M&A: Implications of Foreign Direct Investment Control on Your Transactions

Speakers:
Pierre-Marie VOEGELI | Deputy head of the « Foreign direct investments screening » unit, DG Trésor, Paris (bio)
Mathieu KAHN | Deputy Assistant Secretary, Direction Générale des Entreprises, Paris (bio)
Marion CHULIA | Case Handler, DG TRADE, Brussels (bio)
Géraldine AMIEL | Partner, FGS Global, Paris (bio)

Moderators :
Jana DAMMANN DE CHAPTO | Counsel, Latham & Watkins, Hamburg (bio)
Charles-Antoine GUELLUY | Partner, Latham & Watkins, Paris (bio)
Philipp STUDT | Counsel, Latham & Watkins, Brussels (bio)

If you would like to read about this event’s topic, you can access the following Concurrences documents. If you do not have access, please inquire for Subscription here.

1. Download the Foreign Direct Investment Regimes App of Latham & Watkins

2. Latham & Watkins’ Client Alert - European Court of Justice Rules on Foreign Direct Investment Screening (August 2023)

3. Latham & Watkins’ Client Alert – Spain Approves New Royal Decree on Foreign Investments (July 2023)

4. Latham & Watkins’ Blog Article – National Security & Investment Act: Cold Comfort for Officeholders (May 2022)

5. New Year, New Considerations for PE Under UK’s National Security and Investment Act (January 2022)

6. Latham & Watkins Podcast - Episode 22 – PE Views: Foreign Investment Controls – Are We Seeing a More Nuanced Approach to Private Equity? (March 2021)

7. Alexis Galataud-Coskun, The EU Court of Justice holds that freedom of establishment precludes a national FDI control mechanism which prohibits the acquisition of a company registered in a Member State by another company registered in the same Member State in which a third-country shareholder enjoys a decisive influence (Xella Magyarország), 13 July 2023

8. Géraldine Amiel, Alexis Galataud-Coskun, The EU Commission publishes the first ever European Economic Security Strategy, 20 June 2023

9. Philippe-Emmanuel Partsch, Achet-Billa Saleh, The Luxembourg Parliament adopts a foreign direct investments screening regime, 13 June 2023

10. Géraldine Amiel, Alexis Galataud-Coskun, The French Treasury publishes its annual report on FDI control and screening of foreign investments, 9 May 2023

11. Marek Holka, Lenka Šubeníková, The Slovakian Government enacts a law to screen foreign direct investments to ensure the protection of national and EU security and public order, 1 March 2023

12. Jana K. Dammann de Chapto, Sebastian van Helden, Nicolas Andreas Jung, The German Federal Government further expands the FDI control regime, 27 April 2021

13. Denis Criton, Pierre-Louis Clero, Alexander Crosthwaite, Olivier du Mottay, Fabrice Fages, Charles-Antoine Guelluy, Patrick Laporte, Semih Bayar Eren, The French Parliament sees legislation come into effect which expands the list of strategic sectors for FDI and amends the application process timeline, 1 April 2020