04 Oct, 2024 10 things to note about Indonesia's new franchise regulations By Sher Hann Chua Adrian Fisher Teguh Arwiko Indonesia’s Government Regulation No. 35 of 2024 on Franchising (GR 35/2024) entered into force on 2 September 2024, replacing Government...
31 Aug, 2023 Germany Shares U.S. Concerns over Investments in China By Jonathan Gafni Anna Gooding Ray Hou Austin Lowe +1 more... Show less Recent trends in foreign investment regulation reflect shared concerns on both sides of the Atlantic over diversifying supply chains and...
15 Aug, 2023 China seeks to grease the wheels of its economy with data-related initiatives By Alex Roberts Tiantian Ke Ruoyi Lu With repeated talk of decoupling in some of world’s most high-profile boardrooms, the mainland Chinese government on Sunday took steps to...
12 Jan, 2023 A new year and three new reports for the Tech Sector: Tech Legal Outlook 2023, Fintech Legal Outlook 2023 and Crypto & DeFi By Jennifer Calver Clare Murray As the tech sector faces up to big challenges in 2023, our global cross disciplinary tech and fintech teams have produced three new...
16 Sep, 2022 CFIUS Executive Order’s aggregate analysis standard raises questions about transparency and challenges for parties evaluating CFIUS risk By Jonathan Gafni On September 15, President Biden issued Executive Order 14083, using his authority under Section 721(f)(11) of the Defense Production Act...
04 Nov, 2021 So hot right now: a booming market for data centre investments attracts FI regulatory heat By Linklaters It seems almost every aspect of our home and working lives has an online aspect – a reality following the Covid-19 pandemic that has...
03 Jun, 2021 The future for the UK's fintech sector #3 - Developments in anti-trust and foreign investment By Jonathan Ford I recently participated in a client webinar with a panel of colleagues looking at the future for the UK's fintech sector. See this video...
28 May, 2021 Surge in China high-tech investment - let us guide you on how to get involved By Alex Roberts Colette Pan We have also seen a continued opening up of the mainland Chinese market to foreign investment over the last year and mainland China has...
13 May, 2021 A new foreign investment regime for the UK - implications for tech acquisitions By Jonathan Ford As explained in our recent LinkingForeignInvestment post, the UK's National Security and Investment Act 2021, which has now passed into...
12 Apr, 2021 Wild(ly protective) West? Far (from understood) East? Data security issues continue to divide opinion in the global digital economy By Alex Roberts The interplay of geopolitics and law continue to grab the headlines. This article is a great example. It also suggests that the...
30 Mar, 2021 2 + 5 = Tech! By Alex Roberts China’s Two Sessions were held in Beijing earlier this month. As mainland China’s most important political meetings each year, the Two...
05 Jan, 2021 2020 stats for German foreign investment control and some predictions By Christoph Barth Five years back, less than 5% of all deals with foreign investors in Germany were subject to foreign investment control by the Federal...
08 Dec, 2020 Brexit and German Foreign Investment Control By Christoph Barth As talks between the EU and the UK government are coming down to the wire and a Brexit trade deal hangs in the balance over issues such...
04 Dec, 2020 China tech goes island hopping By Alex Roberts With US-China geopolitical tensions, Covid-19 travel restrictions, etc., many “North Asia” commentators assume that big pharma, advanced...
03 Dec, 2020 It happened again… 2nd prohibition decision in German foreign investment control By Christoph Barth 2020 is and remains the hottest year in foreign investment control to date. We have seen a range of reforms over the past months and 60%...
12 Nov, 2020 Will regulation kill the exit? Foreign investment screening in the UK tech sector By Linklaters Yesterday, the UK announced wide-reaching reforms that will give the UK Government power to review foreign investment in the UK. It will...