the areas of IT services and energy. Indirectly, this...more
The Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy continues to tighten FDI control, but the investment climate remains liberal in principle - In Germany, the investment climate remains liberal in principle....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
The COVID-19 pandemic has changed most governments' views on the strategic relevance of the domestic healthcare sectors across the globe. Although the European Commission, and also the German government, have re-emphasized...more