CELIS Institute
Investment Screening | Economic Security | Competitiveness
CELIS Institute: Trusted Dialogue. Legal‑Technical Expertise. Policy Action.
We are the independent, non-profit organisation dedicated to investment screening and economic security.
Across continents, we connect regulators, investors, law firms, and academia in a high-trust environment that rarely exists elsewhere. Together with our stakeholders, we develop best practices and standards that shape the balance between investment security, open markets, and competitiveness.
Our flagship – the CELIS Forum on Investment Screening (CFIS) – is the field’s first and foremost invitation-only curated forum, where legal-technical expertise meets policy decision-making which drives practical cooperation for the future.
We deliver independent technical and strategic advisory and produce research with high practical impact.
CELIS is non-lobbying and charitable, operating without general core funding or donor agendas. We have no profit motive - by statute, any surplus is reinvested in our mission. → Learn more about the CELIS Institute.
We build trust at scale - but in small rooms: CELIS Events
The CELIS Institute hosts invite-only, curated, high-level convenings such as the CELIS Forum on Investment Screening (CFIS), regional CELIS Thought Leaders events, and focused policy dialogues rooted in legal and policy excellence, such as CELIS Leaders DC.
We connect policy design to deal reality: CELIS Technical Advisory
The CELIS Institute has successfully delivered comparative research, tailored training for governments and practitioners, and technical advisory services on the design and implementation of screening frameworks and other foreign investment-related regulation.
We produce a public knowledge commons: CELIS Resources
The CELIS Blog hosts timely, expert debate—by experts, for experts. Through our multi-jurisdiction Country Reports network - widely used by chambers of commerce, leading tech firms, and regulators in the EU, US, and beyond - we track investment regulation and power a cutting-edge tool for cross-border screening-case analysis. Our CELIS Non-Papers provide policy-ready insights on investment screening, supply-chain risks, foreign subsidies, sanctions, energy security, and more.
Do you want to join us in advancing better regulation of foreign investment in the context of investment security, open markets, and competitiveness? We offer five practical ways to engage – each designed to align with your individual goals. → Find out more how you can engage.
CELIS is recognised as charitable under German tax law, meaning we can receive donations which, by statute, must be reinvested in our mission. Want to support us right away? Do so safely via PayPal:
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CELIS Events are high-level, trust-engineered convenings that shape best practices in investment security. We believe multi-stakeholder, closed-door dialogue is vital to effective economic security policy. Our flagship event – the CELIS Forum on Investment Screening (CFIS) – is an invite-only, strict Chatham House, small room forum (capped at 60 speakers and 60 attendees). It brings together EU officials, national experts, diplomats, private practitioners, in-house counsel, academics, business leaders, think tankers, and civil society for candid, outcome-oriented exchange. Other events include regional CELIS Thought Leaders programmes, discreet policy workshops, and training sessions in investment compliance and risk control.
Edition 6
Thought Leaders London (08 April 26)
Focus on investment screening in the UK and Ireland.
With an additional session on investment screening in the financial markets.
Thought Leaders’ roundtables form part of CELIS’s broader role as the leading non-profit, non-partisan institution for expertise, dialogue, and exchange on investment screening in a high-trust environment. The roundtables are a series of intimate exchanges held across Europe among attorneys-at-law, government officials, investors, in-house counsels, and academia.
CELIS Leaders
CELIS Leaders DC (05-06 May 2026)
The third edition of Leaders DC will focus on investment screening and economic security in the US and key international markets. The convening will gather senior US government officials, representatives from key foreign jurisdictions, and leaders from business, private practice, and academia.
Leaders DC provides a high-level forum for strategic exchange, gathering both practical insights and long-term perspectives on the future of investment screening policy in the US and key foreign jurisdictions.
CELIS Forum
CFIS 26 - The Leading Small Room-High Trust Forum on Investment Security 07-09 October 2026)
The CELIS Forum (CFIS) is the flagship event of the CELIS Institute, now in its 8th year, and Europe's first and foremost place to discuss investment screening and economic security issues.
Latest CELIS Blog posts relating to the field of foreign investment screening and economic security.
The CELIS Country Report project aims to provide well-informed, open access analysis on foreign investment regulation, with a particular focus on investment screening in various jurisdictions.