Countdown to new EU FDI regulation enters final stretch No commission veto powers, but rules on greenfield and critical sectors are ‘open game’

#EU #investmentscreening regulation about to be updated, will likely either encourage or require member states screen #greenfield, a major step up in coverage: www.fdiintelligence.com/content/041f...

Strengthening investment security! Thanks to U.K. FCDO support, CIPE brought an Armenian delegation to the CELIS CFIS 2025 Forum in Berlin. They shared reforms for balancing openness with security & learned global best practices. #Armenia #CFIS25 #EconomicSecurity #InvestmentScreening

Investment Screening in Bulgaria: Zero to One Foreign direct investment (FDI) screening mechanisms are crucial for safeguarding economic security and resilience in Europe, especially as geopolitical risks increase and the regulatory environment e...

💡 In response to geopolitical risks and an evolving regulatory environment, Bulgaria must improve its foreign direct investment screening mechanisms to be more strategic and forward-looking.

#Geopolitics #InvestmentScreening #Bulgaria #EU

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Council of States committee rejects review of foreign investments Takeovers of Swiss companies by foreign investors should not be subject to stricter controls. The responsible Council of States committee no longer wants to hear about an investment screening law and ...

#Switzerland bucks trends, seems poised to decline to develop an #investmentscreening mechanism to review #FDI for #nationalsecurity purposes: www.bluewin.ch/en/news/swit...

#PRISM #ISM #investmentscreening

👋To my new followers. I'm so glad to be building community with you here. Expect lots of news about #investmentscreening #exportcontrols & #geoeconomic #statecraft, in the US and comparatively. If you are also a scholar/practitioner of these topics, drop me a line so I can follow you back.

HMG uses national security powers to order the disposal of a UK company acquired by Chinese investor | JD Supra The U.K. government has used its powers under the National Security and Investment Act 2021 (the UK’s version of CFIUS) to order a Chinese-registered...

#UK uses #NSIA 's non-notified process (akin to #US #CFIUS) to require #Chinese firm to divest is ~80% stake in British #semiconductor company www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/hm...

#PRISM #ISM #InvestmentScreening

2024.02.25 ISM Roundup Education Provider Owner Reports ~$162M USD Share Purchase Conditional to ISP Clearance U.S. Firm Reports $5.6B USD Divestment of U.S. Military DivisionU.S. Firm Reports $339M USD Semiconductor Merger...

2024.02.26 #investmentscreening news roundup

➡️#Swedish #education company divestment review

➡️#US Ball Corporation completes sale of military division to #UK#BAE

➡️#CFIUS reviews merger of #semis #US #Transphorm and #Japanese #Renesas

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2024.02.19 ISM Roundup U.S. Updates List of Critical and Emerging Technologies Shipowner Reports $1.8B USD Takeover Bid May Be Subject to Italy’s Golden PowersU.S. Military Supplier Reports CFIUS Review of $1.91B USD Deal

02.19.2024 #InvestmentScreening news round up US updates Critical Technologies list, news on two investment screening cases in Italy and US (including intra-EU deal)
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2.12.2024 #investmentscreening news #Singapore's new ISM, #Japan updates #economicsecurity definitions, #US #DukeEnergy to rip and replace #CATL batteries with non-Chinese company batteries:investmentscreening.princeton.edu/news/2024/20240212-ism-r...

2024.02.04 ISM Roundup U.S. Satellite Firm Reports CFIUS Clearance After 2-Year+ National Security Agreement Mitigation Measures $11M Pharmaceutical Merger Parties Report Upcoming CFIUS Decision Media Outlets Report Updat...

2.5.2024 #investmentscreening news: #US #CFIUS transaction updates, #India #telecomm reviews, #EU proposals to strengthen #ISM, #US house proposed bill restricting collabs w/ Chinese #biotech companies, more #semi controls coming? investmentscreening.princeton.edu/news/2024/20...

2024.22.01 ISM Roundup Italy Imposes National Security Conditions on €22 Billion Telecom Italia deal EU Expected to Ask All Member States to Screen FDI France Updates ISM and Expects More Updates in Spring 2024Media Rep...

After winter break, the #investmentscreening news round up returns with our 01.22.2024 update! (drafted by Gabriella Couloubaritsis). There was a lot of investment screening news in the past month, so this round up is longer than most: investmentscreening.princeton.edu/news/2024/20...

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2023.11.27 ISM Roundup UK Issues Call For Evidence On Its NSI Regime$10.6B Lithium Merger Parties Report ISU, CFIUS, and FIRB Clearances $11M Pharmaceutical Merger Parties Report CFIUS Review~$92M USD Agritech Acquisition�...

2023.11.27 #investmentscreening news roundup: news of four transactions subject to ISMs in US, NZ, AUST, and UK. #UK tries to narrow its ISM, #US considers more outbound measures: investmentscreening.princeton.edu/news/2023/20... 💸polisky

2023.11.13 ISM Roundup Ireland Introduces New Export Controls and Launches First ISMSingapore Parliament Proposes First-Ever ISMSemiconductor Firms Report Their Proposed Partnership Is Subject to CFIUS Review$249M Communica...

2023.11.13 #investmentscreening news roundup: Ireland's ISM, Singapore announces intention to develop an ISM, two #semi mergers in #CFIUS's sight: investmentscreening.princeton.edu/news/2023/20... 💸polisky

Mideast Wealth Funds Draw Greater US Scrutiny Over China Ties Middle Eastern wealth funds are facing greater scrutiny on US deals from the Biden administration, part of a broader pushback on entities perceived to have close ties with Beijing, according to people...

#US, #CFIUS, #FDIScreening, #FDI, #Screening, #WealthFunds, #MiddleEast, #China, #InvestmentScreening

2023.11.06 ISM Roundup Spanish Government Reports Considering Purchasing Stake in Telecom Firm Rare Earths Firm Asks FIRB to Review Board Nominations U.S. Congress Members Propose Legislation to Expand CFIUS’ Real Estate...

2023.11.06 #investmentscreening news roundup includes transaction news from #Spain and #Australia as well as yet another #CFIUS expansion bill making the rounds in #US investmentscreening.princeton.edu/news/2023/20... polisky undergroundsky

Third annual report on EU foreign investment reveals a significant increase in formal screenings The European Commission (EC)’s third annual report on EU foreign direct investment (FDI) screening covers the operation of the screening mechanism in 2022. Together with a Commission Staff...

Great overview of #EU #investmentscreening trends. Filings are up, mitigations and blocks are down, EC opines on only 3% of cases, most frequent filer are US companies: www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/th... polisky 💸

Catching up on #investmentscreening news roundups for the last two weeks:
#EU FDI Screening Report
#India screening potential banking sector investors
#UK and #NZ clear two transactions
#ExportControls - US updates semiconductor controls, #Nvidia halts exports to China in response.

links below 💸

2023.10.16 ISM Roundup MINEFI Announces Veto of U.S. Firm’s Proposed Nuclear Supplier AcquisitionCanadian Parliamentary Committee Proposes Changes to ISM Pulp Producer Reports OIO Clearance of ~$6.6M USD Real Estate Purch...

2023.10.16 #investmentscreening news roundup = #France blocks a #US nuclear supplier investment, #Canada announces plans to amend the Investment Canada Act (their ISM); #NZ clears #Japanese paper mill investment: investmentscreening.princeton.edu/news/2023/20... 💸polisky ipesky