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12 August 2026

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Jones Day's dedicated FDI working group provides comprehensive guidance on navigating the increasingly complex landscape of foreign direct investment control across multiple jurisdictions. With expertise spanning from Australia to the United States, the firm's lawyers help clients understand government approval requirements and notification procedures that have become critical considerations in modern M&A transactions.
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The relevance of foreign direct investment (FDI) control for M&A has risen steadily over the last couple of years. At the same time, the analysis of whether a transaction requires Government approval and the respective notification procedures have become more and more complex and require local expertise. Jones Day has responded to this development by establishing a broad group of dedicated lawyers who help clients navigating the numerous challenges triggered by FDI control.

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For more up-dates on current developments on FDI control law please see www.jonesday.com.

Members of Jones Day’s FDI working group cover the following jurisdictions:

Australia
Courtney DixonPrudence Smith
  Japan
Tadakatsu Sano
Benjamin Lang
     
Austria
Johannes Willheim
  Mexico
Jesús Gabriel Altamirano
     
Belgium
Serge Clerckx
Laurent de Muyter
 

The Netherlands
Rick van’t Hullenaar

     
Brazil
Artur Badra
 

New Zealand
Prudence Smith

     
China
Angel Huang
 

Spain
Raimundo Ortega

     
France
Nicolas Brice
  Sweden
Kaarli Eichhorn
     
Germany
Jürgen Beninca
Sarah Blazek
  Taiwan
Peggy Lee
     

Italy
Stefano Crosio

  United Kingdom
Jason Beer
Mark Jones
     
    United States
Lindsey Nelson
Schuyler J. Schouten
D. Grayson Yeargin

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