Posts Tagged ‘investment control’
The ECJ and Investment Control – Intensified Investment Screening
By Juliane Kokott, Advocate General at the Court of Justice of the European Union The European Court of Justice (ECJ) and the Commission very much influence the investment climate in Europe. They have been very successful in abolishing all kind of direct and indirect impediments to the free movement of people, goods, services and capital.…
Read More ...Update on Outbound Investment Screening: Current Developments in the EU and US
By Konstantin Ahlers, PhD Candidate at the Leibniz Universität Hannover 1. Introduction Since the European Commission added the regulation of Outbound Investments onto its 2023 Working Program in fall 2022 and President Biden signed the Executive order to restrict Outbound Investments by US- persons in summer 2023, a lot has happened in regard of Outbound…
Read More ...The Stony Road to de-fragmentation of EU Foreign Direct Investment Control
By Oliver Geiss This blog was first published on the Squire Patton Boggs Trade Practitioner Blog On 9 September, Mario Draghi published a report on ‘The Future of European Competitiveness’ highlighting the need for the EU to strengthen its Investment Screening Mechanism. The report was part of a broader effort to assess and…
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