An amendment to the Austrian Competition Act, which entered into force on 10 September 2021, requires the Austrian Competition Authority to share all merger control filings it receives with the Ministry for Digital and Economic Affairs (BMDW), which is the competent authority for foreign investment review in Austria. This new measure is aimed at strengthening the enforcement of foreign investment review in Austria, by allowing the BMDW to screen merger control filings with regard to potential foreign investment…
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On 23 March 2021, the EU opened a public consultation (the “Consultation”) on its plan to introduce a…
On August 18, 2021, the relevant ministries announced their plan to add new sectors relating to rare earth…
The UK Government has invited comments on a draft Statement which explains how the Secretary of State’s power…
CFIUS Releases Annual Report to Congress for CY2020
By Rod Hunter, Sylwia Lis, Callie C. Lefevre and Ryan Poitras 7 Mins ReadOn July 26, 2021, the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (“CFIUS”) released its annual report…
In brief On 20 July 2021, the UK Government announced that the National Security and Investment Act will…
Following the successful launch of our inaugural virtual Annual Compliance Conference in 2020, attracting close to 2,500 in-house…