In March 2026, Bill No 172 (National Foreign Direct Investment Screening Office (Amendment) Act, 2026) (the “Bill”) was tabled before Malta’s Parliament. The Bill aims to provide greater clarity on…
The 5th report on the screening of foreign direct investments ("FDI") published on 14 October 2025 by the European Commission ("Commission") provides an overview of enforcement activities and…
Transaction lawyers across the EU are by now sufficiently familiar with a third screening tool, alongside merger control and foreign subsidy control: foreign direct investment (FDI) screening. As the…
On 24 September 2024, the European Commission (EC) issued the long-awaited first decision (under phase II of the concentration tool) of the new Foreign Subsidies Regulation (FSR). It took another…
With the much-debated reforms to Act 19/2003 of 4 July, on capital movements (“Act 19/2003”), the Spanish foreign direct investment (“FDI”) regime has been expanded over the past few years. However,…
On 15 January 2025, the European Commission (Commission) adopted a recommendation inviting Member States to review investments made by domestic companies into third countries (so-called “outbound…
Five years ago, the EU adopted the Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) Regulation as a key trade measure to address an increasingly complex geopolitical stage. Since it became applicable, in 2020, the…
Introduction
Earlier this year, the European Commission published a legislative proposal for a new FDI Screening Regulation. The legislative proposal builds, as noted in the Commission's 4th Annual…
Is competition law fit for purpose? Do we need better tools to make markets fair? How far should government go to 'fix' market structures?
It's impossible to attend an antitrust conference these…
