The EU Commission’s Fifth Annual FDI Report: Significant Scrutiny in Ever More Member States

On 14 October, the European Commission (EC) issued its Fifth Annual Report on FDI screening in the Union providing an overview of FDI trends in the 27 EU Member States in 2024. The findings are much in line with the previous Annual Report showing a march towards wider and more frequent scrutiny, the introduction of more screening regimes, the expansion of existing schemes, and a significant number of transactions subject to screening by Member States….
By: White & Case LLP