Foreign direct investment

Keeping you up to date with the complexities of FDI regimes

The importance of foreign direct investment (FDI) and national security regimes to international M&A has dramatically increased over recent years as a result of the expansion of existing and new regimes. It is increasingly important to consider what FDI approvals may be required early on in any investment / M&A activity and to ensure that the deal timetable factors in the relevant review periods. Ashurst has broad experience in this increasingly complex area, across a wide variety of sectors. We regularly manage FDI analysis and processes across multiple jurisdictions, assessing the sensitivities of the activities at stake, ensuring filings are executed in a coordinated and consistent manner, assisting our clients within the negotiation of commitments or conditions that can be imposed by governments. We do this as part of our transactional advice or as stand-alone advice, and in tandem with our review of merger control regimes, ensuring a smooth and efficient one-stop shop for clients, working with trusted local counsel where required.

Recognising our team's strength, we are ranked in the inaugural Global Competition Review Foreign Investment Control 100.