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17Nov

Alert: UK Government Introduces New Standalone Foreign Screening Regime

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On 11 November 2020, the UK Government published its long-awaited National Security and Investment Bill (NSI Bill). The NSI Bill introduces for the first time a new standalone regime for the screening of foreign investments in the UK on national security grounds and grants the UK Government extensive powers to “call in” transactions across all sectors of the economy, with no turnover or market share thresholds required....
By: Cooley LLP
Source Url: https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/alert-uk-government-introduces-new-51428/

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