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New expansion of foreign direct investments control regime in France and the impact on French biotech companies

White & Case Technology Newsflash - In line with the increased protectionism around foreign direct investments (FDI) in the past few years, the economic impact of COVID-19 led to a worldwide rapid expansion of existing regulations. The countries justify such expansion by the need to protect the expertise and intellectual property (especially in connection with the health/biotech sector) of homegrown companies from opportunistic takeovers in a context of depreciated valuations....
By: White & Case LLP
Source Url: https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/new-expansion-of-foreign-direct-21649/

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