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New Year, New Considerations for PE Under UK’s National Security and Investment Act

Under the new legislation, BEIS may block or impose conditions on deals. By Tom D. Evans, Jonathan Parker, David J. Walker, Stephanie Adams, and Catherine Campbell The UK’s National Security and Investment Act (NSI Act), is now officially in force, granting powers to the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) to … Continue Reading

Foreign Investment Controls — Are We Seeing a More Nuanced Approach to Private Equity?

Amid FDI screening regime expansion, deal teams have opportunities to capitalise on newly available exemptions, but must beware novel complexities. By Jonathan Parker, Rachel K. Alpert, Stephanie Adams, Gillian Bourke, Zachary N. Eddington, Catherine Campbell, Tom Evans, and David Walker US intervention in the proposed acquisition of hotel-software company StayNTouch by a Chinese investor and … Continue Reading
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