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Norton Rose Fulbright
The unprecedented expansion of foreign direct investment (FDI) and national security reviews in recent years, in parallel with an increasingly turbulent geopolitical outlook...
Fieldfisher
The Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action is planning to further tighten the investment screening procedure for assessing foreign direct investments in Germany.
Oppenhoff & Partner
On 30 June 2022, the Council of the European Union and the EU Parliament agreed on the draft regulation proposed by the EU Commission on distortive foreign subsidies.
Oppenhoff & Partner
The past year has once again been dominated by COVID-19 and the restrictive measures imposed by the federal and state governments to combat the pandemic.
WilmerHale
The German federal government recently passed the 17th amendment to the Foreign Trade and Payments Ordinance (Außenwirtschaftsverordnung—AWV)
Jones Day
The 17th amendment to the German Foreign Trade and Payment Ordinance ("AWV") adopted by the federal government on April 27, 2021.
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP
On April 27, 2021, the German government adopted the 17th Regulation for the Amendment of the German Foreign Trade Regulation ("Amendment Regulation").
Mayer Brown
The revised rules of the Foreign Trade and Payments Ordinance (Außenwirtschaftsverordnung or AWV) further extend the competences of the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy, which...
POELLATH
On 27 April 2021, the German Federal Government passed the 17th Ordinance amending the Foreign Trade Ordinance (the 17th FTO Amendment). The 17th FTO Amendment aims to conclude the reforms of Germany
Jones Day
The German federal government published a draft 17th amendment to the Foreign Trade and Payment Ordinance ("AWV"), which is expected to become effective in March 2021.
Mayer Brown
Whilst foreign direct investments ("FDI") in German companies have been subject to a screening regime for a long time, over the last few years the FDI regime in Germany has constantly...
Vistra
Like other countries, Germany was hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic.
Jones Day
On May 20, 2020, the German Federal government adopted the 15th amendment to the Foreign Trade and Payments Ordinance (AWV). The changes to the AWV will be effective shortly, after publication in the Federal Gazette.
Mayer Brown
The declarations of the French Minister of Economy on April 29, 2020 regarding new restrictions on foreign investment underlines a global trend towards increased scrutiny on inbound...
Mayer Brown
The European and German Foreign Direct Investment ("FDI") screening mechanisms have recently seen several legislative amendments which were followed by much more scrutiny by competent...
Hogan Lovells
For M&A transactions in Germany and beyond, Foreign Investment Control screenings have become an indispensable standard element to assess when structuring deals and planning for regulatory review
Dentons
On 30 January 2020, the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy ("Ministry") published its Draft Act amending the Foreign Trade and Payments Act.
POELLATH
The German Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology ("BMWi") has presented plans to further tighten foreign investment review rules last week.
Jones Day
Over the past few years, Germany has strengthened the AWV regime. In parallel, the relevance of Germany's foreign direct investment control investigations for M&A transactions involving non-EU...
Noerr
Sooner than expected, the Federal Government adopted the 17th revision to the Foreign Trade Ordinance ("Revision") on 27 April 2021. The Revision entered into force on 1 May 2021.
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