Vetting Deals: The Future of Foreign Direct Investment Screening in Europe

FDI screening has gone from "a niche area for defense industry deals where it might be relevant" to "a part of every deal structure, timetable, and assessment of regulatory risks," a competition partner in Brussels said.

5 minute readDecember 16, 2022 at 12:01 AM
By
Anne Bagamery
Vetting Deals: The Future of Foreign Direct Investment Screening in Europe

(The article was first published onLaw.com International.)

Will 2023 be the year that foreign direct investment screening in Europe becomes a question of quality over quantity?

Competition lawyers, the front line of FDI notifications on behalf of their clients, say that after several years of being deluged with cases to vet, national regulators in Europe are getting more strategic about which cases to worry about and why.

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