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Post-Establishment Phase: FDI Screening Decisions and the Treatment of Retroactive Measures in Investment Arbitration
Authors: Bart Wasiak (Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer (UK) LLP) and Naina Gupta (Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer (UK) LLP) Introduction Decisions concerning the screening of foreign direct investments (“FDI”) are often taken at the post-establishment phase—after the foreign investor already has made an investment in the host State—but may have an effect on the validity of the investor’s earlier acquisition or otherwise adversely impact its existing ...
Continue reading CELIS Update on Investment Screening and Economic Security – May 2026
Authors: Helene Schramm with the assistance of interns Reet Sodhi and Aditi Singh INVESTMENT SCREENING MECHANISMS Finland – Planned Revision of FDI Screening Regime to Address Emerging Security Risks The foreign direct investment (“FDI”) screening framework in Finland is going through a major revamp to address the risks to national security, security of supply, and undue foreign influence, more efficiently. The new FDI Act, which is expected to ...
Continue reading Constraints on the State’s Right to Screen Foreign Investments Prior to Market Entry
Authors: Steffen Hindelang (Uppsala University; CELIS Institute), Helene Schramm (CELIS Institute) and Liam McGrath (CELIS Institute) Introduction As a starting point, a State enjoys broad authority to regulate the admission of foreign investment into its territory, including by reviewing, conditioning, or prohibiting a contemplated transaction before it is implemented. This can be motivated by national security considerations or may follow an economic needs ...
Continue reading Introducing the CELIS–Arnold & Porter Initiative on Investment Security x Investment Arbitration
Authors: Steffen Hindelang (Uppsala University; CELIS Institute), Helene Schramm (CELIS Institute) and Liam McGrath (CELIS Institute) Most international rules governing foreign investment still breathe the air of the liberal, if not neoliberal era in which they were created. They place particular emphasis on the promotion and protection of foreign-owned property and often enable foreign investors to enforce those rights with ...
Continue reading EU Law for EU Digital Sovereignty: Workshop Report (University of Antwerp, 20 March 2026)
Omid Jahanbozorgi and Ardit Maxhuni (Business and Law Research Group, University of Antwerp, Belgium) Digital Sovereignty is an increasingly discussed topic in European policy circles. CELIS Blog will host several contributions on the topic in the following months. The following post provides a general introduction to the theme. The Business and Law Research Group of the University of ...
Continue reading The Small Yard Problem: How America and Japan De-Risk from China
Author: Timothy Cichanowicz (PhD Candidate, University of Kansas) This blog is part of the CELIS-L&G special series. All articles in Law & Geoeconomics are available free of charge via Brill using the access token LGEO4U until 31 December 2026. More details are available at the L&G page here. Introduction China's rise and fears of weaponized interdependence are causing democracies to rethink the relationship between their ...
Continue reading Defence Tech, Venture Capital and Investment Screening: Germany’s Strategic Capital Dilemma
Authors: Jesper Spangenberg (Practice Lead Defence & Space, Werter GmbH) and Simon Sharghi-Erdmosa (Managing Programme Associate & Acting Head of Programmes and Partnerships, CELIS Institute) Introduction [1] The gradual erosion of the transatlantic relationship has prompted Brussels and European capitals to reassess the relationship between military and economic security. Historically, the two have always been closely intertwined, as industrial capacity, ...
Continue reading CELIS Update on Investment Screening and Economic Security – April 2026
Authors: Helene Schramm with the assistance of interns Reet Sodhi and Aditi Singh INVESTMENT SCREENING MECHANISMS Cyprus – Introduction of New FDI Screening Regime Under Law 194(I)/2025 Cyprus has introduced a new national framework for the screening of foreign direct investments (“FDI”) under Law 194(I)/2025 “On the Establishment of a Framework for the Screening of Foreign Direct Investments”, which entered into force on ...
Continue reading Bridging Investors, Industry and Government: Germany’s Ministry of Defence in Investment Screening – A Conversation with the Head of FDI Screening at the German Federal MoD
Authors: Floor Doppen (post-doctoral researcher, University of Antwerp), Simon Sharghi-Erdmosa (Managing Programme Associate & Acting Head of Programmes, CELIS Institute) Introduction In Germany, public defence spending is reaching unprecedented levels, reflecting the current political momentum to expand manufacturing capacities and consolidate key capabilities within Germany and the European Union (EU). Yet public funding alone will not be sufficient. Private ...
Continue reading „Invest European“ Ante Portas? FDI Screening under the Commission proposal for the Industrial Accelerator Act
Authors: Leonard von Rummel (Partner, Blomstein), Jan Philipp Huth (PhD Candidate, European University Viadrina Frankfurt (Oder)) 1. Introduction After heated political debates and several publication announcements postponed or cancelled at the last minute, the Commission eventually unveiled its proposal for the Industrial Accelerator Act (IAA Proposal) on March 4, 2026. Even though the suggested introduction of "Buy European" requirements for ...
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