Germany Further Tightens Rules on Foreign Direct Investment

Key Points - On April 27, 2021, the German government adopted the 17th Regulation for the Amendment of the German Foreign Trade Regulation (Außenwirtschaftsverordnung (AWV)). The regulation, which came into force on May 1, 2021, is expected to provisionally conclude the comprehensive overhaul of Germany’s foreign direct investment screening regime, which has been successively tightened over the last few years through various amendments of the German Foreign Trade Regulation and the German...
By: Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

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