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UK Life Sciences and Healthcare Newsletter - August 2020: Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) Control in the United Kingdom

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The UK has become one of the latest in a line of countries around the world to tighten FDI screening rules in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic.... The legislative changes that were announced last month affect the rules in two respects. They immediately introduce the public health emergency as a new public interest consideration. They will also lower the intervention thresholds for transactions in certain sensitive technology sectors. Similarly to other jurisdictions, the measures aim to...
By: Dechert LLP
Source Url: https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/uk-life-sciences-and-healthcare-10383/

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