While the appetite and necessity for outside capital remains unabated, increasingly this is running into national security concerns, as well as stricter regulations on mergers.


Although controls on foreign direct investment were already in place before covid-19, the pandemic and a growing shift towards protectionist economic policies have brought these concerns into sharper focus for governments.


The Foreign Direct Investment Regulation Guide provides practical and timely guidance for both practitioners and enforcers trying to navigate this fast-moving environment. The Guide draws on the wisdom and expertise of distinguished
practitioners globally to provide essential guidance on subjects as diverse as the evolving perspective on deals with China to the changing face of national security.


TABLE OF CONTENTS


Introduction: Key Current Trends – Global Overview


Veronica Roberts, Ruth Allen and Ali MacGregor.
Herbert Smith Freehills


Part 1: Key Issues and Overviews


The Evolving Concept of National Security


Emily Xueref-Poviac, Jennifer Storey, Mark Currell and Renée Latour.
Clifford Chance LLP


Widening the Focus beyond China on both sides of the Atlantic


Peter D. Camesasca, Horst Henschen, Katherine Kingsbury and Martin Juhasz.
Covington & Burling LLP


The Impact of the Covid-19 Pandemic on Foreign Direct Investment Regimes


Neil Cuninghame.
Ashurst


Remedies


Peter Harper, James Lindop, Claire Morgan and Erasmia Petousi.
Eversheds Sutherland


Consultancy Perspective in FDI National Security Reviews


Randall H. Cook, Waqas Shahid, Alan Levesque and Vincent Mekles.
Ankura


Navigating a New Era: Practical UK Advice


John Fingleton, Ying Wu and Jayanthi Ezekiel.
Fingleton Limited


Part 2: Analysis of Key Foreign Investment Jurisdictions


Australia


Deborah Johns.
Gilbert + Tobin


Brazil


Isabel Costa Carvalho, Rafael Szmid, Cíntia Rosa, Felipe Lacerda and Ana Laura
Pongeluppi.
Hogan Lovells LLP


Canada


Jason Gudofsky, Debbie Salzberger and Michael Caldecott.
McCarthy Tétrault


China


Gavin Guo, Angela Zhao, Alvin Zheng and Weili Zhong.
Herbert Smith Freehills


European Union


Kyriakos Fountoukakos, Daniel Vowden and Daniel Barrio.
Herbert Smith Freehills


France


Emily Xueref-Poviac and Katrin Schallenberg.
Clifford Chance LLP


Germany


Marius Boewe and Kristin Kattwinkel.
Herbert Smith Freehills


Italy


Damiano Lipani and Luigi Mazzoncini.
Lipani Catricalà & Partners


Japan


Michihiro Nishi, Masafumi Shikakura, Shunsuke Nagae and Machiko Ishii.
Clifford Chance LLP


Mexico


José Carlos Altamirano and Ricardo Pons Mestre.
Hogan Lovells LLP


Russia


Torsten Syrbe and Ani Tangyan.
Clifford Chance LLP


Spain


Casto González-Páramo Rodríguez, Alfredo Gómez and Raquel Fernández.
Hogan Lovells LLP


United Kingdom


Veronica Roberts, Tom Kemp and Marie Becker.
Herbert Smith Freehills


United States


Karina Bashir, Christine Chen, Holly Bauer, Laurence Hull and Renée Latour.
Clifford Chance LLP