Posts Tagged ‘2025’
Investment Screening-Konferenz von BDI und CELIS German Chapter
Globalisation appears to be more and more exhausted. World trade as a guarantor for prosperity and growth remains closely linked to questions of defence and national security. Particularly in the systems competition between the USA and China, more intensive investment controls at home and abroad are becoming a central political issue. For companies, investment controls…
Read More ...Investment Screening in the Netherlands: Proposed Expansion and Insights into Council Negotiations
By Jochem de Kok, Senior Associate, A&O Shearman Overview The Dutch Government has proposed an expansion of the investment screening regime. The expansion introduces a mandatory screening requirement for certain investments in artificial intelligence, advanced materials, nanotechnology, sensor and navigation technology, biotechnology, and nuclear technology for medical use (the Dutch Proposal). The Dutch Proposal aligns…
Read More ...Book Launch: The Age of Open Strategic Autonomy
The CELIS Institute proudly announces the lauch of the conference volume “The Age of Open Strategic Autonomy” by Jonas Fechter and Janosch Wiesenthal (CELIS Institute Deputy Assistant Directors and Blog Editors). In order to overcome the geo-economic challenges of the present, the European Union has developed the concept of Open Strategic Autonomy, which aims in…
Read More ...Romania’s strategic energy independence: a turning point in FDI Screening
By Raluca Maxim, Senior Associate, 360Competition “Energy blackmail must remain a sad memory of the past.” With this statement, Romania’s Ministry of Energy underscored its resolve to safeguard national and European energy security in flagging MVM Group’s proposed acquisition of E.ON Energie Romania’s gas and electricity supply division before the Commission for the Examination of…
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