Introduction This publication provides an overview of important additions and changes to foreign direct investment (“FDI”) control regimes in Europe, which impose regulatory obligations on M&A transactions: Belgium, Ireland, the Netherlands, Slovakia and Sweden. The number of new and revised FDI control regulations across many jurisdictions has been increasing in response to geopolitical tensions … Continue Reading
On January 18, 2023, Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. and the United Steel, Paper and Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy, Allied Industrial and Service Workers International Union, filed a petition to impose (a) antidumping (AD) duties on imports of Certain Tin Mill Products from Canada, China, Germany, Netherlands, South Korea, Taiwan, Turkey and the United Kingdom; and, (b) countervailing … Continue Reading
Status Update: Clearance Acquirer: Avast Holding B.V. (The Netherlands) Acquired: AVG Technologies N.V. (The Netherlands) Value: Approximately US$1.3 billion Industry: Software; Cybersecurity UPDATE: In relation to Avast Software B.V.’s July 29, 2016 Offer to Purchase the remaining outstanding ordinary shares of AVG Technologies N.V., the parties reported “submitted a voluntary pre-filing draft notice to CFIUS” on … Continue Reading
Status: Clearance Acquirer: ASML Holding NV (The Netherlands) Acquired: Hermes Microvision, Inc. (Taiwan) Value: Approx. NT$100 billion (US$3.1 billion) Industry: Semiconductors ASML Holdings NV, a Netherlands company that manufactures “chip-making equipment,” announced on October 26, 2016, that it received all necessary regulatory clearance, including from the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS), … Continue Reading
TPP Developments – Prospects for Congressional Action Dim. The hostile political environment toward trade continues to dim the prospects that Congress would likely move this year on a bill to implement the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). Both leading presidential candidates – Mr. Trump and Secretary Clinton – have stated their opposition to the TPP deal. Secretary … Continue Reading
Status: Withdrawn; Abandoned Acquirer: GO Scale Capital (China); GSR Ventures (China); Oak Investment Partners (US); Asia Pacific Resource Development (China); Nanchang Industrial Group (China) Acquired: Lumileds (Netherlands) Value: Approximately US$2.9 billion Industry: Semiconductors… Continue Reading
