Lauren Smith explains the increasing global divergences and changing regimes in foreign investment restrictions
In today’s ever-changing global market, it is common for cross-border investments and acquisitions to trigger divergent foreign investment restriction screening requirements. However, in the past 18 months alone – encouraged by the pandemic – we have seen a dramatic increase in the approval of either new screening regimes or updates to pre-existing parameters. While some of these changes may decline in the coming months, particularly as restrictions in other areas such as travel are eased, many will remain a permanent feature of the new operating landscape.
At the same time, global mergers and acquisitions (M&A) continue to bounce back from the pandemic. Cross-border acquisitions and investments have surged &n...
“Despite a tightening of restrictions, the government has made clear that it wants to encourage foreign direct investment into the UK.”
